Lithos Group Ltd. announced the promotion of Joe Fuqua to Chief Operating Officer and corporate secretary and the appointments of Michael Westlake as President, and Gabe Segal as Vice President ? Strategy & Finance are key steps in aligning the company's leadership with its objectives in the evolving energy sector. These changes reflect commitment to maintaining leadership in sustainable lithium production and to enhancing capacity to meet the growing demand for environmentally responsible energy solutions.

LiTHOS is excited to announce the promotion of Joe Fuqua to COO from VP ? Corporate Development & Capital Markets as well as his appointment as Corporate Secretary. Joseph brings over 20 years of experience across technology, entrepreneurship, and institutional capital markets to LiTHOS.

He will focus on coordinating operations across the company and how LiTHOS interfaces with strategic partners and capital markets. Before LiTHOS, he spent 9 years in Hong Kong in the private equity and funds space, covering investor relations and raising over US$1.2 billion fundraising from investors across developed markets. Before Hong Kong, he lived in Shanghai, where he co-founded a company that helped international students apply to boarding schools and colleges in the USA.

He originally started his career in tech, working in software design for six years with companies in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Joseph holds a BA in Computer Science from Brown University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Michael comes to LiTHOS with over 20 years of experience managing complex projects, predominantly in remote locations of the Canadian Arctic, which come with major logistical and technical challenges.

Of specific relevance is his vast experience managing the remediation of mine and waste sites in northern Canada, where consultation with community and all levels of government was paramount. His background with respect to regulatory frameworks and the application of risk-based decision-making for sustainable and resilient infrastructure systems has been a key driver of project success throughout his career. Westlake holds a B.Sc.

in chemistry and environmental studies from the University of Victoria and an M.Sc. in environmental change and sustainability from the University of Edinburgh.