-- Mr. Otero brings multi-disciplinary aluminum industry executive experience
   to Braidy Industries as the Company builds the Braidy Atlas Mill and begins
   nanocrystalline powder manufacturing operations in Ashland, Kentucky

Braidy Industries, Inc. ("Braidy Industries"), an Ashland, Kentucky-based 
manufacturer of metals for the global transportation, toolmaking, and food and 
beverage industries, has named Mike Otero as Chief Operating Officer (COO), 
effective January 6, 2020. Mr. Otero joins the Braidy Industries executive team 
with the added designation of Head of the Ashland Headquarters facility. He 
will report directly to Craig Bouchard, CEO and Chairman of Braidy Industries. 

Most recently, Mr. Otero was CEO of Oman Aluminum Rolling Mill Company, LLC 
(OARC), a $500 million greenfield aluminum rolling mill and paint line facility 
built in Sohar, Oman. During Mr. Otero's time with OARC, the Company became 
EBITDA and cash flow positive, and was able to strategically position itself as 
the world's largest off-shore supplier of aluminum flat rolled products (common 
alloy and foil) to the United States. Prior to OARC, Mr. Otero served as 
Commercial and Supply Chain Manager for Sohar Aluminum, a $2.7 billion 
greenfield construction smelter and power plant project. 

Mr. Otero also held prior positions at Rio Tinto Aluminum, Edwards D. Jones & 
Co., LLP and Crown Crafts, and served in the United States Marine Corps 
Reserves from 1989-1997 as a logistics specialist.

Craig Bouchard, CEO of Braidy Industries, said, "Mike's extensive executive 
experience in the aluminum industry will be of unique advantage to Braidy 
Industries as we move forward with the construction of our world-class aluminum 
rolling mill. His track record in operations and finance, and experience 
building a successful commercial mill will prove instrumental to achieving our 
objective of developing lighter and stronger low-carbon alloys for America and 
territory beyond."

Of his new role, Mr. Otero said, "I am thrilled to join the Braidy Industries 
team creating a generational shift in the production of aluminum and other 
lightweighting materials. Working alongside my uniquely talented colleagues, we 
have our common goal of bringing economic revitalization to Appalachia."

Mr. Otero holds a Bachelor of Administration in Accounting from Georgia 
Southern University, as well as a Masters of Business Administration from 
Western Carolina University and Universitat Mannheim.

About Braidy Industries, Inc.:

Braidy Industries, Inc. was formed to lead a national transformation in the 
manufacture and use of efficient, eco-friendly metal alloys that are lighter 
and stronger than metals currently in commercial use. The Company's first 
project, the construction of Braidy Atlas aluminum rolling mill, a 
state-of-the-art low-emissions greenfield manufacturing facility at EastPark 
Industrial Center in Ashland, Kentucky, will position Braidy Industries as the 
low-cost, low-carbon maker of 300,000 annual tons of production-ready series 
3000, 5000 and 6000 aluminum sheet for the automotive and beverage can 
industries. Braidy's subsidiary, Veloxint Corporation, is an MIT-incubated 
lightweighting solutions company that is manufacturing parts with patented 
nanocrystalline technology. Braidy's subsidiary NanoAl LLC is a world leader in 
the science of nanocrystalline technology applied to aluminum. 

For more information, visit www.braidy.com.

SOURCE: Braidy Industries, Inc.

CONTACT: Jaunique Sealey, jsealey@braidy.com