Lepidico Ltd. advised that it has appointed Mr. Roland "Roly" Wells as Project Director for the implementation stage of the Phase 1 concentrator and chemical plant. Roly brings a great breadth and depth of experience from his plus 30 years working in the mining, minerals and infrastructure industries. As Project Director Roly will lead all facets of the Phase 1 Project implementation in Namibia and Abu Dhabi through to advanced ramp-up of operations.

Roly has more than 30 years of hands-on leadership experience as project director, site project manager and site construction manager in project and construction management of Australian and international metalliferous mining, civil, petrochemical, gas, rail and related infrastructure projects. These roles span the full development spectrum from studies through to project completion for multi-discipline greenfield and brownfield projects for mines, mineral processing plants, materials handling, roads, pipelines, water supply, process dams, water treatment plants, power stations and associated infrastructure. Roly's postings have included to Mali, China, PNG, USA and Ireland, with assignments also in various European countries, Japan, Korea, Liberia and Canada.

Roly has been working with Lepidico in a part time capacity since July and transitions to the full time Project Director role today. Roly is based in Brisbane, Australia from where Lycopodium Minerals Pty Ltd. is managing the Phase 1 Engineering Procurement and Construction Management works.