Metal Bank Limited announced that Inés Scotland will move from Executive to Non-executive Chair effective immediately. Charles Lew, the Chair of Hastings, will join MBK's Board as a non-executive director following Completion of the Acquisition on 5 December 2025. Mr. Lew has more than 30 years of investment banking experience, including serving as Managing
Director of ABN Amro's investment banking business in Singapore from 1997 to 2000. After leaving ABN Amro, Mr. Lew started his own investment management company, Equator Capital, which manages a hedge fund (which he exited active management in 2018). Mr. Lew, has actively managed the advancement of the Yangibana Rare Earths Project since 2014,
from discovery of high grade NdPr rare earths to the recently concluded joint venture with Wyloo Metals and has championed the Hastings gold strategy. The Directors of MBK look forward to Mr. Lew joining the Board.