Warren Gilman

Advisor

Warren Gilman was Chairman and CEO of private, global mining investment company CEF Holdings Ltd. which was 50% owned by the flagship public company of Mr Li Ka-Shing, CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd and 50% by Canadian bank CIBC.

Mr. Gilman is a mining engineer and co-founded CIBC’s Global Mining Group in 1988. During his 26 years at CIBC he ran the mining investment banking teams in Canada, Australia and Asia, serving as Managing Director and Head of the Asia Pacific region for 10 years and latterly as Vice Chairman for CIBC World Markets.

Mr. Gilman has acted as advisor to the largest mining companies in the world including BHP, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Noranda, Falconbridge, Sumitomo Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, China Minmetals, Jinchuan and Zijin, and has been responsible for some of the largest equity capital markets financings in Canadian mining history.

Mr. Gilman is Founder, Chairman and CEO of TSX listed Queen’s Road Capital investment Ltd. He is also a Board member of NYSE/TSX-listed NexGen Energy Ltd, a uranium exploration and development company, and the Lead Director of NYSE-listed Gold Royalty Corp.

Mr. Gilman studied at Queen’s University and Western University in Canada.

Artem Volynets

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Artem Volynets is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ACG Metals. Mr. Volynets has 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and senior corporate management roles. He has led private and public transactions worth more than $30 billion and managed leading businesses in the metals and mining industry.

Mr. Volynets established ACG in 2014, as an advisory and investment management firm, through which he worked on a number of cross border transactions in the mining and metals sector in Eurasian emerging markets. These transactions utilized his extensive experience of M&A-led sector consolidation, his local knowledge and networks, and his global industry and investor connections.

Between 2018 and 2021, Mr. Volynets led the transformation of London-listed Chaarat Gold, via an M&A driven strategy from a development business with no production or cash flows, into a fully-operational producer. At the end of his tenure as Chief Executive Officer, Chaarat had three assets in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, 63koz of gold equivalent production (in 2021), 9.5moz of resources, and had raised over $175 million in various forms of funding. Mr. Volynets stepped down on 5 August 2021 from his role as Chaarat CEO to focus on ACG.

As a key strategy and M&A executive in the Eurasian aluminium industry from 2003 to 2013, Mr. Volynets has led several high-profile transactions that consolidated this sector. These include: the three-way merger between Sual, Rusal and Glencore’s alumina assets to create UC Rusal ($8.5 billion); UC Rusal’s acquisition of a 25% strategic stake in Norilsk Nickel ($12.6 billion); and its $2.2 billion IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As CEO of En+ (2010-2013), Mr. Volynets also spearheaded cooperation and joint ventures with China’s Norinco, Yangtze Power and Shenhua.

From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Volynets was a management consultant and corporate finance advisor with Monitor Group in Boston and London, working on more than 25 major international strategy and M&A projects for world-leading companies in mining and metals, banking and telecommunications.
Mr. Volynets was a board director of Chaarat Gold, En+, UC Rusal and Eurosibenergo, and served as an independent non-executive director at Norilsk Nickel and as Chairman of International Aluminium Institute.

He obtained an MBA from Georgetown University in 1997 (in a joint program with INSEAD in France) and a BA in Economics from The American University in Washington DC in 1994 and also studied at Moscow State University in Moscow. He emigrated from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991 and lives in London. He holds dual British and Russian nationality.

Mustafa Aksoy

Director

Mustafa Aksoy joined Çalık Group in 2004 and currently serves as General Manager and Board Member of Lidya Mines. Before becoming the founder CEO of Lidya in 2010, Mustafa worked in various sectors and departments of the Group in sales-marketing, corporate finance, business development and M&A.

Lidya’s parent company Çalık Holding, established over 40 years ago, is a leading Turkish conglomerate that operates in the fields of energy, construction, mining, textiles, and finance in 34 countries spanning Central Asia, the Balkans, Middle East and Africa regions. The group started in textiles but expanded into EPC business for energy and infrastructure, renewable investments, power distribution, mining and financial services. Mr.Aksoy serves on the Board of Çalık Energy and Investment Committee of Çalık Holding as well as various other JV companies.

