Meteoric Resources NL announced it has appointed Mr. Nicholas Holthouse as Chief Executive Officer to lead the Company's new Rare Earths play, the Caldeira Project, located in the Minas Gerais State of Brazil. Most recently Nick held the positions of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and General Manager Engineering for Hastings Technology Metals Limited, where over the past 4 years, he has successfully guided the Yangibana Rare Earths Project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia from feasibility to construction, with involvement and oversight in the following key areas: Development of Project CAPEX and the EPCM contracting strategy and ongoing Front End Engineering Design (FEED) to the value of $658 million. Managed the Owners Team enabling works on site funded by owners' equity (circa $140 million).

Development of offtakes with European Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM's), separators and material traders, which were critical to develop and progress Debt Financing. Development of Debt Financing strategies with state owned funds and ECA's including NAIF, KfW and Finnvera. The development of key project stakeholder relationships with Traditional owners; Local, State and Federal Government Departments and regulators.

Prior to Hastings, Nick held a senior management role with Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk, where he was responsible for assessing and developing project opportunities throughout the Indonesian Archipelago. Nick previously spent four years with Finders Resources, taking the Wetar Copper Project forward from pre-financing, through to construction, commissioning and then into operations. This was preceded by four years at CSA Global as a mining consultant, where Nick had exposure to multiple commodities on a global scale and before that he had four years in the Philippines with European Nickel at the Acoje and Chaldaq Projects.