Roger Owen Davey – Non-Executive Chairman
Roger is a Chartered Engineer with over 40 years of experience in international mining, including 13 years in N M Rothschild’s Resource Banking team. He brings Spanish mining experience as former Chairman of Atalaya Mining, a period that included the permitting, refurbishment, commissioning and restart of the Riotinto Mine in Spain, and the company’s progression from an AIM to Main Market listing. Roger is currently an independent non-executive director of Central Asia Metals plc, Tharisa plc and Pan Global Resources Inc, and was previously a non-executive director of Orosur Mining and Condor Gold. He is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining and holds a master’s degree from Imperial College London in Mineral Production Management.
Gonzalo García San Miguel (CEO)
Mining Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Chairman of PMC, S.A. since 2009, a company dedicated to the development and operation of mining projects.
Mr Garcia San Miguel has lead the development and operation of numerous mining projects including magnesite mines (Magnesitas de Rubián, SA in operation), calcium carbonate (Micronizados Naturales, SA) and coal mines (San Antonio) amongst others.
He also leads a circular economy tyre recycling initiative through pyrolysis (Greenval Technologies, S.L.).
Deborah Gudgeon – Independent Non-Executive Director
Deborah has over 30 years of experience in corporate finance, governance and business transformation within global natural resources and energy businesses. She qualified as an ACA at PwC (Coopers & Lybrand) before spending eight years as a Finance Executive with the Africa-focused mining and trading group Lonrho plc. Deborah is an independent non-executive director at Ithaca Energy and also holds board appointments at Valterra Platinum and Serabi Gold. She has previously chaired audit committees at Evraz plc, Highland Gold Mining Limited and Acacia Mining plc, and has also sat on the board of Petra Diamonds.
José Luis de Mora Gil-Gallardo – Independent Non-Executive Director
José Luis has been Senior Executive Vice President of Banco Santander and Head of Corporate Development and Financial Planning since 2015. Since joining Santander from Merrill Lynch in 2003, he has held the positions of Head of Strategy of Santander Group and CEO of Santander Consumer Finance. Before that, he worked in London at Merrill Lynch, Kleinwort Benson and Daiwa Securities, having begun his career at the Banco de España. He has been Chairman of Merlin Properties since May 2024 and is Vice Chair of the Board of Santander Bank Polska. He holds a combined degree in Economics/Business Administration and Law (ICADE E-3), an MBA from Boston College, and is a CFA charterholder.
Ana Beatriz Suárez Calvo – Independent Non-Executive Director
Ana is Chief Executive Officer and owner of Suaris Capital, and served as Vice President of Astilleros Canarios, S.A. from 2019 to 2024. She is President of the Consejo Social of the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, co-president of the Mauritania-Spain committee of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Madrid, and a member of the governing board of APD Canarias. Ana holds a degree in Economics and Business from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) and an MBA from EOI Madrid.
Alredo Garcia Gonzales – Independent Non-Executive Director
Alfredo has over 50 years of experience in the mining sector and has held senior positions with Antofagasta Minerals plc. He has served as a non-executive director and member of the Technical Committee of Orvana Minerals Corp. since 2017. Alfredo holds a degree in Geology from Oviedo University, is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and is a qualified Eurogeologist.
Eduardo Jimenez Aguirre – Independent Non-Executive Director
Eduardo is Managing Director of Magnesitas de Rubián S.A. and has served as a non-executive director of Micronature S.A. since 2017. He is also President of EMFEMA, the European Association of Manufacturers of Minerals for Animal Feed. Eduardo holds a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Paul Thomson- Chief Financial Officer
Paul has an established track record as a corporate and financial executive, having previously held the role of CFO at Moxico Resources, where he was involved in raising over US$450 million and led the US$73 million acquisition of Khnaiguiyah in Saudia Arabia. Prior, Paul acted as CFO of Golden Star Resources, where he led the US$470 million sale to Chifeng Gold, CFO of Berkeley Energia and CFO of Aureus Mining, where he was responsible for successfully raising over us$280M in debt and equity.
Antony Rowe – Strategy and Business Development
Antony brings over 25 years of experience in financing mining projects, project finance and structured credit. He has previously held roles at Resource Capital Funds, Investec Bank Commodities and Resource Finance. Antony qualified as a solicitor with Dentons.
Alejandro Cañas – Chief Legal Office
Alejandro brings over 20 years of experience as in-house General Counsel and Board Secretary across multinational industrial groups, including Sacyr, Abengoa, and Rover Alcisa.
Alejandro brings extensive corporate governance, shareholder and board-level advisory experience, as Board Secretary of Valoriza Minería and company secretary to multiple group entities
Francisco Bellón (Technical Advisor)
Mining Engineer with more than 28 years of experience in the mining industry.
Master in Occupational Health and Safety, Certified in Investor Relations by the Madrid Stock Exchange, and Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Participation in the construction, start-up and production of 4 reference mines in Spain, 2 in South America and 2 in Mauritania; occupying management positions in listed companies in Toronto, New York and Madrid.
Javier Lázaro Almorox – Mining Director
Javier brings a wealth of operational and technical expertise, specializing in underground mining operations. Having joined Sandfire MATSA in 2010, Javier held a variety of lead operation roles, before becoming Mine Manager and Faculative Director for the underground Sotiel mine. He then acted as the Magdalena Mine Manager, where he was responsible for a 2.1Mt/year underground operation and over 700 workers. Prior to his tenure at Sandfire MATSA, Javier was a Mining Engineer for Rio Narcea Recrusos, part of the Lundin Mining Corporation, which involved production responsibilities in underground and open pit operations, construction and design management of the tailings disposal dump, and Continuing Process Improvement in ore concentrate production.
Antonio Cueva – Project Director
Antonio has held the role of Project Director of El Moto since 2023, overseeing all technical and field operations and coordinating the 2025 drilling campaign. Antonio has extensive experience in natural resource development as head of production across 4 operating quarries.
Teresa San Millán (Supply)
Graduate in Business Sciences. Faculty of Economics and Business, Sarriko – University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
Procurement Manager with more than 20 years of national and international professional experience in the engineering and industrial project management business.
Extensive experience in Management and Development of Procurement Strategies (Purchasing, Expediting, Inspection/Quality and Logistics) in Turnkey Projects (EPC and EPCM).
Belén Torres Cueva (Geology)
Head of the Geology Department at the “El Moto” mine (Abenojar Tugnsten SA). Geologist from the University of Barcelona – MSc Geology and Environmental Management of Mineral Resources from the University of Huelva – PhD Industrial.
Specialist in tin and tungsten deposits.
10 years of experience in the mining industry in the exploration and research sector. Development of different Au, Cu, Sn and W projects in Spain and Portugal.
Exploration geologist, grade control and metallurgy at the “La Parrilla” mine (Badajoz – Spain) – 9 years -, among other mining projects.
María Rosa Simón (Administration)
Graduate in Business Administration. Complutense University of Madrid.
Head of Administration at ABENÓJAR TUNGSTEN, S.A. since June 2023, monitoring compliance with administrative management. Promoter of the development of the “El Moto” mine.
Business manager with extensive experience of more than twenty-five years in the development and implementation of economic and financial projects in both the public and private sectors. Sustainable strategic planning and management of innovative projects, assessing the needs of depressed rural areas.
