Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. announced its Board of Directors has named current Board Member, Brett Gross to succeed Jim Briscoe as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Pete O'Heeron to succeed Jim Briscoe as Chairman of the Board, both effective immediately. Mr. Gross is a seasoned mining executive who joined the Liberty Star Board in 2014.

Mr. O'Heeron is an experienced and gifted corporate executive with a long history of success creating and growing business enterprises. Mr. O'Heeron joined the Board in September, 2012. He leads an operational investment group which identifies early stage opportunities with strong intellectual property positions.

He integrates resources from strategic disciplines necessary to commercialize unique technologies and business opportunities. Mr. Briscoe will remain involved with Liberty Star as the Chief Geologist and Scientific Advisor and he will focus on supporting Mr. Gross in the development of Hay Mountain and addition of other mineral prospects to its portfolio. Mr. Briscoe founded Liberty Star in 2004 with the Alaskan Big Chunk Project and further developed additional opportunities in Northern Arizona and the active Southern Arizona Tombstone mining region.