Future Battery Minerals Limited announced appointment of Mr. Robert (Rob) Waugh as a Non-Executive Director, effective on 25 June 2024. Rob has over thirty years' professional experience within the global mining industry spanning a broad range of commodities and geographies. Most recently, he was the Managing Director of gold exploration and development business, Musgrave Minerals Ltd. (Musgrave).

Over his 12-year tenure there, Rob led Musgrave from its Initial Public Offering as a AUD 20 million explorer through to pre-development status with a 927 koz gold resource. He then saw Musgrave through its successful AUD 201 million acquisition by Ramelius Resources Ltd. in 2023. Prior to Musgrave, Rob held exploration and team leadership roles across both junior and major mining companies, including over 19 years collectively at BHP Ltd. and WMC Resources Ltd. Rob holds a BSc (Geology) from the University of Western Australia and a MSc (Mineral Economics) from Curtin University and the Western Australia School of Mines.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (AusIMM) and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Upon Rob's appointment, FBM also advises that Mr. Michael (Mike) Edwards has elected to retire from the Board, effective on 30 June 2024. Mike has been a member of the FBM Board since August 2020, including as Chairman from February 2022 to October 2023.

Mike's leadership spanned the period of FBM's progression of its nickel sulphide assets, the discovery of lithium at Kangaroo Hills, and the acquisition and discovery of a large-scale lithium clay asset in Nevada. He played a pivotal role in the subsequent transformation of the Company into a lithium focused explorer including corporate recruitment, rebranding and development of the forward strategy.