Belmont Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of a new director Mr. Patrick Brandl, Senior Partner of bgm Partners with offices in Vienna Austria and Luzern, Switzerland. Patrick holds a master's degree in law and business administration. He began his career as a global commodity trader, quickly advancing to the Board of Directors, overseeing global export and processing operations.

He later became a Board Member and 40% shareholder in a Swiss trading firm, also assuming the role of CEO and 40% owner of the Russia & Baltic States Subsidiary for a major European processing & retail company. Patrick then transitioned into corporate finance and investment banking, where he became a partner at a US boutique and later at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), leading the firm's corporate finance practice in Austria & CEE. He subsequently served as the head of global investment banking for the Swiss Valartis Banking Group.

Following a management buyout, Patrick became the Senior Partner of bgm Partners Group, a Switzerland and Austriabased firm specializing in investment banking and corporate finance services for the commodity & mining industries, with additional investments in the mining & minerals processing sector. Patrick is a seasoned entrepreneur with board memberships in various entities across the commodity trading & processing and mining sectors.