Si6 Metals has announced the appointment of Ian Kiers to the Board of the Company as Chair. Mr. Patrick Antonio Volpe has been appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director effective immediately. Mr. David Sanders has resigned from the Board to pursue other interests.

Mr. Ian Kiers is an experienced private equity and mergers and acquisitions specialist. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of a Private Family Office (GBM Group) for 19 years, having previously held positions as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Head of Group Strategy. Ian currently serves as Non-Executive Director of Axel REE Limited, an unlisted public company focussed on rare earths in Brazil.

He was also previously employed at National Australia Bank Limited (ASX: NAB) in its structured finance and project finance division in Melbourne. While at NAB, he worked on numerous project financings in the resources sector. Ian holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University and was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1989.

The Board considers Mr. Kiers is an Independent Director. Mr. David Sanders has resigned from the Board of Si6 effective immediately following three years as Chair. David has resigned to pursue other interests and has been a valued member of the Board during his tenure with the Company.

Si6 also announces that subsequent to finalising the agreement for Si6 to acquire a 50% interest in 10 exploration licenses in Brazil from Foxfire Metals, Mr. Patrick Volpe has been appointed to the Board of Si6 as Foxfire's nominee. Patrick is an experienced corporate governance and financial services professional and holds public and private company directorships as co-founder of greenfield exploration projects in Botswana and Brazil including graphite, rare earths, lithium, gold and base metals. Patrick has held numerous corporate governance, management, company secretary and directorship positions for private, not-for-profit, unlisted public and ASX-listed entities and is currently Managing Director of a boutique corporate advisory firm.

Patrick holds a Master of Business Economics from Monash University, Bachelor of Commerce (Majoring in Economics and Finance) from Deakin University, is an Affiliated member of the Governance Institute of Australia and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.