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Accomplished Board and Management Team

  • Extensive experience in project discovery, development and production

  • Comprehensive experience in infrastructure development

  • Strong capability in global equity and debt financing

  • Compelling track record in creating value for shareholders

NEIL HERBERT
EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN

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Neil Herbert

Neil is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has over 30 years of experience in finance. Mr. Herbert has been involved in growing mining and oil and gas companies, both as an executive and an investor, for over 25 years and, until May 2013, was Co-Chairman and Managing Director of AIM quoted Polo Resources Limited, a natural resources Investment Company.

Prior to this, he was a director of resource investment company Galahad Gold plc from which he became Finance Director of its most successful investment, start-up uranium company UraMin Inc. from 2005 to 2007, during which period he worked to float the company on AIM and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2006, raise c.US$400 million in equity financing and negotiate the sale of the group for US$2.5 billion. Mr Herbert has also held board positions at a number of resource companies where he has been involved in managing numerous acquisitions, disposals, stock market listings and fundraisings. Mr Herbert holds a Joint Honours Degree in Economics and Economic History from the University of Leicester.

KEITH MULLER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER

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Keith Muller

Keith is a mining engineer with over 20 years of operational and leadership experience across domestic and international mining sectors, including in the lithium sector. He has a strong operational background in hard rock lithium mining and processing, particularly in DMS spodumene processing.

Before joining Atlantic Lithium, he held roles as both a Business Leader and General Manager at Allkem, where he worked on the Mt Cattlin lithium mine in Western Australia, and, prior to that, as Operations Manager and Senior Mining Engineer at Simec. Keith holds a Masters of Mining Engineering from the University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Pretoria. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland and the Engineering Council of South Africa.

AMANDA HARSAS
FINANCE DIRECTOR & COMPANY SECRETARY

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Amanda Harsas

Amanda is a senior finance executive with a demonstrable track record and over 25 years’ experience in strategic finance, business transformation, commercial finance, customer and supplier negotiations and capital management. Prior to joining Atlantic Lithium, Amanda worked across several sectors including healthcare, insurance, retail and professional services. Amanda is a Chartered Accountant, holds a Bachelor of Business and has international experience in Asia, Europe and the U.S.

LEN KOLFF
HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & CHIEF GEOLOGIST

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Len Kolff

Len has over 25 years of mining industry experience in the major and junior resources sector. With a proven track record in deposit discovery and a particular focus on Africa, Len most recently worked in West Africa and was instrumental in the discovery and evaluation of the Company’s Ewoyaa Lithium Project in Ghana, as well as the discovery and evaluation of the Mofe Creek iron ore project in Liberia. Prior to this, Len worked at Rio Tinto with a focus on Africa including the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea and the Northparkes Copper-Gold mine in Australia.

Len holds a Masters of Economic Geology from CODES, University of Tasmania and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London.

KIERAN DALY
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

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Kieran Daly

Kieran is Executive: Growth & Strategic Development at Assore. He holds a BSc Mining Engineering from Camborne School of Mines (1991) and an MBA from Wits Business School (2001) and worked in investment banking/equity research for more than 10 years at UBS, Macquarie and Investec prior to joining Assore in 2018.

Kieran spent the first 15 years of his mining career at Anglo American plc’s Coal Division (Anglo Coal) in a number of international roles including operations, sales & marketing, strategy and business development. Among his key roles were leading and developing Anglo Coal's marketing efforts in Asia, and to steel industry customers globally, as well as being Global Head of Strategy for Anglo Coal immediately prior to leaving Anglo in 2007.

CHRISTELLE VAN DER MERWE
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

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Christelle Van Der Merwe

BSc (Hons, Geology), BSc (Geology & Environmental Management), MAP79, B.Arch

Christelle is a mining geologist responsible for the mining-related geology and resources of the Assore Subsidiary Companies (comprising the pyrophyllite and chromite mines) and is also concerned with the company's iron and manganese mines. She has been the Assore group geologist since 2013 and involved with strategic and resource investment decisions of the company. Christelle is a member of SACNASP and the GSSA. During the past three years, Christelle has not served as a director of any other listed company.

JONATHAN HENRY
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

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Jonathan Henry

Jonathan Henry is an experienced Non-Executive Director, having held various leadership and Board roles across the mining industry for nearly two decades. Jonathon has significant expertise working across capital markets, business development, project financing, key stakeholder engagement, and the reporting and implementation of ESG-focused initiatives. Jonathan has a wealth of experience projects towards production and commercialisation to deliver shareholder value.

