VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- General Fusion Inc. (“General Fusion” or the “Company”), a leader in the global race to commercialize fusion energy, today announced a key leadership appointment as it prepares to go public. Joanna Cameron, LLB, MBA, has joined the General Fusion team as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, bringing three decades of experience representing a range of public companies as both external and in-house counsel. General Fusion previously announced its plans to go public through a business combination (the transactions contemplated by the business combination, collectively, the “Proposed Business Combination”) with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ: SVAC) (“SVAC”).
“Joanna brings exceptional public market expertise and energy industry experience to General Fusion at a pivotal moment in our history,” said General Fusion CEO Greg Twinney. “We look forward to benefiting from her leadership and strategic perspective as we execute on our commercialization plan.”
Joanna joins General Fusion from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, where she was a Partner. Across her career, Joanna has focused primarily on capital markets transactions and business law matters, including equity and debt financings, initial public offerings, and public and private mergers and acquisitions. She has expertise and experience in the resource sector, having previously served as Vice-President, Legal and General Counsel of NexGen Energy Ltd., a mining issuer focused on uranium for nuclear energy and listed on both the TSX and the NYSE, and as Corporate Secretary for IsoEnergy Ltd.
“I joined General Fusion first because the mission to bring clean energy to the world resonates deeply with me,” said Joanna. “Second, it is an incredibly exciting time to use my experience to support General Fusion as it prepares to transition to the first publicly traded pure-play fusion company.”
In addition to transactional work, Joanna has regularly advised public companies regarding general corporate and securities law matters, including continuous disclosure, corporate governance, and stock exchange issues.
Joanna obtained an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Queen’s University.
About General Fusion
General Fusion is pursuing a fast and practical approach to commercial fusion energy and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The Company was established in 2002 and is funded by a global syndicate of leading energy venture capital firms, industry leaders, and technology pioneers. Learn more at www.generalfusion.com. General Fusion announced in January 2026 that it plans to go public through the Proposed Business Combination with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ: SVAC).
About Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III is a part of a family of investment vehicles formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with a business focused on the Power infrastructure and Decarbonization sectors. Over the past 5 years, Spring Valley has raised $920 million in four IPOs. Spring Valley I successfully completed its business combination with NuScale Power, a leading U.S. small modular reactor (“SMR”) technology company, and Spring Valley II successfully completed its business combination with Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp., a next-generation nuclear energy company with rights to the largest open pit-constrained measured and indicated uranium deposit in the United States. SVAC maintains a corporate website at https://sv-ac.com.
