Hastings Technology Metals Limited announce the appointment of Mr. Matthew Allen as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, with effect from 1 February 2021. Mr. Allen will be based in Hastings' head office in Perth, Western Australia. The appointment of Mr. Allen, a chartered accountant and finance professional with more than 25 years' experience in the resources sector, marks an expansion of Hastings' Perth based senior leadership team as the Company finalises offtake, financing and approvals processes for the world-class Yangibana Rare Earths Project in Western Australia's Gascoyne region. Hastings is targeting a start of construction in 2021 and first production of mixed rare earths carbonate from 2023. Mr. Allen was most recently Managing Director and before that Chief Financial Officer of Otto Energy Ltd, an ASX-listed oil and gas company with a current focus on activities in the United States. Mr. Allen played a pivotal role in Otto's erstwhile successful Philippines operations and led the sale of that business in 2014.