Mr. Aksoy, who worked as an auditor at Egebank and Garanti Bank in Türkiye, completed his MBA at the University of Antwerp, Belgium and graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Türkiye, Department of Public Administration.

Maarten Terlouw

Director

Maarten Terlouw currently serves as President and Co-Chief Investment Officer at New York headquartered investment fund Argentem Creek Partners where he is responsible for co-leading the management of the firm and the funds investments.

Prior to joining Argentem Creek in 2023, Maarten spent over 25 years at ABN AMRO Bank, where he served as Regional Chief Executive Officer responsible for all activities of ABN AMRO in North and South America. In addition, he was appointed Chief Sustainability Officer for ABN AMRO Bank Group in January 2022. During his long tenure at the firm, he held various senior executive positions in corporate and investment banking and advisory across sectors including Industrials, Natural Resources, Trade and Commodity Finance, Global Transportation and Logistics in New York, London and Amsterdam.

Through these leadership positions, Mr. Terlouw has managed numerous global teams, and business lines and developed a deep and broad understanding of all facets of banking, ranging from design and implementation of risk and compliance programs, regulatory matters, design and execution of growth and deceleration strategies. As a business leader and practitioner, Maarten has very deep transaction experience in various sectors in Corporate Finance, M&A advisory, Leveraged and Structured Finance and large and complex fund-raising exercises, in many parts of the world across different industries

Mark Cutis

Independent Director

Mark Cutis is a seasoned banking and capital markets executive with extensive global experience, having actively managed portfolios of assets as CIO and CEO on behalf of both private and state-owned capital managers, with an excellent record of profitability.

Most recently, Mr. Cutis was both CEO of Abu Dhabi Global Market, Group CFO, and Chief Advisor of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (2018-2021), and immediately prior to that was founding CIO of Global Situations at Abu Dhabi Investment Council (2008-2018), a Middle East sovereign wealth fund. Mr. Cutis has also run investment managers and financial institutions in London, Tokyo, and New York.

Prior to this, Mr. Cutis held senior management roles at Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, UniCredit and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, amongst others.

Mr. Cutis holds a BA in Monetary Economics and History from Emory University and an MBA in Finance from Wharton Business School.

Hendrik Johannes Faul

Independent Director

Hendrik Johannes Faul has over 30 years of mining industry experience as both a qualified mining engineer and as a senior corporate manager, with demonstrated ESG leadership experience as well as operational and project execution experience across 5 continents.

Mr. Faul joined Anglo American in 2004, initially holding several senior engineering positions within its Technical and Base Metals divisions. From 2013 to 2019, Mr. Faul served as CEO of Anglo American’s copper business. Prior to this, he held roles as Anglo American’ Head of Mining (2011 to 2013) and as CEO of the group’s zinc business (2009-2010). Before his tenure at Anglo American, Mr. Faul worked for mining contractor Brandrill Torex, where he held technical and general management roles. He began his career at Gencor in 1988.

Mr. Faul is a non-executive director (NED) of Johannesburg-listed Master Drilling Group Ltd, a position he has held since July 2020. Mr. Faul has previously held NED positions at London-listed Gold company Centamin plc (2000 to 2024) and AIM-listed Gold company Amara Mining (2011 to 2016) and JSE-listed Palabora Mining Company (2011 to 2013). Mr. Faul was Chairman of the International Copper Association from 2016 to 2018.

Mr. Faul holds a B(Eng) Mining Engineering degree from the University of Pretoria.

Fiona Paulus

Independent Director

Fiona Paulus is a Senior Adviser in the Metals & Mining business at Gleacher Shacklock, an independent investment banking advisory firm based in London. Fiona has 37 years of investment banking experience. She has held senior roles at leading international investment banks. These include Head of International Investment Banking at CIBC, EMEA Head of Private Equity & Infrastructure Funds at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS); Global Head of Energy and Resources at ABN AMRO Bank; and various senior roles at Societe Generale, JPMorgan & Citigroup in the UK, Europe, Australia, and Latin America.

She has over 20 years’ experience in the global resources and energy sectors, advising on all types of strategic transactions in over 70 countries from $20m to up to $80bn in value. In addition to her appointment to the Board of Directors of ACG Metals, Fiona is also a Non-Executive Director at Interpipe Group, JSW Steel Ltd and Nostrum Oil & Gas Plc. Fiona has a BA in Economics from Durham University.

