Electric Metals (USA) Limited announced the formation of the EML Technical Advisory Board under the leadership of Dr. Ian Pringle. The TAB has assembled a group of leading technical experts that will help EML develop and iterate on a framework for evaluating various technical development tasks in the company's quest to become a leading north American producer of high purity manganese products to supply US energy and technology markets, in particular, the rapidly expanding lithium-ion battery market. The company announced the following group of technical specialists as inaugural members of the TAB: Dr. Ian Pringle, BSc(hons) Geology, PhD, Chair of the TAB, is a Geologist and senior mining executive with an outstanding track record of successful mineral resource evaluation, discovery, project development and operations for numerous mining companies.

Dr. Pringle has considerable experience and high technical capability, particularly in international base/precious metals and critical minerals projects. He has been integral in the development of several world-class mines and is highly regarded for his work in the battery minerals sector; Mr. Tyson Hall, BSc (Chemical Engineering), MBA, is a Chemical Engineer with broad executive experience in manufacturing and specialty chemicals. Mr. Hall has planned, built and operated high-value advanced materials projects throughout the USA, including lithium and boron.

Most recently Mr. Hall was Chief Operating Officer at 5E Advanced Material and was previously Global Business Director of Performance Materials at Albemarle Corp. Mr. Hall will apply his wealth of experience towards steering the development focus of Emily towards the appropriate chemical and battery markets; Mr. Hermann Scriba, BEng, MEng (Extractive Metallurgy), is a Metallurgical Process Engineering Consultant with several decades of in-depth experience in operations, process development and engineering across a wide range of technologies and commodities. Mr. Scriba is a specialist in hydrometallurgy and has recent experience in managing testwork and flowsheet development for processing and refining of battery metals, including Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt and Manganese.

He will advise on testwork and flowsheet processing options as the high-grade Emily manganese ore is being assessed. The company will benefit from the diversity of insights and complementary skill sets of Dr. Pringle, Mr. Hall and Mr. Scriba. Additional members of the TAB with specialist industry skills and experience are expected to join the group in coming weeks.