Stephen Biggins, Former Managing Director Of Core Lithium, Appointed As Non Executive Chairman

Winsome Resource Limited (ASX:WR1; “Winsome” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that highly experienced lithium professional Stephen Biggins (MBA, BSc (Hons) Geol, MAusIMM) has today been appointed as a Director and will transition into the role of Non-Executive Chairman of the Company in January 2023.

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Stephen Biggins is a high profile lithium industry professional with 25 years’ experience as a Geologist and mining industry executive
• Stephen’s experience gained over 10 years as Managing Director of Core Lithium (ASX:CXO) will be leveraged to fast track development of Winsome’s Canadian hard rock assets

Mr Biggins was until recently Managing Director of Core Lithium (ASX:CXO), a position that he held for over 10 years, during which time he led the company through the acquisition, discovery, permitting, financing, offtake and most recently production from the first lithium mine in the Northern Territory, one of the highest-grade lithium resources in Australia.

Mr Biggins has applied his Honours Degree in Geology and MBA as the founding Managing Director of several ASX-listed companies. Mr Biggins has built prospective portfolios of lithium, gold, uranium and base metal exploration projects in Australia, Asia and Africa.

Mr Justin Boylson, who has successfully led the Company as Chairman from IPO for the first year of listing on the ASX, has elected to transition into a Non-Executive Director role at the end of 2022 and continue to contribute to the Company’s ongoing success in this capacity. The Company thanks Justin for his leadership thus far and looks forward to continuing to have him on the Board of Directors.

WINSOME’S MANAGING DIRECTOR CHRIS EVANS SAID:

“Having Stephen join the Winsome team as Chairman is a major coup for the Company. His experience and expertise in the lithium industry will catalyse the fast tracking of our world class projects in Quebec and allow the Company to move to the next level in our development pathway after celebrating our first anniversary of listing on the ASX.”

WINSOME’S OUTGOING CHAIRMAN JUSTIN BOYLSON SAID:

“It is with great pleasure I welcome Stephen to Winsome. I am proud of the work the team has done since listing Winsome over the last year. It is a natural progression to hand over the Chairmanship to a professional leader of Stephen’s calibre and experience. I look forward to continuing to work with the board and the rest of the team in developing our world class projects as a Non-Executive Director.”

WINSOME’S INCOMING CHAIRMAN STEPHEN BIGGINS SAID:

“The opportunity to join the board of an emerging lithium development Company with such great assets in Quebec, the new frontier of global hard rock lithium production is very exciting. I would like to thank Justin and the rest of the team for the hard work they have done to date since listing and look forward to working with them all to develop the quality portfolio of projects the Company owns.”

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