Platypus Minerals Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Julian "Joe" Walsh as Chief Executive Officer, effective November 7, 2016. Joe Walsh is a resources industry executive and mining engineer with over 25 years of experience. He served as General Manager Corporate Development with PanAust Ltd. for 12 years and was instrumental in the evolution of PanAust from an explorer in 2004 to a plus USD 2 billion, S&P/ASX Top 100 Index, multi-mine copper and gold company with a portfolio of development assets in Asia, the Pacific and South America. Mr. Walsh has already helped Platypus develop a strategy that will see it transition from a mineral explorer to mine developer and lithium producer by 2019. Based in Brisbane, Australia, Mr. Walsh will lead Platypus in its strategy to become a lithium producer by exploring for lithium minerals and by developing operations using the L-Max process.