Battery Elements Corp. announced that Jon Harris has been appointed a non-executive director of the Company, and Norbert Liptak as plant manager at the Slovakian processing facility. Mr. Harris holds a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Natal (South Africa) and obtained a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School.

He has extensive experience in early-stage mining projects in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in gold, nickel and bauxite exploration and production. Mr. Harris has served as a Non-Executive Director for several AIM and TSX-listed companies, including Albania-based Bankers Petroleum Ltd. from 2004 through 2016. He has also been recently involved in consulting on the establishment of Molten Metal's Antimony/Tin processing operations in Slovakia.