GTI Energy Ltd. announced that Mr. Matt Hartmann has joined GTI in the role of President US Operations, to oversee the Company's technical and commercial activities in the US. Mr. Hartmann is an executive and technical leader with 20+ years of international experience and substantial uranium exploration and project development experience. He first entered into the uranium mining space in 2005, and followed a career path that has included senior technical roles with Strathmore Minerals Corp.

and Uranium Resources Inc. He is also a former Principal Consultant at SRK Consulting where he provided advisory services to explorers, producers & prospective uranium investors. Mr. Hartmann's ISR uranium experience has brought him through the entire cycle of the business, from exploration, project studies and development, through production and well field reclamation. He has provided technical and managerial expertise to a large number of uranium ISR projects across the US including, Smith Ranch - Highland ISR Uranium Mine (Cameco), Rosita ISR Uranium Central Processing Plant and Wellfield (currently held by enCore Energy), the Churchrock ISR Uranium Project (currently held by Laramide Resources), and the Dewey-Burdock ISR Uranium Project (currently held by enCore Energy).

Mr. Hartmann has also provided uranium ISR due diligence services to a number of private equity firms and Asian utility companies looking to invest in both uranium exploration and production in the US. Most recently Mr. Hartmann was the V.P. Technical Services for Sweetwater Royalties LLC, and a member of the founding leadership team. Sweetwater Royalties LLC is an industrial mineral and base metals royalty company, the largest private landowner in the State of Wyoming, and currently the largest investment of Orion Mine Finance.

Mr. Hartmann holds a BA is Geological Sciences from The Ohio State University, and a MSc in Mining Engineering and Management from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He is a Professional Geologist licensed in both Wyoming (PG-3589) and Texas (11705), a Registered Member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (4170350RM), and a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (318271). He is a Qualified Person (QP) under Canadian National Instrument 43-101 and US Securities Exchange Commission S-K 1300, and a Competent Person (CP) under Australasian JORC Code for a variety of commodities, deposit styles & areas of technical focus.