Leadership Team

Bruce McLeod

Chairman of the Board

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee (Chair)
Compensation Committee (Chair)

Mr. McLeod is a Mining Engineer with over 30 years of experience in all areas of the mining industry. Most recently, he was the President and CEO of Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. until Sabina was acquired by B2Gold Corp. in April 2023 for C$1.2B. Mr. McLeod also served as a director of Kaminak Gold Corp., which was acquired by Goldcorp Inc. for $520 million in 2016. Prior to that, he served in a senior capacity with a number of operating and development mining ventures, including, President and CEO of Mercator Minerals Ltd.; President, CEO and director of Creston Moly Corp.; and founder of both Sherwood Copper Corp. and Stornoway Diamond Corp. He also served on the board of directors of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corp. (acquired by Coeur D’Alene Mines for $1.2 billion) and Ariane Gold (acquired by Cambior Inc.) and has been involved in numerous projects at various stages of development while with the Northair Group. Mr. McLeod was the co-recipient of AME BC’s E.A. Scholz award for excellence in mine development in 2009 and primarily focuses on project development, strategic planning, and financing activities.

Gilbert Clark

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee

Mr. Clark has over 20 years of experience within the natural resources industry around the world. Gilbert was formerly a Partner with Sentient Equity Partners, a private equity fund investing in global natural resource projects, where his portfolio covered base and precious metals companies. Previously he managed the international expansion for Queensland Gas Corporation (subsequently BG Group) for non-conventional oil and gas developments. He has resource development and production experience from the Eastern Gold Fields of Western Australia. Gilbert holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from Macquarie University.

Adrian McArthur

President and Director

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee

Mr. McArthur has over 25 years of experience in exploration, resource delineation and project generation roles for industrial minerals, gold and base metals. As President of Meridian, he currently leads the Company’s programs in advancing development studies on the Cabaçal Cu-Au-Ag resource project and regional exploration on the Company’s Brazilian property portfolio. Adrian holds a B.S.c. Hons, PhD from Monash is a fellow of AusIMM.

Susanne H. Sesselmann

Independent Director

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (Chair)
Compensation Committee
Audit Committee

Ms. Sesselmann has 20 years of international experience in banking with HVB Group (Unicredit), ten of which were in investment banking and project finance throughout the world but principally in Europe. Since 2003, Susanne has specialized in private equity funds and founded her own company in 2006. Previously, she was appointed an independent director to the board of the Meridiam Infrastructure Funds Group in France and the US, developing, managing and financing infrastructure projects. Ms. Sesselmann also served as a director of natural resources funds group, The Sentient Group, and of various Sentient group companies, and Marengo Mining Limited, a junior copper exploration company. Ms. Sesselmann has been lecturing at universities in Paris and in Linz for many years, and holds a Master’s degree in Languages from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

John Skinner

Independent Director

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Mr. Skinner has over 35 years the Vancouver investment industry having worked as a Senior Investment Advisor/ Partner at Yorkton Securities and Canaccord Capital. John helped build, finance and advise a significant number of successful ventures, with a focus primarily on mining,. In 2004 John and his wife founded Painted Rock Estate Winery. When their first vintage was released, he retired from the investment industry. Painted Rock has twice been named the InterVin International Winery of the Year and has gained considerable international profile. John remains an active investor in the resource industry and has been a strong supporter of Meridian since July 2020.

Douglas Ford

Independent Director

Audit Committee (Chair)
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee

Mr. Ford brings over 35 years of board and management experience with public and private companies in governance, compliance, due diligence, financial reporting and corporate finance over a variety of industries from mineral and energy exploration/development to biotechnology, new technologies and emerging businesses in Canada, the United States and Europe. Mr. Ford serves as Managing Director of Dockside Capital Group Inc., a family-office involved in venture capital investing and merchant banking, and as CEO and a director of Waverunner Capital Inc. (formerly, Chemistree Technology Inc.), a venture capital investment company. Mr. Ford has also been a director and member of various audit, compensation, corporate governance and nominating committees of other public-listed mineral exploration companies. Mr. Ford holds a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.

