I got interested in Zen primarily for the EV battery aspect. And the concrete additive also created a lot of interest in me.

I have read a lot of the posts on Zen and my views are different from some. 

Zen has the goods but so so companies like Noront, Fancamp, KWG, CIA, etc....all their share prices are low right now relative to what they have. Do we conclude they all have terrible CEO's?

Did a change in CEO help Noront's share price? 

 I believe the primary use of nickel for Noront will be for the nickel sulfate and I think the same interested parties could be interested in the graphene portion coming from Zen. The gov't has been involved in both companies. Ingredients from both companies would help create a killer of a competitive EV battery.

And coincidentally ...both their share prices have been hammered. 

Please read the condensed reading below.  My thinking on the replacement of Brett Richards as Chairman with Keith Morrison, differed from some of the views I read.

28 November 2017

 Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (“Zenyatta” or “Company”) (TSXV : ZEN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brett A. Richards to the Board of Directors of Zenyatta where he will also act as Chairman.

Mr. Richards, who is based in London, England, is a well-respected mining industry executive with over 32 years of mining and metals business development experience.

Notice in the Jan29, NR the following statement by ZEN

 ZEN-tech Materials Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zenyatta with a registration in England and Wales.  . By locating in UK, ZEN-tech will be able to tap into the extensive resources available there and will be on the leading edge of the developments in this new and fast growing materials sector

The subsidiary will operate independently of Zenyatta and will be assembling an expert management team in 2018

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My thinking was that Brett Richards lives in England, Zen-Tech Materials is located in the UK, and will operate INDEPENDENTLY of Zenyatta, and will be assembling an expert management team this year. It could have been decided by  Brett  that he would be best suited to be part of this ZenTech management team along with a board member role of Zenyatta. Perhaps the 3rd role of Chairman of Zenyatta was ..too much.

I'm looking forward to the management team  announcement in 2018. 

25 January 2018

Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (“Zenyatta” or “Company”) (TSXV: ZEN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Keith Morrison to the Board of Directors of Zenyatta where he will also act as Chairman

In connection with the appointment of Keith Morrison as Director and Chairman, he has been granted stock options to purchase up to 500,000 common shares in the capital of the Company. The options are exercisable at a price of $0.58 cents for a five year period. Keith replaces Brett Richards as Chairman, who remains on the Board as a Director.

29 January 2018

ZEN-tech Materials Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zenyatta with a registration in England and Wales. ZEN-tech will focus on marketing, development and commercialization activities of graphene applications and the allocation of any associated intellectual property (‘IP’) and worldwide licensing. By locating in UK, ZEN-tech will be able to tap into the extensive resources available there and will be on the leading edge of the developments in this new and fast growing materials sector. The subsidiary will operate independently of Zenyatta and will be assembling an expert management team in 2018.

Feb. 8, 2018

Zenyatta’s high-purity graphite was converted to graphene oxide by Dr. Aicheng Chen, Professor at Lakehead University.  That material was then sent to an American advanced materials company where it was successfully used to create a silicon-graphene composite for testing as a new anode material in a next generation lithium-ion battery.  The superior dispersion qualities and electrochemical performance of the Company’s material are desirable properties that are well suited for this advanced silicon-graphene battery.