TORONTO, ONTARIO and MUNICH, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Sept. 1, 2016) – TANTALEX Resources Corporation (CSE:TTX)(FRANKFURT:1T0) (“TANTALEX” or the “Corporation“) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Luisa Moreno to its Board of Directors.

Dr. Moreno is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Tahuti Global, a successful Global Advisory and Consulting firm founded in 2014, which provides financial and consulting services to government institutions, investment firms, and listed and private companies in the Mineral Resource Sector. Previously, she acted as Senior Analyst, at Toronto based-investment Banks, where she was instrumental in providing research and attracting corporate finance business from strategic metals and related technologies companies. From 2007 to 2010, she held a position as an Investment Research Analyst at a Global Investment Research firm, based in Toronto, undertaking the research of mostly large and medium cap mineral resource companies with emerging markets assets, servicing multi-billion dollar funds in Asia, Europe and America. Prior to this, Dr. Moreno occupied the position of Business Development Associate and Director of an Automotive Program at Ontario Centres of Excellence. With its focus on Technology Transfer and Commercialization of University technologies, she was responsible for managing investments in technologies and start-up companies in the Industrial Materials and Manufacturing sectors.

Dr. Moreno also has an exemplary educational background. She holds a PhD in Materials & Mechanics from Imperial College London, UK, for which her studies were fully sponsored by Uponor, UK, and Dow Chemicals, EU. She also has a Degree of Licentiate (BSc and Master’s) in Physics Engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Nova University of Lisbon (FCT/UNL).

Dave GAGNON, Chief Executive Officer of TANTALEX, explains: “We are very happy and fortunate to have Luisa join our Board. She is considered to be one of the top Critical/Strategic Metals Analysts Globally, having published industry primers on critical metals, and serving as Subject Matter Expert for the likes of the Globe & Mail, Business News Network (BNN), Bloomberg and others. She also understands the markets in which the end users of our minerals operate, having offered advice to research, procurement and manufacturing engineering teams at international corporations. We strongly believe that Luisa’s guidance and contribution will help TANTALEX grow to the next level of business, as well as increase shareholder value.”

Dr. Moreno adds, “I look forward to working with the TANTALEX team. We share the same core values, such as sustainable and equitable mining, as well as an understanding as to where the high-tech minerals market is headed and the role that TANTALEX can take within this space. I have watched them deliver on their objectives and meet their milestones, and I believe Dave and the team have built a strong foundation upon which to build, and I’m looking forward to being a part of that.”

About TANTALEX Resources Corporation

TANTALEX is a mining company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and distribution of Tantalum and other high-tech mineral properties in Africa. The Company is listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE:TTX) and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRANKFURT:1T0).

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