Arena Minerals Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Eduardo Morales to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Morales is a chemical engineer with 40 years of experience in project engineering, construction and start-up of lithium plants who formerly built and operated one of the lithium operations. As President of Rockwood Lithium Latin America, he successfully led the development, commissioning and operation of Rockwood’s Salar de Atacama project. In 2016, Mr. Morales was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Lithium X Energy Corp. and focused on advancing the Sal de los Angeles lithium brine project, located in the Salta province of Argentina, until construction stage. Mr. Morales will be replacing Simon Marcotte on the Board of Directors. Mr. Marcotte will now transition to the operating team, acting as Director, Corporate Development. Mr. Marcotte has more than 20 years of experience in Capital Markets having held senior positions notably with CIBC World Markets, Cormark Securities, Alderon Iron Ore Corp., Belo Sun Mining Corp. and Mason Graphite Inc.