Torque Metals Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Cristian Moreno as its Managing Director with immediate effect. Mr. Moreno is a highly experienced geologist with over five years' international experience. He has served in various roles including as an exploration and project geologist for gold exploration /producing companies and for oil and gas companies.

Most recently, he held the role of Mine/Project Geologist for Australian gold producer RED5 Limited and was previously geophysical and geological manager of Non- Seismic-Services as well as exploration geologist for BGP INC., China National Petroleum Corporation. Since becoming the Company's CEO in April 2022, he has played a significant role in the development of Torque's highly successful drilling campaigns at the Paris Gold Project in Western Australia. He was also instrumental in the recent identification of potential nickel targets within the Company's tenements.

Mr. Moreno holds a high distinction in Masters of Science, majoring in Geophysics from Curtin University (2020 ­ 2021), a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Geology (2013 ­ 2017) and Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours in Agricultural Engineering (2007- 2013) both from The National University of Colombia. He is currently enrolled in Masters of Science majoring in Statistics and Data Science at the prestigious KU Leuven University. Key employment terms for Mr. Moreno are as per his appointment as CEO.

Mr. Moreno is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysics (ASEG) and the Curtin Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE).