Lomiko Metals Inc. announced a new leadership team and the appointment, effective October 25, 2021. With the appointment of Belinda Labatte as director and Gordana Slepcev as Chief Operating Officer, the company is poised to develop its current critical minerals projects in Quebec and pursue a new growth strategy for the acquisition and development of new critical minerals assets to add to the company?s portfolio. A. Paul Gill, who will remain executive chair of the board; she also joins as director of board. Gill will continue to be involved in advancing the current portfolio of assets with additional new directors to be appointed at the annual general meeting of shareholders. He will also continue to oversee the final stages of completing the ECOLOGO third party certification process, which reinforces the company?s commitment to ethical practices as endorsed by the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (QMEA). Vince Osbourne replaces Jacqueline Michael as director, who will resign her position as director and continue in the role of Controller for the company, reporting to Vince Osbourne. Also resigning as director is Mike Petrina who will remain with the company in an operational capacity, as Project Manager for the La Loutre project. In addition, Eric Levy is appointed as independent director. Levy is senior partner at the law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and is Canadian lawyer in corporate M&A transactions and securities law. Levy will lead the board renewal process with Paul Gill to ensure a highly diverse board that shares in the vision of building a new energy company. Incoming COO Gordana Slepcev, M.Sc.P. Eng, is a Professional Mining Engineer with more than 25 years of global mining experience in developing, building and leading safe mining operations. Slepcev?s extensive experience spans multiple commodities, including gold, base metals, coal and industrial minerals. She brings considerable experience in mineral exploration, permitting, corporate and regulatory/First Nations/Indigenous relations, and project financing to the company. Before joining the company, Slepcev held the position of COO for BMSI, where she was responsible for restarting the barite reprocessing facility, mitigating historical environmental impacts and overseeing EPCM contractors. She also formerly held the role of COO of Anaconda Mining, where she was responsible for the company?s operations and development of the Goldboro project. Independent director Eric Levy has over 20 years of experience advising on complex issues concerning securities and governance matters. He is Head of Osler?s Montreal Corporate Group and also serves on the Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Partnership Board. In addition, the company is forming an advisory board to management to assist with the growth of the company. Normand Champigny, CEO and Director of Quebec Precious Metals Corporation has been appointed to this group.