Surge Battery Metals Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Corporate Advisory and Investment Banking Agreement with Network 1 Financial Securities, Inc. (“Network 1”) effective October 21, 2021. Network 1 is an experienced and independent, full-service securities firm headquartered out of Red Bank, New Jersey. Network 1 provides capital raising, market making, M&A, and corporate advisory services, in addition to traditional retail and institutional brokerage services to its clients in North America, Asia, Australia and the UK.
Mr. Greg Reimer, Surge President & CEO, states, “Having a well-respected and trusted corporate advisory group like Network 1 work so closely with our management team is sure to unlock additional long term shareholder value for our company. Network 1 has successfully helped many similar sized companies in the past and comes with an excellent industry reputation. Surge has always had its sights set on a senior US stock exchange listing, and Network 1 is engaged to advise us on the right way to accomplish this task.”
Network 1 has been retained by Surge to act as its corporate advisor and investment banker with respect to the development of the Company’s US corporate financing and securities strategy including advising on the structure of future US private placements and to assist the Company with an overall up-listing strategy to a senior North American stock exchange.
Mr. Edward Cabrera, Network 1’s Managing Director adds, “We have been following Surge and its experienced management team for quite some time. The company is a great example of a well run organization with valuable mineral assets trying to address a rapidly growing market for metals associated with the green energy industry/ electric vehicle market. We believe that with the right guidance and support, Surge could be a significant player in this market and will continue to develop its valuable mineral assets in the near future.”
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Working on Wall Street for 35 years with investment banks such as Merrill Lynch, PaineWebber/UBS and Raymond James & Associates, Mr. Cabrera has held many senior positions including investment banker, equity analyst, market strategist and portfolio manager. Since 2003, he has focused on providing advisory services, merger and acquisition structuring and capital market access for middle market companies. Prior to this, he worked at Merrill Lynch for 10 years as Managing Director and Head of Latin America where he built the top-ranked team for the region, according to Greenwich Associates Survey and Latin Finance magazine polls. He was selected to the 2000 Millennium edition of Who’s Who In Finance and has been named to the All-America team by Institutional Investor for the quality of his work. He has an extensive technical and educational background. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida in Engineering where he graduated with honors. After undergraduate, he was hired by General Electric, where he worked in the manufacturing operation. In 1985, he left GE and attended Harvard Business School where he graduated with an MBA in 1987. Edward has FINRA licenses 7, 24, 63, 66, 79, 86 and 87.
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