Patriot Battery Metals Inc. appointed highly experienced mining executive and former Managing Director and CEO of Pilbara Minerals Limited, Ken Brinsden, as Non-Executive Chairman and director, effective August 22, 2022. Mr. Brinsden joined Pilbara Minerals as Chief Executive Officer in January 2016 and was appointed Managing Director and CEO in May 2016. He led the rapid development of Pilbara Minerals through corporate development, financing, project execution and ongoing production at Pilgangoora such that it has become one of the leading lithium development projects globally and facilitated Pilbara's entry into the ASX 100.

Pilbara Minerals is now an AUD$8B company producing and selling in excess of 580k tons of spodumene concentrate annually, with a developing pipeline of vertically integrated production growth options. Mr. Brinsden is a Mining Engineer with approximately 30 years' experience in surface and underground mining operations. Mr. Brinsden graduated from the Western Australian School of Mines in 1993.

He previously worked for WMC Resources, Normandy, Central Norseman Gold Corporation, GoldFields, Iluka Resources, Atlas Iron and Pilbara Minerals in various production, development, Executive and Board roles. Mr. Brinsden is a member of the LME's Lithium Committee.