{"id":181911,"date":"2026-08-25T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/181911\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:02:19","slug":"scandium-canada-enters-next-phase-of-development-with-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/181911\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandium Canada enters next phase of development with new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scandium-canada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scandium Canada<\/a> (TSX-V:SCD) has appointed Simon Thibault as CEO and president of its wholly owned advanced alloys and technologies subsidiary Scalium+.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment concludes a planned succession process as the company enters its next phase of development. <\/p>\n<p>Thibault joins Scandium Canada from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">General Motors<\/a> (NYSE:GM), where he has served since 2023 as electric vehicle (EV) critical materials leader within the global purchasing and supply chain organisation. He has supported the sourcing of critical materials for General Motors\u2019 EV and energy storage programs, as well as the development of a resilient North American supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>With 20 years of experience across the mining, critical and battery materials, and automotive sectors, Scandium Canada says Thibault brings a \u2018unique combination\u2019 of operational, policy, sustainability, and supply chain expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Thibault says what sets Scandium Canada apart is that it is not starting with a mine and searching for a market. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough Scalium+, the company already has aluminium-scandium alloy products, customers, and an active qualification pipeline,\u201d Thibault says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCombined with the Crater Lake Project, a primary scandium asset in the stable jurisdiction that is Qu\u00e9bec, and the Naskapi Nation\u2019s participation as a shareholder, the company has assembled a uniquely differentiated platform to build an integrated scandium supply chain from resource to end-use applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guy Bourassa, Scandium\u2019s CEO since 2024, will continue to serve on the board of directors and take on the role of strategic advisor to support advancing the Crater Lake Project in <a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com.au\/how-to-invest-in-canadian-mining-stocks-from-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Neatby has also resigned from the company\u2019s board of directors and his role as president and COO, effective from 21 August 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com.au\/company\/scandium-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Scandium Canada<\/a> is a critical advanced materials company developing North America\u2019s only vertically integrated primary source of scandium through its Crater Lake Project.<\/p>\n<p>Through Scalium+, the company also brings proprietary, patent-pending aluminium-scandium alloys and the Scalium\u00ae line of alloys and technologies to market.<\/p>\n<p>Write to <a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com.au\/scandium-canada-enters-next-phase-of-development-with-new-ceo\/mailto:aaliyah.rogan@mining.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Aaliyah Rogan<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mining.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Images: Scandium Canada<\/p>\n<p>Add to Watch List:General Motors Holdings LLCScandium Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scandium Canada (TSX-V:SCD) has appointed Simon Thibault as CEO and president of its wholly owned advanced alloys and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[33650,17,4408,241,23411,57510],"class_list":["post-181911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-appointment","tag-canada","tag-north-america","tag-quebec","tag-scandium","tag-strategic-advisor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}