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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 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.

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 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 the member of Risk Committee. He currently serves as the Executive Co-Chairman of Novo Resources Corp. In the past three years, he has also held a directorship as Non-Executive Chair of Evolution Energy Minerals Limited.

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 US, 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 member of Advisory Board at the University of Queensland, and an Adjunct Professor with the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland. He is the Chair of the Risk Committee and Member of the Sustainability Committee.

Ms Moises has experience in the resources sector having worked as a senior resources analyst for several 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 key areas of industry experience include gold, base metals, mineral sands and the rare earths sector. Also, she currently serves as Non-Executive Chair of APC Minerals Limited and as a Non-Executive Director of Podium Minerals Limited. During the past three years, she has also held directorship positions as a Non-Executive Director of WA Kaolin Limited and Eastern Metals Limited, and as Non-Executive Chair of Pacgold Limited. She is the Chair of the Sustainability Committee and member of the Risk Committee.

Mr Cuzzubbo has over 30 years of experience in global roles in 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 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. Mr Cuzzubbo was Managing Director of SolGold Plc until November 2022. 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 transformational change programmes. He has an international perspective, having experience in running operations across over 30 countries. He was first appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2021 and subsequently assumed the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on 5 February 2024.

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