Neil Gregson

Independent Director

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Audit Committee

Mr. Gregson has over 30 years’ experience of investing in mining and oil and gas companies. From 2010 to 2020 he was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management where, as a member of the equity team, he was a portfolio manager investing in mining and energy companies globally. Prior to that, from 1990 to 2009 he was Head of Emerging Markets and Related Sector Funds (including natural resource funds) at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Mr. Gregson previously held various positions at mining companies, including a role as a mining investment analyst at Gold Fields of South Africa. Mr. Gregson has a BSc (Hons) Mining Engineering from Nottingham University. He became an associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research of London in 1994. He holds a Diploma in Business Management from Damelin College, Johannesburg (1988) and a Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, South Africa (1985). Mr. Gregson, who is based in the UK, is also a director of Atalaya Mining Plc and Uranium Royalty Corp.

Executive Officers

Gilbert Clark

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Clark has over 20 years of experience within the natural resources industry around the world. Gilbert was formerly a Partner with Sentient Equity Partners, a private equity fund investing in global natural resource projects, where his portfolio covered base and precious metals companies. Previously he managed the international expansion for Queensland Gas Corporation (subsequently BG Group) for non-conventional oil and gas developments. He has resource development and production experience from the Eastern Gold Fields of Western Australia. Gilbert holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from Macquarie University.

Adrian McArthur

President and Director

Mr. McArthur has over 25 years of experience in exploration, resource delineation and project generation roles for industrial minerals, gold and base metals. As President of Meridian, he currently leads the Company’s programs in advancing development studies on the Cabaçal Cu-Au-Ag resource project and regional exploration on the Company’s Brazilian property portfolio. Adrian holds a B.S.c. Hons, PhD from Monash is a fellow of AusIMM.

Vitor Hugo de Souza Belo

Chief Development Officer

Mr. Belo has over 30 years’ experience in the Brazilian mining industry. Vitor has managed extensive mining operations, and has led the engineering & construction of multiple beneficiation plants. He has worked for companies such as Rio Tinto, Kinross and Yamana, Novo, Carpathian Gold and Brio Gold. Vitor holds a bachelor of mechanical engineering from the Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, a postgraduate degree in business management from Fundação Dom Cabral, and project management courses from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and Ibmec.

David Halkyard

Chief Financial Officer

David has more than 20 years’ experience in mining-focussed banking and investment management, including senior roles at Resource Capital Funds, Bank of Montreal and Société Générale. David has been involved in the origination, structuring, and execution of a wide range of mining debt transactions globally, supporting numerous companies into production. David holds an MSc (Hons) in Mineral Project Appraisal from Imperial College London and a BSc (Hons) in Exploration Geology from Cardiff University.

Martin McFarlane

Senior Vice-President - Strategy & Projects

Mr. McFarlane has more than 30 years of international resources experience, primarily with major resource companies including MMG, OZ Minerals Limited, Zinifex Limited, Pasminco Limited and Conzinc RioTinto of Australia. Martin has successfully performed leadership roles to achieve strategic goals for all stakeholders, including governments, company boards, shareholders, communities, indigenous groups, non-government organisations and industry groups. Martin has broad exposure to corporate communications, exploration, mine development, mining operations, smelting, safety & environment, finance, sales & marketing, strategy, mergers & acquisitions and business restructuring. Martin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from University of Melbourne, and a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from Monash University.

James McLucas

Senior Vice-President - Corporate Development

Mr. McLucas brings over 15 years’ experience in investment banking focused on the mining sector. James has led global transactions through origination, valuation, structuring and execution. Focusing on raising equity and debt capital for TSX / ASX / LSE / private companies, leading capital raises of over half a billion dollars for companies from discovery, through development and into production. James holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from University College London.

Catherine Apthorpe

Corporate Secretary

Ms Apthorpe qualified as a Solicitor in 2004 and is a Company Secretary with over 15 years’ experience in the mining sector, across a number of jurisdictions. She has extensive experience in company secretarial and corporate governance for listed companies, fundraisings, due diligence exercises, acquisitions, strategic investments, project management, and debt financing. Previous experience in the mining sector includes: group corporate counsel & company secretary at Capital Limited (a leading mining services company listed on the main market of the LSE). She was also part of the management team of Amara Mining plc before its acquisition by Perseus Mining in 2016. She remains Company Secretary with Capital Limited and is a non-executive director of Panthera Resources plc (AIM). Ms Apthorpe was nominated and selected for the Top 100 Global Inspiration Women in Mining 2016.

