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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

RICHARD HATCHER

Senior Geologist

DESCRIPTION

Richard is a member of Appian’s Technical Team, where he focuses on undertaking technical due diligence on mining projects but with a particular focus on exploration upside evaluation. Richard has over 20 years of experience primarily in exploration and resource drilling across a range of commodities.

Prior to joining Appian, Richard worked as Exploration Manager at the Capricorn Copper Mine coordinating the resource delineation and exploration upside of the Refurbishment and Restart Study of the Capricorn Copper Project. Mining was recommenced at the Capricorn Copper Mine in November 2017 with an estimated 10-year mine life on current defined resources. During his career, Richard has worked extensively in Southeast Asia, Oceania, Central and South America with a number of companies including roles as Executive Director (Technical) – Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources Ltd, Exploration Manager – Kings Minerals NL (Mexico).

Richard has been an integral member of the teams involved in the discovery and delineation of a number of deposits including Roseby Copper Oxide Deposit (Cloncurry – Australia), Ocampo Gold – Silver Deposit (Chihuahua – Mexico), Palmarejo Silver – Gold Deposit (Chihuahua – Mexico) and Cerro del Gallo Gold – Copper – Silver Deposit (Guanajuato – Mexico).

Richard is an Australian national and holds a B App Sc in Geology (Honours) from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Richard is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists and a Member of the Society of Economic Geologists.

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

Managing Director

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

HECTOR SALAS

Senior Geologist, Mexico

LUCAS SARTO

Project Management Officer

MILOS AMATI

Vice President

TIM O’DONNELL

Vice President

DAVID SACHT

Vice President

DEREK MARLOW

Senior Associate

JÃœRGEN UHLMANN

Senior Associate

DANIEL FREIRE

Senior Associate

AIMAN CHBARY

Senior Associate

STEFAN STROBELE

Senior Associate

NIKKI MIAO

Investment Associate

SEBASTIAN MACIAS BRANDES

Associate (Base Metals)

MARTIN BARAKSO

Investment Analyst

JASON SANTIXIS

Investment Analyst

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

JOSH HAYNES

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