Patrick Henze

Chief Financial Officer

13+ years experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, investor relations and project finance and advisory.

Founded Targa Capital Ltd., a Swiss natural resources focused investment vehicle.

Completed metals and mining financings along the capital structure ranging from $2-250 million in banking, private equity, corporate and advisory roles totaling more than $2 billion.

Managed LSE listings, investor, governance and reporting requirements in previous roles.

Advised on several transactions in Türkiye  (Alacer Gold/SSR Mining, Eldorado, Centerra, Ilbak Holdings).

Damien Coles

Chief Legal Officer

Damien Coles is a solicitor and Chief Legal Officer of the ACG Metals group.

Mr. Coles has spent over 20 years advising clients on deals in emerging markets. During his career, he has worked on many of the largest and most complex emerging markets transactions across a variety of industry sectors, including natural resources and renewable energy.

Mr. Coles was educated at Oxford University and was formerly an equity partner at leading global law firm, Kirkland & Ellis. Whilst at Kirkland, he received numerous industry accolades, including being named as one of the 40 leading restructuring lawyers in the world under the age of 40 by Global Restructuring Review.

He previously practiced in Singapore and Hong Kong but is now based in the UK and Portugal.

Chiara Hoolasi

Head of Finance

Certified Chartered Accountant of South Africa, England and Wales.

MBA from the University of London. External auditor at KPMG, where she was involved predominately in the Energy and Mining sectors.

She was accountable for the finance functions in multinational companies in the specialized metals and energy sectors; covering countries in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Sirma Zeytinoglu

Head of Legal & Compliance

14 years of experience as a practicing and corporate M&A and finance lawyer.

Previously more than 2 years Head of Legal for Lidya Madencilik.

Previously Head of Corporate Law Department at Zorlu Holdings, a Turkish Conglomerate and Attorney at Dentons Turkey.

Master of Laws in Environmental Law.

Graeme Rapley

Project Director Gediktepe

Accomplished gold, copper, zinc, nickel, and coal mining professional with extensive experience overseeing large-scale projects and fostering financial efficiency.

Most recently Project Director at Tara Resources, Montenegro.

Previously Operations Director for Centerra Gold Inc., Oksut Mine, Türkiye.

25+ years of extensive experience across multiple jurisdictions and continents, with specific Turkiye experience, where Graeme has built 13 mines to date totalling over USD 4 billion.

Recent projects include:

• Centerra Gold Inc., OKSUT Gold Mine, Turkey (Value: USD250M)
• Tara Resources Montenegro, Brskovo Zinc, Copper Mine, Montenegro (Value: €220M)
• Nickle Matt Smelter Construction, PT Murni Mitra Perkasa, Balikpapan, Indonesia (Value: USD480M)
• Geopacific Resources, Woodlark Island, Papua Niugini (Value: AUD250M)

Built two sulphide processing plants.

Victor Ayala

Finance Director Gediktepe

Finance expert with over 18 years of experience in the mining industry across four continents and multiple commodities.

enior Finance Business Partner with more than 12 years of onsite presence.

Academically qualified as a Certified Management Accountant – CMA (USA) and Master of Accountancy (MAcc) with very sound practical and technical knowledge of IFRS.

Berkant Özdemir

General Manager Operations

Over 19 years of experience in mining operations including project execution and operations management.

After a managing role at Eldorado Gold, Mr. Özdemir joined Polimetal Mine in 2022, Lidya Madencilik’s first project advanced from exploration to production.

Darko Marinkovic

Manager Corporate Development

Darko is a qualified Chartered Accountant and CFA Charterholder with 8+ years of experience in finance.

He completed his CA(SA) articles at EY Johannesburg and most recently served as Corporate Finance Senior Analyst at Birkett Stewart McHendrie.

His M&A experience includes mining, banking and financial services, renewable energy, industrials, FMCG and fintech.

Laila Braga

Financial Controller

12 years’ experience in Finance.

Previously, Financial Controller at Cape Capital Asset Management.

Previously, Branch Manager for Aviation Finance and Leasing.