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Joel Julio Brandão

Resident Manager Espigão – Brazil

Mr. Brandão has over 37 years of experience in the Brazilian mining industry covering project administrator, exploration, infrastructure and the operation of mines. Joel has worked for national and multinational companies on gold and manganese projects in Mato Grosso, Pará and Rondônia. He has worked for TSX-V companies such as: Serabi gold, Electrum Capital and Alta Floresta Gold. Joel graduated from the Federal UFMT-University of Mato Grosso / Cuiabá with a Bachelor of Economics. He has completed postgraduate studies at the University Gama Filho / Rio de Janeiro specialising in Project Management.

Erich Marques

Chief Geologist & Qualified Person

Mr. Marques is a geologist with 15 years of experience, and has held positions with ECI Exploration & Mining, Yamana Gold, and Cerrado Gold, focusing on Gold, Copper, Tin and industrial mineral projects. Erich holds a Bachelor in Geology from the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil, and is a Qualified Person, being a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (FAIG) and registered with the Brazilian Resources and Reserves Commission (PQR. CBRR).

Afonso Figueiredo

Advisory Board

Mr Afonso Manoel de Figueiredo, a geologist with over 50 years of international and Brazilian experience and former Regional Exploration Manager for BP Minerals Guaporé Project which discovered the Cabaçal Copper-Gold deposit.

Grant "Rocky" Osborne

Advisory Board

Mr Grant “Rocky” Osborne, a geologist with over 40 years of international and Brazilian experience and the former Underground-Mine and Exploration geologist with BP Minerals’ Cabaçal project.

Gilson Teixeira

Advisory Board

Mr Gilson Teixeira, a geologist with over 40 years of experience and formerly the Chief Geologist of the Cabaçal Mine with BP Minerals until its closure by Rio Tinto.

John Waghorn

Advisory Board

Dr John Waghorn, a geologist with 54 years of international experience including working for Billiton in Brazil, southern Africa and Europe and Rio Tinto in South America.

Phillip Mackey

Advisory Board

Dr Phillip Mackey, a metallurgist and with over 50 years of industry leading experience an expert in his field and an author of numerous technical papers.

Mike Ounpuu

Advisory Board

Mr Mike Ounpuu, a Geological Engineer with over 40 years of industry leading experience and is considered an expert at base and precious metal flotation and processing.

Tommy Humphreys

Advisory Board

Mr. Tommy Humphreys has over 15 years experience in strategic capital markets, and is the Founder of CEO.ca, one of the largest mining investor communities in the world.

Governance

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Meridian Mining plc (“Meridian”) is comprised of seven directors, five of whom are independent within the meaning of National Instrument 52-110 which sets out the standard for director independence.

The Board and management view good corporate governance as an integral component to the strength and success of Meridian and is of the Board’s highest priorities as it ensures accountability and fairness to our shareholders and stakeholders.

The following links provide readers with important information about Meridian’s corporate governance practices as they are a set of principles and procedures for proper supervision, control and flow of information.

Business Conduct and Ethics

The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applies to all employees, contractors, consultants, officers and directors and promotes honest, respectful, accountable and ethical conduct. We have a ZERO tolerance approach to the act of bribery and corruption by any employees, officers, directors, agents, consultants and contractors.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics also provides a safe place for our employees, consultants, contractors, directors of officers to communicate concerns, confidentially and anonymously, about possible improprieties, illegal or unethical activities and ensures that measures are in place for an impartial investigation. See contact details for our Reporting Contacts here.

Committees and Mandates

The Board meets at least four times a year and is supported by the following committees:

Audit Committee	Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee	Compensation Committee	Safety, Sustainability & Technical Committee
Douglas Ford, Chair	Susanne Sesselmann, Chair	Bruce McLeod, Chair	Bruce McLeod, Chair
Susanne Sesselmann	Douglas Ford	Susanne Sesselmann	Neil Gregson
Neil Gregson	Neil Gregson	Douglas Ford	Gilbert Clark
	John Skinner		Adrian McArthur

For directors’ and management’s bios, see https://meridianmining.co/company/

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