Defense Metals Corp. announced the appointment of Guy de Selliers as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. de Selliers, a director of Defense Metals, is a highly experienced professional with an illustrious career and will bring over four decades of expertise and vision as the Chairman of the Board of Defense Metals.

Throughout his career, Mr. de Selliers has been a board member of numerous influential organizations including Solvay Group, Ageas Group, AG Insurance Belgium, Ivanhoe Mining, Advanced Metallurgical Group AMG, Norilsk Nickel, Wimm Bill Dann. He currently sits on the boards of I Pulse, a private high-tech company in France, The Cranemere Group Ltd., a privately held financial holding company in the UK, and Radix, a think-tank for the Radical Center (UK). He has been Chairman of the Board on a number of occasions, most recently of AG Insurance, the Belgian Insurance company.

He combines very strong corporate governance credential with extensive experience in mining, industry and finance.