Jackson, who is the current president of National Grid Ventures, an energy group, joins Rio Tinto on September 1.
Olaf Scholz plans to visit Serbia this week to secure supplies of lithium that are critical for the nation’s energy transition and auto industry.
First Nordic is finalizing its acquisition of the Oijärvi gold project in Finland.
If developed, the $2.4 billion Jadar lithium project in Western Serbia could cover 90% of Europe's current lithium needs.
