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16/12/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 6579L  Critical Metals PLC  16 December 2025

Critical Metals plc / EPIC: CRTM / Market: Main Market

 

16 December 2025

Critical Metals Plc

("Critical Metals" or the "Company")

 

Board Changes

 

Critical Metals plc (LSE:CRTM), a mining company established to acquire mining
opportunities in the critical and strategic metals sector, currently
developing the Molulu Copper/Cobalt Project ("Molulu") in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, announces two changes to the Board of Directors.

 

Mr Ali Farid Khwaja has resigned as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), effective
immediately for personal reasons and the Board would like to thank him for his
significant contributions during his short tenure as CEO,  particularly in
guiding the Company through a critical phase of restructuring. We wish him
well for the future. The operations, financial plans and strategy remain
unchanged. The Board is confident that the senior management can deliver the
strategy and have the oversite and executive capability.

 

The Board has appointed Mr Danilo Lange as interim CEO of the Company while
the Board carries out an executive search process in the coming months. The
Board is confident that Mr Lange has the skills and experience to continue the
company's development. Mr Lange is an experienced international executive with
over 25 years of leadership experience across mining, consumer goods, and
marketing sectors. He has a proven history in corporate turnaround, business
expansion, and cross-cultural team management in Europe, the Middle East, and
Eastern Europe. He  previously served as CEO of a NASDAQ OMEX listed  gold
producer and exploration company in Sweden. He has held senior management
roles at Serviceplan Group, Red Bull, and Yahoo! and is fluent in six
languages, including French. He holds  a Master of Science from the
University of Applied Science & Economics, Germany.

 

 

**ENDS**

 

 Critical Metals plc            critical@stbridespartners.co.uk

 St Brides Partners Ltd

 Financial PR

 Ana Ribeiro / Charlotte Page   critical@stbridespartners.co.uk

 

About Critical Metals

Critical Metals plc (LSE: CRTM) is a mining company established to acquire and
invest in brownfield mining projects with low-CAPEX and OPEX, close to
production, in the critical and strategic metals sector. The Company is
focused in developing the formerly producing Molulu Copper/Cobalt Project in
the Katangan Copperbelt in Democratic Republic of Congo.  Its shares are
admitted to the Official List and trade on the Main Market of the LSE.

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