Viridis Mining and Minerals Ltd. advised it has strengthened its executive team through a key appointment of Mr. Rafael Moreno as Chief Executive Officer, effective 15 January 2024. Key Appointment Rafael Moreno Mr. Moreno is a seasoned operational executive with 20-years? international experience within mining and petrochemical industries, across different types of projects and throughout their full lifecycle.

Mr. Moreno has held senior leadership roles with Santos and INPEX, including working on the Barossa (~USD 6 billion) and Ichthys (~USD 45 billion) Projects, and has extensive knowledge in project delivery, supply and commercial agreements, financially responsible for budgets over USD 2 billion and leading execution teams all over the world. Mr. Moreno is currently employed as Chief Operating Officer responsible for leadership of project execution and operations for lithium projects in Argentina and Nevada, USA. In this capacity, he is involved in marketing and investor road show engagements and offtake and finance negotiations with strategic partners.

Mr. Moreno?s academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) degree upon which he received First Class Honours and a Bacher of Science (Applied Chemistry) degree, both of which he received at Curtin University.