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Critical Metals Corp. (Nasdaq: CRML) ("Critical Metals Corp" or the "Company"), a leading critical minerals mining company, today announced the appointment of Chang Oh Turkmani, a multi-lingual international trade attorney, business executive, and energy and infrastructure investor, to its Advisory Board.
Turkmani is a highly accomplished legal and business leader with more than three decades of experience in international trade, cross-border negotiation, and global commodity markets. She is the Managing Director and Principal of The Mega Company, a Washington, D.C.–based private development and investment firm she founded in 1983. Through the firm, she oversees commercial and financial transactions involving the negotiation and implementation of export contracts for industrial commodities including iron ore, coking coal, rock phosphate, cement clinker, and lumber.
In addition to her leadership at The Mega Company, Turkmani has played a significant role in major international infrastructure and logistics projects. She is a Principal at American Construction Technologies and Key Logistic Center in Bucharest, Romania, where she oversees the development, construction, and management of large-scale temperature-controlled and ambient logistics facilities. She also serves as Managing Director and Principal of Crest Energy, which focuses on electricity and gas trading and renewable energy development in Eastern Europe, and CDM Global, an environmental solutions company specializing in remediation, industrial waste management, and environmental impact assessment.
"We are honored to welcome Chang Oh Turkmani to our Advisory Board," said Tony Sage, CEO and Executive Chairman of Critical Metals Corp. "Chang brings a unique combination of legal expertise, global business leadership, and deep experience in international commodities, energy, and infrastructure development. Her insights into cross-border negotiations, regulatory frameworks, and global supply chains will be invaluable as we continue to progress our Tanbreez rare earth project in Greenland."
Turkmani began her legal career in Washington, D.C., practicing international trade law at major firms where she worked on anti-dumping, countervailing duty, and regulatory matters. She later joined academia as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where she taught Pre-Negotiation Strategies for Cross-Border Transactions from 2003 to 2019. Her course focused on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, international dispute resolution mechanisms, and cross-cultural legal strategy for international lawyers.
"I am honored to join CRML's Advisory Board and contribute to its mission," Turkmani said. "Throughout my career I have worked at the intersection of international law, global commerce, and public policy. I look forward to supporting CRML in advancing the Tanbreez rare earth project in Greenland".
Turkmani holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and completed an executive program at Harvard Law School. She earned her BA/MA in Spanish with a minor in Portuguese from Northwestern University and studied at the Instituto Internacional in Madrid, Spain.
She serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards and has received numerous honors for her professional and civic leadership. Among them, she was named Alumna of the Year by Georgetown University Law Center and received the Bridgebuilder Award from the University of Houston where she was a commencement speaker. Turkmani is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
About Critical Metals Corp.
Critical Metals Corp (Nasdaq: CRML) is a leading mining development company focused on Critical Metals and minerals, and producing strategic products essential to electrification and next generation technologies for Europe and its western world partners. Its flagship Project, Tanbreez, is one of the world's largest, rare-earth deposits and is in Southern Greenland. The deposit is expected to have access to key transportation outlets as the area features year-round direct shipping access via deep water fjords that lead directly to the North Atlantic Ocean.
Another key asset is the Wolfsberg Lithium Project located in Carinthia, 270 km south of Vienna, Austria. The Wolfsberg Lithium Project is the first fully permitted mine in Europe and is strategically located with access to established road and rail infrastructure and is expected to be the next major producer of key lithium products to support the European market. Wolfsberg is well positioned with offtake and downstream partners to become a unique and valuable asset in an expanding geostrategic Critical Metals portfolio.
With this strategic asset portfolio, Critical Metals Corp is positioned to become a reliable and sustainable supplier of critical minerals essential for defense applications, the clean energy transition, and next-generation technologies in the western world.
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