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Neuchatel/Switzerland.

Speaks fluent English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Fieldfisher

Company Secretary

Dimitar Dimitrov

Senior Advisor - Geology

Over 30 years of experience in greenfield, brownfield exploration and development.

Recently providing principal advise for Eldorado, Asarel, Teck Cominco.

Previously extensive exploration management experience with companies as Royal Gold Inc or Phelps Dodge in SE Europe, Caucuses and Russian far east.

Tony Lund

Senior Advisor - Mining

Over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry, spanning projects through the full lifecycle from exploration to production.

Former Founder and Director of Lazarus Mining, a Balkan based mining consultancy firm, advising on various mining and metallurgy projects in the region.

Former Head of Mining at Fusion Capital, Switzerland managing the operation in Macedonia and Montenegro.

Previously held senior roles at Global Mining Services, Newmont Gold and Homestake (now Barrick Gold) in Australia.

Kate J Harcourt

Environmental & Social Specialist Consultant

Kate Harcourt is a sustainability professional with over 30 years of experience across the mining industry. She advises on leadership in sustainability issues, and for Equator Principles Financial Institutions and engineering groups. She serves as Non-Executive Director to a number of publicly listed mining companies and sits on the ESG Committee advising the Board of Hummingbird Resources.

Furthermore, she works on projects in Europe and Africa, developing policy and environmental management frameworks, navigating local and international ESIA processes, stakeholder engagement and permitting, lender liaison, annual reporting and construction supervision. She has joined Due Diligence teams on high profile new projects and has contributed to documentation on industry good practice, such as the UNEP Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level for Mining, the IFC Good Practice Note on Managing Contractors Environmental and Social Performance and worked with the Responsible Jewellery Council to update their Codes of Practice (COP).

In 2018, she was nominated one of the Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining.

Robert Friedland

Advisor

Mr. Friedland is the founder and Chairman of Ivanhoe Capital. Over the past 30 years, Ivanhoe Capital has invested in a diverse portfolio of businesses, raising over $25 billion of capital invested across 30 countries. Ivanhoe Capital and Mr. Friedland’s investments have been primarily targeted in the mining and disruptive technology sectors. These investments have been in ventures that led to the discovery and development of some of the world’s most significant mineral deposits, development and applications of advanced technologies across various industries, and the advancement and commercialisation of, among others, grid scale vanadium battery technology.

Mr. Friedland is currently Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Ivanhoe Electric. Ivanhoe Mines operates the ultra-high-grade Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a greenfield discovery by Ivanhoe Mines which has been ranked as the world’s fourth-largest copper deposit by international mining consultant Wood Mackenzie, and where Ivanhoe Mines commenced commercial production in 2021. Ivanhoe Mines is also developing two other large-scale, joint venture mining projects in sub-Saharan: the Platreef Project in South Africa, a major greenfield discovery of platinum-group elements, nickel, copper and gold scheduled to commence production in 2025; and the historic Kipushi zinc-copper germanium-silver mine, also located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Since the 1994 founding of Indochina Goldfields, the forerunner of the original Ivanhoe Mines (now known as Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.), Mr. Friedland has served in various senior leadership roles at Ivanhoe Mines during its original and current iterations. In 2000, the original Ivanhoe Mines acquired the exploration rights for the Oyu Tolgoi mineral prospect in southern Mongolia and Voisey’s Bay in Canada and subsequently discovered the series of world-scale copper-gold deposits. Mr. Friedland led the raising of more than $7 billion in equity and debt capital to fund Oyu Tolgoi’s initial development. Mr. Friedland led negotiations for the subsequent sale of the tier-one Voisey’s Bay discovery to INCO for C$4.3 billion in 1996. Now owned by Vale, the Voisey’s Bay Mine began production in 2005 and is the world’s fourth-largest nickel producer.

Mr. Friedland’s enterprise and leadership gained prominent, industry recognition in 2016 when he was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. The citation acknowledged his company-building and exploration accomplishments, honouring him as “a dynamic, transformative force in the Canadian and international mining industries” and “one of the most recognised mining personalities and achievers in the world.”

Mr. Friedland graduated from Reed College, in Oregon, USA, in 1974 with an undergraduate degree in political science.