{
  "id": 5392080,
  "title": "Spark Energy Minerals appoints Marina Freitas to board",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/spark-energy-minerals-appoints-marina-freitas-to-board",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T19:08:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/spark-energy-minerals-appoints-marina-freitas-to-board-93CH-4888435"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Spark Energy Minerals Inc., a Canadian critical minerals exploration company, has appointed Marina Freitas, a seasoned professional with over twenty years of experience in Brazil's mining sector, as a non-executive director to its board of directors. Ms. Freitas brings a wealth of expertise to the company, having spent fifteen years at Jaguar Mining Inc. in various roles, including Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, she held positions such as Vice President of Finance and Projects, Vice President of Project Development, Administrative Vice President, and Governance, Audit, Risk and Compliance Manager at Jaguar Mining. Ms. Freitas has also worked as a Senior Internal Auditor at Holcim (Brazil) S.A. and an external auditor at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Brazil. Her qualifications include a postgraduate degree in Financial Management from PUC-MG, a Bachelor of Accounting from Fumec, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from PUC-MG. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner, holds the Certification in Risk Management Assurance, and is a Certified Internal Auditor with The Institute of Internal Auditors. Ms. Freitas has completed executive programs at Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan. She is based in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, and has been appointed Chair of the company's Audit Committee. Spark Energy Minerals is currently focused on its principal asset, the Arapaima Project in Brazil's Lithium Valley region, where it has made discoveries of gallium and rare earth elements.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}