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The highly experienced technical and financial team, has overseen 60+ mine builds and over US$200bn of mining sector transactions, and works in a close and collaborative manner with management teams to deliver optimal results

The Appian Team

ALAIN CHAREST

Senior Advisor, Mexico

DESCRIPTION

Alain Charest is Senior Consultant for Appian in Mexico and is based out of Guerrero State, Mexico. His role, besides contributing to the elaboration and execution of the firm’s business strategy, is sourcing, identifying, and evaluating mineral projects in Mexico.

Alain has 40 years of experience in mineral exploration. Before and during the completion of his geological engineering studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, in 1993, he worked as a geological and geophysical technician for different consulting firms operating in western and northern Canada.

In 1994, Alain joined the Vancouver-based junior company Francisco Gold Corp as an exploration geologist. In the following year Alain discovered the El Sauzal, high-sulfidation, 2M oz gold deposit in southwestern Chihuahua State. Concurrent to the development of El Sauzal, Alain managed the exploration programs of Francisco Gold’s subsidiary company in Guatemala, which was responsible for discovering and developing the world-class, >2M oz Au equiv., Marlin gold-silver deposit.

During his 27 years in Mexico, Alain has gathered, reviewed and identified many exploration prospects and provided guidance and supervision on exploration programs for a range of exploration companies.

MICHAEL W. SCHERB

Founder and CEO

GUILLERMO KAELIN

Managing Partner

GRAHAM BROWN

Senior Operating Partner

PAUL HARVEY

Senior Operating Partner

WILLIAM LAMB

Senior Operating Partner

MONICA PINTO

Chief Financial Officer

IGOR GONZALES

Chief Operating Officer (technical)

RICHARD JOHNSON

Global Head of Investor Relations

WINTA JARVIS

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

TIMOTHY MISTER

Head of Credit & Royalties

ANTTI GRÖNLUND

Managing Director, Private Equity

IGNACIO BUSTAMANTE

Head of Base Metals

SILVIO LIMA

Head of Corporate Affairs, ESG and Community Engagement

GEOFFREY COHEN

Senior Advisor North America

PETER NICHOLSON

Senior Advisor Australia and Asia

K2 MAPASA

Head of Africa

RALPH PENNER

Director of Mining

KEN BRISEBOIS

Director, Mineral Evaluations

ADAM FISHER

Principal

YOHAN SANMUGAM

Principal

DAMIEN BRYANT

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

AUGUSTO CHUNG

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

TREVOR KRAWCHYK

Head of Continuous Improvement

RICHARD CLARK

Global Head of Specialty Materials and Processing

BENJAMIN MUSTON

Senior Vice President

JOSÉ MONTOYA

Senior Vice President, Latin America

JEAN LAFLEUR

Senior Consultant, North America

CARLOS URQUIAGA

Senior Consultant, Credit

DAVID ALLISON

VP of Operations

MARCUS SCHOLZ

VP Mining

RICHARD HATCHER

Senior Geologist

DARREN PARSONS

Senior Geologist

DOUGLAS COLEMAN

Head of Mexico

ALAIN CHAREST

Senior Consultant, Mexico

HECTOR SALAS

Senior Geologist, Mexico

LUCAS SARTO

Project Management Officer

MILOS AMATI

Vice President

TIM O’DONNELL

Vice President

DEREK MARLOW

Senior Associate

DAVID SACHT

Senior Associate

JÜRGEN UHLMANN

Senior Associate

DANIEL FREIRE

Senior Associate

AIMAN CHBARY

Senior Associate

STEFAN STROBELE

Investment Associate

NIKKI MIAO

Investment Associate

MARTIN BARAKSO

Investment Analyst

JASON SANTIXIS

Investment Analyst

RACHEL MCKAY

Senior Financial Controller

NEESHAL RAO

Group Financial Controller

ANH LUONG

Fund Controller

HASSAN SALIM

Fund Controller

ADRIANO FAGUNDES

Director, ANRH Cooperatief U.A.

AMABELLE MORAS

Senior Finance Manager

ALBERT MBOYO

Corporate Accountant

SANSKRITA MEHTA

Senior Accountant

OUTI NEVALA

Chief of Staff

MOYA WOODER

Office Manager

OLIVIA MCLAREN

Personal Assistant to the CEO

TOM DE NERT

Head of Marketing and Design/Graphics

ROMINA ASTE

Executive Assistant

CIOSA HANRAHAN

Executive Assistant

SANDRA LAMARO

Executive Assistant

ALISON GORDON

Executive Assistant

BETHAN RICHARDS

Receptionist and Administrative Assistant

MEGAN MAHLANGOVE

Administrative Assistant

FELIX LODGE

Executive Assistant

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