IBAT Technology is Reshaping the Future of Lithium Extraction

Dr. John Burba is a physical chemist and a world-renowned pioneer in lithium and other mineral extraction technologies. His more than 40-year career features a number of lithium brine projects in North and South America, notably with Dow Chemical Co., FMC Corp., and Chemtura Corp. Most recently, Dr. Burba served as CEO of Simbol materials, a company focused on the recovery of lithium from geothermal brines in Southern California. Under his leadership, Simbol successfully developed a proprietary process capable of producing low-cost, high-purity lithium products from brines that were previously believed to be too high in contaminants to be economically processed. Dr. Burba also recently served as CTO and Executive VP of Molycorp Inc., where he was instrumental in identifying and developing numerous rare earths technologies as part for the Project Phoenix re-development of the Mountain Pass facilities. Dr. Burba received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and completed doctoral studies in Physical Chemistry at Baylor University. He now serves as the founder and CEO of International Battery Metals.

Iris Jancik joined International Battery Metals Ltd in August 2024 as Chief Executive Officer. An engineer with extensive global contracting and management experience in the water resources sector, Jancik previously served as CEO of IDE Americas, a subsidiary of  for IDE Technologies, a global desalination and water treatment solutions company, where she was responsible for the development and operations of major infrastructure projects, including San Diego County Water Authority’s Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, Calif., as well as other municipal and Industrial water treatment plants. Jancik has more than 20 years’ global experience with the infrastructure and water industries in executive strategy, sales of engineered products, infrastructure project management, contract negotiation and management across several global regions. She holds an MBA in International Business from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Douglas Smith joined International Battery Metals Ltd in December 2023 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith brings to the Company a wealth of financial, accounting and tax experience. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Smith was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Next Level Urgent Care from December 2021 to August 2023, and Chief Financial Officer of NCS Subsea, Inc. from February 2019 to December 2021. From September 2016 to February 2019, Mr. Smith worked as an independent consultant and was the lead independent board member of Sevan Drilling LTD from July 2017 to August 2018. Mr. Smith served as Chief Financial Officer of Vantage Drilling Company from September 2007 to September 2016. Mr. Smith began his career in the public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelors’ of Business Administration degree in Accounting and a Masters of Public Accounting degree both from the University of Texas at Austin.

Josh has over 20 years experience in water treatment for the Oil & Gas industry with specialization in produced water, wastewater treatment and flow back treatments from first stage through tertiary.  Participated/led installation and commissioning of 34 water treatment packages in 20 countries ranging from 10K BPD to 900K BPD, costing up to $40M, including worlds largest offshore float cell (HIGF).  T2 certified and winner of multiple corporate and industry awards, including Water to Sea Special Recognition Award.  Issued US Patent No. 10,239,771.