Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. announced Pete O'Heeron has joined the Liberty Star Board of Directors. Mr. O'Heeron is a significantly large and longtime LBSR shareholder and was instrumental in forging a relationship between Liberty Star and Northern Dynasty Minerals, resulting in a strategic partnership and the resurgence of Liberty Star in the southwestern Alaska mining region.

Mr. Charles D. Vollmer has resigned as Director to pursue his Jobenomics Movement full time. If the opportunity presents itself, Liberty Star will team with Mr. Vollmer's Jobenomics on future projects. Mr. O'Heeron leads an operational investment group which identifies early stage opportunities in the medical field with strong intellectual property positions.

Through his 20+ years of medical product development experience, Mr. O'Heeron brings together the resources from strategic disciplines necessary to commercialize unique technologies. Prior to founding Advanced Medical Technologies LLC, Mr. O'Heeron founded NeoSurg Technologies Inc. to develop a minimally invasive access system. Mr. O'Heeron completed the sale of NeoSurg Technologies to CooperSurgical in 2005.