Liberty Star Announces New Board Director, Saleem Elmasri (CPA)

TUCSON, Aug. 16, 2023 - Liberty Star Minerals ("Liberty Star" or the "Company") (OTCMarkets: LBSR) is pleased to announce the Board unanimously agreed to appoint Saleem Elmasri (CPA) Director, effective immediately. This appointment will be ratified by a future shareholder vote.

Saleem Elmasri (CPA) is a seasoned business professional with over 15 years of experience in financial and management consulting. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and worked for several of the firm's Fortune 500 clients. From PwC, he transitioned to lead advisory practices at boutique consulting firms, specializing in transaction and complex accounting advisory.

Saleem has helped his clients navigate transformational endeavors such as acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, and restructurings. Focused primarily on the life sciences and technology sectors, Saleem has augmented leadership teams in decision making roles to navigate transactions in the public markets, drive transformative business development efforts, including acquisitions and divestitures, and various SEC or audit compliance matters.

Saleem is an experienced investor focused on early-stage companies addressing global scale challenges, having a large addressable market, and visionary founders. Beginning in 2016, Saleem has served as the CEO advisor, CFO, or Board member at several early-stage companies and in 2020, launched Titan Advisory Services to provide such services. In 2022, Saleem launched Titan Ventures, an eco-system driven venture capital firm, to allow colleagues and friends to participate in early-stage and other private market investments. In 2023, Saleem launched Titan Strategic Partners to help clients navigate project financing for ambitious infrastructure ventures.

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