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International Battery Metals appoints CEO

VANCOUVER – International Battery Metals names Garry Flowers as chief executive officer. Flowers succeeds IBAT founder Dr. John Burba, who remains executive chairman as well as becoming director of global technology.

Flowers has served as IBAT’s president since June and as a member of the company’s advisory board since April 2021.

“I have never been more excited for the future of this company. IBAT has made tremendous strides with its patented and proven technology over the past 12 months, and we’re ready to accelerate the business into the operational phase,” said Burba. “We have reached a stage where we require additional executive focus to advance both the company’s strategy and the deployment of our ground-breaking technology. On behalf of the board, I’m very pleased to announce the appointment of someone with Garry’s extraordinary experience and capabilities in engineering, finance and major-project management as CEO, and to turn my full focus to the implementation and expansion of our innovative technology.”

Prior to joining IBAT, Flowers served as executive vice-president of operations and oversaw a combined global workforce of 10,000 people for Fluor Corporation. Previously, as president and CEO of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions – a subsidiary of Fluor, Northrup Grumman and Honeywell – Flowers managed a $3 billion annual contract and a total headcount of 9,000.

“It has been a pleasure to work alongside John during these exciting past several months and to help IBAT’s first-of-its-kind technology jump from the testing phase to become operational and ready to deploy,” Flowers said. “It’s time now to accelerate our strategy towards forming joint ventures or other partnerships with lithium resource owners, with the goal of delivering rapid and sustainable revenue growth from the production of battery-grade lithium. I look forward to working with John on deploying our technology into the field.”