Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. announced that Dr. Dirk Naumann has joined Quest's Strange Lake project development team as Quest's Vice-President, Development. Dr. Naumann obtained a Diploma in Chemistry (1980) and Doctorate in Physical Chemistry (1983) from the University of Göttingen, Germany. His thesis research was directed to the thermodynamics, chemical engineering and computer modeling of complex chemical and technical processes.

Dirk's education and experience in chemistry, physics and chemical engineering was the basis of a 30-year career designing new products and processes, and managing numerous capital projects from inception through engineering and construction to successful market launch. His experience includes metal extraction and refining, and up-grading to high-purity metals, materials and compounds for specialty applications such as chargeable battery materials, for H.C. Starck (a division of Bayer AG), Inco Ltd., Eramet SA and other resource companies in Europe, China, Korea, Japan and Canada. More recently, he advised European and American companies on process intensification in order to improve their efficiency and sustainability, and to reduce energy consumption and generation of undesirable by-products.

Dirk will be responsible for the delivery of Quest's Strange Lake project advanced pre-feasibility and definitive feasibility studies, and of project terms of reference for an Environmental Impact Statement for project permitting purposes. He will also work with Quest's metals marketing team and manage negotiation of strategic partnerships and product off-take agreements. Dr. Naumann will report directly to Peter Cashin, Quest's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Quest also announces that Colin Lindsay has resigned as Vice-President, Operations, to pursue personal interests. The company announced that Colin has agreed to remain as Quest's senior consultant for project development activities.