Mr Henry also serves as Non-Executive Chair of Toronto Venture Exchange-listed (TSX-V) Giyani Metals Corporation, a battery development company advancing its portfolio of manganese oxide projects in Botswana, having previously held the role of Executive Chair. His previous roles include as Executive Chair and Non-Executive Director at Ormonde Mining plc, Non-Executive Director at Ashanti Gold Corporation, President, Director and Chief Executive Officer at Gabriel Resources Limited and various roles, including Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, at Avocet Mining PLC. Jonathan holds a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences from Trinity College, Dublin.

MICHAEL BOURGUIGNON
HEAD OF CAPITAL PROJECTS

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Michael Bourguignon

Michael is a distinguished project management professional with a rich history of leading significant initiatives in the mining and energy sectors. Most recently, Michael served as the COO at Evolution Energy Minerals in Tanzania, where he managed the optimisation and update of the Definitive Feasibility Study, managed the Front-End Engineering Design package, and oversaw the completion of the Relocation Action Plan and other community related works.

Prior to this, Michael worked with Rio Tinto in Australia as a Consulting Construction Manager, as well as Glencore’s Mopani Copper Mines in Zambia, where he was the Project Director for the Mopani Synclinorium Concentrator, and Syrah’s Balama Graphite Mine in Mozambique, where he was Project Director. Michael has also previously worked in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire with Perseus Mining.

Michael holds an MBA from Murdoch University and is a member of the Australian Institute of Project Management.

ANDREW HENRY
GENERAL MANAGER, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCE

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Andrew Henry

Andrew Henry is an accomplished General Manager with over a decade’s experience in the operational mining sector, specialising in strategy, planning and analysis, contracts, large-scale project development and site operations. Before joining Atlantic Lithium, Andrew held the role of Commercial Manager at global lithium chemicals company Allkem and, prior to that, he spent over four years with major gold mining company Newcrest Mining. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of South Australia and is a member of CPA Australia.

AHMED-SALIM ADAM
GENERAL MANAGER,
OPERATIONS

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Ahmed-Salim Adam

Ahmed-Salim Adam is an experienced mining General Manager with over 15 years of experience leading various large-scale projects in Ghana across all stages of mine development, production, and closure, with a focus on safety and sustainability. Ahmed-Salim has previously held a number of leadership roles, including as Senior Consultant of Metallurgy at GEOMAN Consult Ltd, as a Director for FGR Bogoso Prestea Ltd’s Refractory Project and as General Manager at Golden Star Resources Ltd. He holds a MPhil Minerals Engineering and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Mineral Engineering, both from the University of Mines and Technology, Ghana. Ahmed-Salim is a member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in the United Kingdom and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) in Australia.

SIMONE HORSFALL
GENERAL MANAGER,
PEOPLE

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Simone Horsfall

Simone Horsfall joins Atlantic Lithium as General Manager, People with over 25 years of experience working across a broad range of industries, with a focus on the mining sector. Previously, Simone spent over a decade at AngloGold Ashanti Australia as Human Resources Manager and, more recently, at 29Metals as Group Manager, Human Resources. Simone holds a diploma in Human Resource Management, a university certificate in Psychology from Edith Cowan University, Sydney, and a post-graduate diploma in Human Resources from Deakin University.

ABDUL RAZAK
EXPLORATION MANAGER, GHANA

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Abdul Razak

Abdul Razak has extensive exploration, resource evaluation and project management experience throughout West Africa with a strong focus on data rich environments. He has extensive gold experience having worked throughout Ghana with AngloGold Ashanti, Goldfields Ghana, Perseus and Golden Star, as well as international exploration and resource evaluation experience in Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Guinea.

Abdul Razak is an integral member of the team; managing all site activities including drilling, laboratory, local teams, Geotech & hydro, community consultations and stakeholder engagements and was instrumental in establishment of the current development team and defining Ghana’s maiden lithium resource estimate. Abdul Razak is based at the project site in Ghana.

IWAN WILLIAMS
GENERAL MANAGER, EXPLORATION

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Iwan Willams

Iwan is an exploration geologist with over 20 years' experience across a broad range of commodities, principally iron ore, manganese, gold, copper (porphyry and sed. hosted), PGE's, nickel and other base metals, with experience of chromitite, phosphates, coal and diamonds.

Iwan has extensive southern and west African experience and has worked in Central and South America. His experience includes all aspects of exploration management, project generation, opportunity reviews, due diligence and mine geology. Iwan has extensive studies experience having participated in the delivery of multiple project studies including resource, mine design criteria, baseline environmental and social studies and metallurgical test-work programmes. He is very familiar with working in Africa having spent 23 years of his 28 year geological career in Africa. Iwan is a graduate of the University of Liverpool.

BELINDA GETHIN GENERAL MANAGER, CORPORATE FINANCE & COMPANY SECRETARY