International Battery Metals Ltd. (CSE: IBAT) has appointed Iris Jancik as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective in mid-August. Jancik will lead the company’s efforts to expand the commercial deployment of its patented modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) plants. IBAT recently announced the installation of its first commercial lithium production plant, co-located at US Magnesium’s (US Mag) operations outside of Moab, Utah. The plant is expected to begin lithium production in June, processing brine produced from lithium-containing waste-magnesium salts and providing feed for high-purity lithium carbonate production by US Mag. This is the first commercial DLE plant in North America and the first modular DLE plant in the world.