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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

BENJAMIN MUSTON

Senior Vice President

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Ben is Senior Vice President based in London and part of the Financial Team. He is jointly responsible for overseeing investment evaluation, transaction execution and portfolio management.

Ben joined Appian in 2012 as part of the initial team that successfully concluded the capital raising for Fund I. Since then, Ben has reviewed over 1,000 inbound investment opportunities alongside the team and has worked on the majority of the investments made across both Fund I and Fund II.

Ben holds a dual Masters degree in Metals and Energy Finance from the Royal School of Mines and Imperial College Business School, London, as well as a Masters in Physics from the University of Bristol. His complementary financial and technical experience help leverage the firm across all key aspects of the business.

VIDEO INTRODUCTION

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

GRAEME DELL

Chief Operating Officer

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

ALYSSA McANNEY

Head of Legal, Global M&A

IGNACIO BUSTAMANTE

Head of Base Metals

ALEX THOMPSON

COO, Base Metals

MILOS AMATI

CFO, Base Metals

SILVIO LIMA

Head of Corporate Affairs, ESG and Community Engagement

GEOFFREY COHEN

Senior Advisor North America

RICHY XIE

Head of Asia

K2 MAPASA

Head of Africa

RALPH PENNER

Director of Mining

KEN BRISEBOIS

Director, Mineral Evaluations

ADAM FISHER

Managing Director

YOHAN SANMUGAM

Principal

DAMIEN BRYANT

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

AUGUSTO CHUNG

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

PERCY CONDORI

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

DAVID ALLISON

VP of Operations

CHRIS ANDERSON

VP of Tailings

KEIRAN WHITEFIELD

VP of Global Maintenance

MARCUS SCHOLZ

VP Mining

RICHARD HATCHER

Senior Geologist

DARREN PARSONS

Senior Geologist

HECTOR SALAS

Senior Geologist, Mexico

LUCAS SARTO

Project Management Officer

TIM O’DONNELL

Vice President

EMMA LEITH

Head of Sustainability, Base Metals

ANDREW TODD

Head of Communications

DEREK MARLOW

Senior Associate

JÃœRGEN UHLMANN

Senior Associate

AIMAN CHBARY

Senior Associate

STEFAN STROBELE

Senior Associate

VICTORIA TWEEDIE

Resource Geologist

MELODY DONG

Head of Commodity Research

NIKKI MIAO

Investment Associate

MAURICIO ELESPURU

Investment Associate

SEBASTIAN MACIAS BRANDES

Associate (Base Metals)

MARTIN BARAKSO

Investment Analyst

JASON SANTIXIS

Investment Analyst

NEESHAL RAO

Group Financial Controller

ABDUL OSMAN

Fund Controller

VIDHUR KANSARA

Fund Controller

ADRIANO FAGUNDES

Director, ANRH Cooperatief U.A.

AMABELLE MORAS

Senior Finance Manager

JOSH HAYNES

Corporate Accountant

SANSKRITA MEHTA

Senior Accountant

OUTI NEVALA

Chief of Staff

MOYA WOODER

Office Manager

HUSSEIN JANMOHAMED

Personal Assistant to the CEO

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

SIMONA DIRVELYTE

Executive Assistant

BETHAN RICHARDS

Executive Assistant

MEGAN MAHLANGOVE

Administrative Assistant

FELIX LODGE

Executive Assistant

MINOU MOUSSAVI

Receptionist