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Unleashing Wall Street to invest in critical mineral for the EV battery supply chain and the policy challenges

April 27, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am MDT

PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE LAB
SPRING VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES

Unleashing Wall Street to invest in critical mineral for the EV battery supply chain and the policy challenges

APRIL 27, 2023

Topic:  Unleashing Wall Street to invest in critical mineral for the EV battery supply chain and the policy challenges

 

SPEAKER: JOHN DOWD, CEO, AND GOVIND FRIEDLAND, COO, GOGREEN INVESTMENTS

 

Hosted by: THE PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SUSTAINABLE FINANCE LAB

 

Time: THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 | 10:00AM – 11:00AM MT

 

ZOOM VIRTUAL SEMINAR – NO REGISTRATION NECESSARY – FOLLOW THIS LINK

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Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome John Dowd, CEO, and Govind Friedland, COO, GoGreen Investments, presenting a virtual seminar titled Unleashing Wall Street to Invest in Critical Mineral for the EV Battery Supply Chain and the Policy Challenges on Thursday, April 27, 2023.

Wall Street’s fundamental purpose is to aggregate funding for large projects with systemic societal benefits. Solutions to climate change and enabling production of critical minerals fit solidly in this purview, however challenges abound. GoGreen Investments is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) designed to help private companies navigate these challenges and successfully raise funds necessary to advance their business models.

GoGreen Investments are taking Lifezone Metals public on the NYSE. Lifezone is a modern metals company with the aim of creating value across the battery metals supply chain of mining, processing, and recycling. Their proprietary hydromet technology has the potential to reduce emissions in nickel production, with the opportunity to cost-effectively provide responsibly sourced cleaner metals to global battery markets.

John Dowd is CEO GoGreen Investments, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) designed to help private companies with solutions to climate change successfully raise funds on Wall Street. John has over 30 years of energy and commodity investing experience. He received 6 Lipper awards for best risk-adjusted performance in the energy sector, including awards for the decades ending 2016 and 2018, and outperformed the average energy-focused mutual fund every year from 2009-2019 according to Morningstar. While at Fidelity, he participated in approximately 10,000 meetings with management teams throughout the natural resources sector. Previously, he researched energy companies and the drivers of energy cycles for 11 years as a sell-side analyst at Sanford Bernstein and provided expert testimony to Congress twice. John has a deep understanding of what resonates with investors.

Govind Friedland, COO GoGreen Investments. Govind has 20+ years in energy metals, mineral exploration, project development, specializing in assembling management teams, raising capital via private-public equity and unconventional sources of capital. He has experience executing regional geophysical and mineral exploration programs and is a graduate of Colorado School of Mines. Govind is from a mutigenerational mining family which founded the Ivanhoe Group of Companies. His experience includes emerging markets, China, Africa, Middle East and the Americas, and extensive M&A expertise in these jurisdictions though numerous business development, executive and director positions for public companies. Govind is a founder, financier, company builder and a project developer. He is Founder and Executive Chairman of GoviEx Uranium Inc.

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Date:
April 27, 2023
Time:
10:00 am - 11:00 am MDT
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Website:
https://mines.zoom.us/j/94354745948

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Payne Institute
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(303)384-2730
Email:
Payne-info@mines.edu
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