Battery Minerals Limited announced key Board changes aimed at providing additional skills and resources to finalise project financing for its Montepuez graphite project in Mozambique, progress and complete project development and begin production at Montepuez. Jeremy Sinclair, former Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Iron, has been appointed Managing Director. Mr. Sinclair replaces David Flanagan, who will transition to the role of Executive Chairman. Jeff Dowling will move from Chairman to Lead Independent Director while Brett Smith and Gilbert George will step down from the Board at the Company's AGM in May 2019. Mr. Sinclair is a Mining Engineer with 25 years of diverse experience across operations, project delivery, corporate leadership, and consulting in Australia and Africa. Most recently he was Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Iron, a position he held from 2011 to 2018, and before then, General Manager of the Atlas Pilbara Operations from 2007. Prior to that, he held key management roles in the Pilbara iron ore operations of Rio Tinto. Mr. Sinclair will commence with Battery Minerals on 8 April 2019. Mr. George, who has helped the Company forge relationships with Japanese prospects, will continue to assist in a consultancy capacity in this respect. David Flanagan will move into the role of Executive Chairman effective 8th April 2019 and he will continue to drive the completion of the current project financing as a number one priority for the business.