US Vanadium Announces Changes to its Board of Directors

HOT SPRINGS, AR – (July 18, 2025) – U.S. Vanadium, the Arkansas-based producer of some of the world’s highest-purity vanadium pentoxide (V₂0₅) and vanadium trioxide (V₂0₃), announced today that it has appointed John Hadfield as a Director and that Terry Perles has resigned as a Director. =

John Hadfield

Mr. Hadfield is the CFO of TechMet Limited (86% owner of US Vanadium), a private, critical minerals investment company that is partially owned by the U.S. Government and committed to building Western-aligned projects that produce, process, and recycle the materials that are essential to American economic and national security.  John has over 20 years of financial leadership in the resources sector. He was formally CFO of KAZ Minerals PLC, a FTSE 250 high growth copper company and had an extensive career with BG Group PLC, a FTSE 100 integrated gas major, where he led finance teams in the UK, Egypt and Australia.

“The Board welcomes John as a Director of US Vanadium and looks forward to working with him and utilizing his extensive experience,” said Mark Smith, Chairman of the Board.  “The Board also thanks Terry for his dedicated service over the years and wishes him all the best in his future endeavors.”

In addition to Mr. Hadfield, the following are members of US Vanadium’s Board of Directors:

• Mark Smith (Chairman) — The former President and CEO of vanadium-producer Largo Resources Ltd., Mr. Smith has more than 40 years of experience in the mining and mineral processing industries.
• Darryll Castle (Chief Executive Officer) – Mr. Castle is the former CEO of a number of mining and production companies including CEO of Trafigura mining, CEO PPC Cement, CEO of Anvil Mining; Chief Operations Officer at Metorex Group Limited, as well as service on multiple boards of listed and private companies.
• Daniel Katz – Katz is Senior Vice President, Noble Alloys and Rare Earths, at Traxys North America LLC. He has over 30 years’ experience in the metals business, starting in 1991 when he joined the traffic department of Considar Inc., which became Traxys in 2003 after its merger with Sogem.
• Anthony Weiss — Weiss is Executive of Director TechMet USA and has over 30 years of experience in the mining, trading, and chemical sectors as an owner and management executive.

More information on US Vanadium and its leadership can be seen here: https://usvanadium.com/leadership/

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jim Sims, jim.sims@usvanadium.com, +1 (303) 503-6203

About U.S. Vanadium LLC

U.S. Vanadium is one of the world’s leading producers and suppliers of vanadium oxides and vanadium chemicals used in the titanium alloy, steel, chemicals, petrochemicals, vanadium flow batteries, and turbine coatings industries. At its facility in Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. Vanadium produces some of the highest-purity vanadium pentoxide made anywhere in the world, and is a critical supplier of high-purity vanadium oxides necessary for the production of titanium alloys for the aerospace industry. U.S. Vanadium produces its vanadium products from predominantly vanadium bearing waste products.

For more information, please visit:  USVanadium.com