Imperial Mining Group Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Pierre Neatby as President and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial, effective August 15, 2023. Pierre Neatby is an experienced metals and minerals executive who had increasingly responsible commercial positions during 20 years with Noranda in base metals and non-LME traded commodities in Toronto and London. He has extensive rare earth experience having spent 9 years with Avalon Advanced Materials.

In his latest role Mr. Neatby was responsible for Marketing of nickel and cobalt, and for Business Improvement for the Ambatovy Joint Venture based in Madagascar. Mr. Neatby is an Economics graduate from Queen's University and is a trained Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.