Vital Metals Limited appointed Chartered Accountant Lara Iacusso as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms Iacusso has more than 30 years' experience in financial advisory services in Australia and overseas across a wide range of industries including mining and exploration. She was previously a partner of Deloitte Corporate Finance and is the former CFO of ASX-listed Oklo Resources, which merged with B2Gold in September 2022, and TSXV-listed Compass Gold Corp.

She is currently CFO for a West African Lime Company and several private companies. Ms Iacusso specialises in providing financial advisory services to emerging companies and has experience working with companies with operations in multiple jurisdictions including optimising cashflow, taxation and other cross-border matters.