Mr. Arno Brand reports

GRATOMIC APPOINTS MINE MANAGER AT AUKAM GRAPHITE PLANT

Gratomic Inc. has appointed Hermanus (Manie) Silver as mine manager at its 100-per-cent-owned Aukam graphite mine and processing plant located 200 kilometres east of the port of Luderitz in Namibia.

During his 42 years of open-pit and open-cast mining experience, Mr. Silver held positions as mine manager, chief operating officer and chief executive officer and is still instrumental in starting up and managing mining projects across Africa. He also consulted as senior engineer in mining metals and minerals within and outside the African continent, and as far as Mali and Kazakhstan.

As senior engineer for the Highland Group in Eritrea, Angola and Zambia on gold, copper and diamonds, he was responsible for improving mine capex and opex and training senior management at Zambia Copper, DRC Copper and Angola Diamond Mines. He also served as CEO for Miranda Coal.

Positions held

• Operations director, Namibia, contracts mining;
• Senior consultant, Basil Read, Rosh Pinah, Namibia, responsible for planning total project improvements, productivity and cost;
• Managing director, EBM Copper Mining, Namibia, starting up a new surface mining project;
• General manager, Tharisa Mineral, restructuring the mining operations to extend the life-of-mine plan with improved profits and sustainability.

Mr. Silver's current role at the Gratomic Graphite Pty. Ltd. Aukam project is primarily, but not limited to, planning future mine production, and organizing and supervising all mining activities. They include overseeing mine development and tunnelling, checking the quality of stone, rock and minerals, and inspecting the mine to ensure a safe working environment.

Arno Brand, president and CEO of Gratomic, commented, "We are very pleased with the appointment of Mr. Silver, who brings decades of experience in mine management and is a valuable addition to Gratomic going forward."

About Gratomic Inc.

Gratomic is a multinational company with projects in Namibia, Brazil and Canada. Its aim is to become a leading graphite supplier and to secure a strong position in the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain through developing its flagship Aukam graphite mine and continuing exploration at the Capim Grosso property. Gratomic will continue to explore graphite opportunities that show the potential to produce the specific flake size and purity required for active anodes.

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