Sovereign Metals Ltd (ASX: SVM) has enhanced its development team ahead of the Kasiya Rutile-Graphite Project in Malawi, appointing Dr Surinder Ghag as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – Graphite. Dr. Ghag, a seasoned metallurgist with over 25 years of expertise in graphite and rutile, will assist Sovereign’s graphite strategy by qualifying graphite products from Kasiya for lithium-ion battery anodes. This appointment bolsters Sovereign’s project development team, which collaborates with strategic investor Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO). Sovereign is poised to become a leader in natural flake graphite production, a significant by-product of the Kasiya Project.