South Star Battery Metals appoints Board member Marc Leduc as new Chairman of the Board of Directors

– CANADA, Vancouver –  South Star Battery Metals Corp. (TSXV: STS | OTC: STSBF) today announced the appointment of board member Marc Leduc as Chairman of the Board of Directors, succeeding Dave McMillan who retired from the Board effective April 15th, 2022.

Richard Pearce CEO said, “We are pleased to announce that Marc is assuming the role of Chairman of the Board, and his wealth of project development, construction, and operational experience is going to be an important resource in assisting the Company in moving Santa Cruz into production and scaling operations as well as advancing the Alabama project through the development phases to a capital allocation decision. He will be a big help to the team and a real positive for the Company.”

About Marc Leduc

Mr. Leduc is a mining engineer and geologist with over 30 years of experience involving all aspects of the development, operations, planning, and evaluation of mining projects including over 20 years in Latin America. Marc served as the President and CEO of Luna Gold Corp., operator of the Arizona mine in Brazil, from 2015 to 2016. He also led the team restarting the Castle Mountain mine in the southwest US and served as COO and interim CEO of Newcastle Gold Ltd. Both companies were merged in 2017 to form Equinox Gold Corp. where he served as the Executive Vice President of US Operations after the merger. He is currently COO of Kore Mining Ltd. Throughout his career, Marc has demonstrated a proven ability to unlock the maximum value in mining assets through his experience in the design and construction of large mines, heap leach, and tailings facilities. He has global experience in the areas of complex metallurgy, site water management, heap leach planning, and the use of innovative solutions to solve environmental concerns. Previously, Mr. Leduc was Chief Operating Officer at Lydian International Limited and President and COO of Bear Creek Mining Corporation. He holds a B.Sc. (Honors) in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University and a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Ottawa.

About South Star Battery Metals Corp.

South Star Battery Metals Corp. is a Canadian battery metals project developer focused on the selective acquisition and development of near-term production projects in the Americas. South Star’s Santa Cruz Graphite Project, located in Southern Bahia, Brazil is the first of a series of industrial and battery metals projects that will be put into production. Brazil is the second-largest graphite-producing region in the world with more than 80 years of continuous mining. Santa Cruz has at-surface mineralization in friable materials, and successful large-scale pilot-plant testing (>30t) has been completed. The results of the testing show that approximately 65% of Cg concentrate is +80 mesh with good recoveries and 95%-99% Cg. With excellent infrastructure and logistics, South Star is carrying its development plan towards Phase 1 production projected in Q2 2023.

South Star’s next project in the pipeline is a development project in Alabama located in the middle of a developing electric vehicle, aerospace, and defense hub in the southeastern United States. The Project is a historic mine active during World Wars I & II. Trenching, sampling, analysis, and preliminary metallurgic testing have been completed. The testing indicated a traditional crush/grind/flotation concentration circuit achieved grades of approximately 96-97% with approximately 86% recoveries. and South Star is executing on its plan to create a multi-asset, diversified battery metals company with near-term operations in strategic jurisdictions. South Star trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol STS, and the OTCQB under the symbol STSBF.

For more information: https://www.southstarbatterymetals.com/

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