Kalidas Madhavpeddi

Mr. Madhavpeddi, a Director of the Company, has 40 years of international experience in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, government relations, marketing, mining engineering and capital. He is currently the President of Azteca Consulting LLC, an advisory firm to the metals and mining sector, a position he has held since 2006. From 2010 to 2018 he was CEO of China Molybdenum International, the overseas arm of a HK listed global producer of copper, gold, cobalt, phosphates, niobium and molybdenum. His extensive career in the mining industry includes over 25 years at Phelps Dodge Corporation (now Freeport-McMoRan), as Senior Vice President and contemporaneously the President of Phelps Dodge Wire & Cable. Mr. Madhavpeddi is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India; the University of Iowa and the Harvard Business School. The Board has determined that Mr. Madhavpeddi should serve as a Director to benefit from his long-term experience in the mining industry working as an executive in global corporate development, exploration, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and finance.

Mr. Madhavpeddi currently serves as a director of Dundee Precious Metals (since February 1, 2021) and the Chair of Glencore plc (since February 4, 2020). Mr. Madhavpeddi previously served as the CEO of China Molybdenum International from September 2008 until April 2018, as Chairman of the Board of Namibia Rare Earths from 2010 until 2016, as a director of Capstone Mining from 2012 until April 2019 and as a director of Trilogy Metals Inc. from 2012 to 2023.

Areas of expertise include: corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, mining operations, exploration and capital, marketing and sales, corporate leadership and human resources/compensation.