Vital Metals Limited announced that it has terminated the consultancy agreement between Atkins Projects and Infrastructure Pty Ltd. and the Company and that Geoff Atkins will cease as Managing Director of Vital Metals, effective immediately and Russell Bradford will become interim CEO. Mr. Bradford recently joined Vital's new Technical Advisory Committee following Lionhead Resources' AUD 30 million investment as part of Vital's AUD 45 million targeted Share Placement. Mr. Bradford is a metallurgist with more than 30 years of project management and operational experience in the mining sector.

He is a partner at Lionhead Resources where he is primarily responsible for conducting and undertaking technical due diligence on mining projects and providing portfolio company oversight. He has worked in executive leadership positions in operational and project development and has played a key role in successfully developing and building projects for listed mining companies globally.