Gratomic Inc. has appointed Stephen Woodhead as Chief Financial Officer to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Rodger Roden. Stephen Woodhead servred as Executive VP-Finance for the Company since March of 2021and has been preparing for the role of CFO for the last 6 months in anticipation of Mr. Roden's retirement. Mr. Woodhead is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Woodhead has over 30 years of experience, having worked for the South African Department of Finance and Trans Hex Group, a South African diamond producer, before relocating to Canada in 1997 as Chief Financial Officer of Trans Hex International. Mr. Woodhead is Senior Vice President, Finance of Sumer Resources (copper) and One Bullion (gold), and has worked as Chief Financial Officer /Vice President of Finance with various public companies in the resource sector, including Desert Sun Mining, from 2003 until it was acquired by Yamana Gold in 2006, developer of the Jacobina gold mine in Brazil, Homeland Energy (developer of a coal mine in South Africa), Crocodile Gold (developer and acquiror of gold mines in Australia), and Trigon Metals (developer of a copper mine in Namibia). Mr. Woodhead also served as a director of Apogee Minerals (silver) and Vaaldiam Mining (diamonds).