Arafura Rare Earths Ltd (ASX: ARU) Share Price and News

Mr Southey has global experience in the industrial and natural resources sectors covering all aspects of asset management, maintenance, design and engineering, and major capital project development and execution. He is well versed in public company board and institutional investor engagement and has a background in both senior operational and financial roles. Mr Southey has previously held senior executive positions with Honeywell and ABB both in Australia and internationally and was a long-term member of the global executive leadership team within Worley, a leader in the engineering, procurement and construction of projects in the energy and resources sector where he held the position of Group Managing Director for the Minerals, Metals and Chemicals Sector. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Fleetwood Limited. He is a Member of the Risk Committee and a Member of the Sustainability Committee.

Mr Murray brings more than 30 years of experience in financial, corporate, project development, mergers and acquisitions, and operational experience across Australia, Africa, Asia Pacific and North America. Mr Murray was most recently CEO and Managing Director of Gold Road. Today he is a non-executive director with Black Rock Mining Limited and is non-executive chair of Jupiter Mines Limited. He is a Member of the People Committee and a Member of the Risk Committee.

Mr Spreadborough has a mining engineering background with more than 30 years of experience in mining lead, zinc, uranium, copper, gold and iron ore. He has held roles across the scope of the industry from business and project development to operations and exploration. He held positions as the General Manager - Mining for WMC and Vice President - Mining for BHP Billiton at the world-class Olympic Dam Mine in South Australia, General Manager - Coastal Operations for Rio Tinto, responsible for port operations and Pannawonica mine site, Chief Operating Officer for Inova Resources Ltd (formerly Ivanhoe Australia) and Sandfire Resources. He is Chair of the People Committee and a Member of the Risk Committee.

Dr Higgins has over 50 years of experience in areas of engineering, project management, mineral and water resources and environmental management. He has lived and worked in the resources industries in Australia, Chile, Canada, Papua New Guinea and the USA, and has worked on operations and projects and several additional country locations. Dr Higgins has held senior management and executive positions including Senior Vice President Copper with Teck, VP and COO Australia with BHP Base Metals and Managing Director at Ok Tedi Mining. He is a Non-Executive Director of Worley Limited. He is also the Chair of the Risk Committee and a Member of the People Committee and the Sustainability Committee.

Ms Moises has experience in the resources sector having worked as a senior resources analyst for several major stockbroking firms including McIntosh (now Merrill Lynch), County Securities (now Citigroup) and Evans and Partners where she was a partner of that firm. More recently in 2017-2019, Ms Moises was Head of Research at Patersons Securities Limited. Ms Moises brings experience to Arafura in company management, capital markets and institutional investor engagement. Her areas of industry experience include gold, base metals, mineral sands and the rare earths sector. She is also the Non-Executive Chair APC Minerals Limited. She is the Chair of the Sustainability Committee, Member of the People Committee and a Member of the Risk Committee.

Mr Cuzzubbo has over 30 years of experience in global roles in multicommodity resources, services and manufacturing holding both Senior Executive and Executive Director roles. He brings knowledge and experience in both the resources and manufacturing sectors having run large complex operational assets and has led the development and execution of a range of major projects. Mr Cuzzubbo, appointed as a Non-Executive Director for Arafura in November 2021, previously served as Chief Manufacturing and Supply Officer as well as Group Executive and President of Auspac Asia while at Orica Pty Ltd. He held various senior positions during his 24-year career with BHP, including 3 years as President of Olympic Dam with responsibility for operations, expansion projects and organisation wide transformational change programmers. He has an international perspective, having experience in running operations across over 30 countries.

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