Vital Metals Limited announced the appointment of Ms Lisa Riley as its Managing Director, effective immediately. Vital has terminated the contract of Dr Geordie Mark. Ms Riley has served on the Board of Vital Metals since December 2022 as an independent Director, based in Toronto, Canada.

She has 30 years of experience in global capital markets, finance, mining advisory and government relations in Canada and Latin America. Ms Riley serves as the Non-Executive Lead Director of Star Diamond Corp., chairing its audit committee and is a member of its corporate governance, compensation and nomination committee. She is also a Director of GFG Resources Inc., and is a member of GFG's corporate governance/compensation and audit committees.

She was Chair of Tribeca Resources' Board and a member of its corporate governance/compensation and audit committees from its listing until Dec. 2023. Previously, she was Lead Director of Scorpio Mining Corp., which became Americas Gold and Silver and chaired its audit committee.

She was also a director of Scorpio Gold. Earlier in her career, Ms Riley held roles as Vice President and Director of Equity Sales at TD Securities in London, Vice President of Equity Sales at RBC Capital Markets in London and Vice President of Equity Research at Lehman Brothers in New York City. She has extensive experience advising mining companies on improving stakeholder relations and incorporating ESG focuses in real and measurable ways and is fluent in three languages.