Andean Silver Team

Corporate

Driving Innovation, Sustainability, and Growth in the Mining Industry.

Board of Directors

David Southam

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Southam is a CPA with more than 30 years’ experience in accounting, operations, capital markets and finance across the resources and industrial sectors. He was previously Managing Director of Mincor Resources NL (ASX: MCR). Prior to Mincor, David was Executive Director of ASX200 nickel company Western Areas (ASX: WSA) and has held senior executive roles within Brambles Group, ANZ Investment Bank and WMC Resources. David is currently a Non-Executive Director of Ramelius Resources (ASX: RMS) and Executive Chairman of Cygnus Metals (ASX: CY5).

Jessie Liu-Ernsting

Non-Executive Director​

Ms Liu-Ernsting is a highly credentialled resources executive and engineer with 20 years of experience in the mining industry. She has held progressively senior strategic, financial and technical positions at G Mining Ventures Corp. (TSX:GMIN), Hudbay Minerals Inc (NYSE:HBM), Resource Capital Funds and two preeminent Canadian EPCM firms. Ms Liu-Ernsting is currently Chief Corporate Development Officer at Canadian copper developer FireFly Metals Ltd (ASX/TSX: FFM) and is a Director of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and Aston Bay Holdings Ltd (TSXV:BAY). She holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business with specialisations in Mining, Finance and Strategy, and an Electrical Engineering degree from Queen’s University.

Ray Shorrocks

Non-Executive Director

Mr Shorrocks is the immediate past Executive Chairman of FireFly Metals (ASX: FFM), currently Non-Executive Director of Cygnus Metals (ASX: CY5) and was the founding Executive Chairman of Bellevue Gold (ASX: BGL). He has more than 30 years’ experience in corporate finance in the mining sector and has advised a diverse range of resources companies during his career at one of Australia’s largest investment banking and stockbroking/financial services firms.

Carl Travaglini

Non-Executive Director​

Mr Travaglini is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Company Secretary and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, with over 18 years’ experience in the resources sector, having served in various executive finance and company secretarial roles in Australia, Canada and Africa. Mr Travaglini is also the CFO of Midas Minerals (ASX:MM1) and CFO and Joint Company Secretary of Cygnus Metals Limited (ASXCY5).

Management Team

Tim Laneyrie​

Chief Executive Officer​

Mr Laneyrie is a geologist with 19 years’ industry experience. His most recent position was in business development at Northern Star (ASX:NSE), where he conducted evaluations on potential project acquisitions and asset divestments, notably the Saracen/Northern Star merger and Super Pit acquisition. He has also held senior positions with Saracen Minerals.

Matthew Allen ​

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Allen is a FCPA and has more than 25 years’ experience in the resources finance sector in a range of commodities. He has significant experience in debt and equity funding solutions for resources development, and the operation and management of listed public companies. He was previously CFO of Global Lithium Resources and Hastings Technology Metals.

Damien Koerber

Chief Operating Officer

Mr Koerber brings over 30 years of experience in technical and management roles in exploration across Australia & Latin America for Newcrest, Billiton, MIM, Mirasol Resources. He was an integral team member in several significant precious metal discoveries in both continents including Sunrise Dam (Anglo Ashanti) and Tanami (Newmont).

Alvaro Fuentes

General Manager

Mr Fuentes is a mining executive with over 20 years of experience in operations, finance, and corporate management across Latin America and Australasia. He leads Andean Silver in Chile, overseeing the development of the flagship silver-gold project in the Aysén Region of Southern Chile. His expertise spans permitting, stakeholder engagement, and project execution, with a strong commitment to sustainability, community collaboration, and responsible resource development.

Alex Forster

Exploration Manager

Ms Forster is an exploration geologist with over 13 years of experience, primarily in early-stage precious metals exploration, across Africa, Latin America, and Australia. She has held senior geological roles with Bellevue Gold (ASX: BGL) and Bellavista Resources (ASX: BVR) and has worked with major mining companies including Gold Fields Australia (NYSE: GFI), gaining broad technical and project management experience.

Sofía Aravena Fernández

Environmental Manager

Ms Aravena is a geologist specializing in hydrogeology and environment. She has over 20 years of experience in environmental assessment, sectoral permitting and strategic analysis of complex projects, and has also led multidisciplinary teams. She previously served in SERNAGEOMIN, Head of the Environmental Assessment Department at the SEA Executive Directorate, and as Project Manager at the consulting firm Minería y Medio Ambiente Ltda. ( Myma).

Maddison Cramer

Company Secretary​

Ms Cramer is a corporate lawyer with a focus on mining and resources. Ms Cramer was previously Joint Company Secretary at Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL) and an Associate at Bellanhouse Legal and HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. She is also a Company Secretary for Alicanto Minerals (ASX: AQI), Bellavista Resources (ASX:BVR), Cygnus Metals (ASX:CY5) and Midas Minerals (ASX:MM1). 

Steve Parsons

Corporate Consultant

Mr Parsons is an experienced geologist with a proven track record of mineral discoveries, corporate growth, international investor relations and creating shareholder wealth. He is the founder and previous Managing Director of Bellevue Gold (ASX: BGL) where he has led the Company from discovery to a three million gold ounce ASX-300 company. Steve is also a Director of ASX listed Firefly Metals Ltd (ASX: FFM).

Michael Naylor

Corporate Consultant ​

Mr Naylor has over 27 years’ experience in corporate advisory and public company management since commencing his career and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young.

He was a founder and previous Executive Director of ASX-200 company Bellevue Gold Limited and previous Executive Director of Cygnus Metals. Michael currently serves as Executive of FireFly Metals Limited (ASX:FFM), a Non-Executive Director of Bellevue Gold Limited (ASX:BGL)and Cygnus Metals Limited (ASX: CY5).

Corporate Directory

Registered Office

Level 2, 8 Richardson Street,
West Perth, WA, 6005
T: (+61) 8 6243 6542

Postal Address

Level 2, 8 Richardson Street,
West Perth, WA, 6005

Auditor

RSM Australia
Level 21
55 Collins Street
Melbourne, Vic, 3000
T: (+61) 3 9286 8000

Solicitor

Hamilton Locke
Level 28
152-158 St Georges Terrace
Perth, WA, 6000.

Share Registry

ComputerShare
Yarra Falls, 452 Johnston Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
E: Computershare
T: 1300 850 505

Further Information

Corporate Governance

The primary responsibility of the Board is to represent and advance Shareholders’ interests and to protect the interests of stakeholders. To fulfil this role the Board is responsible for the overall corporate governance of the Company including its strategic direction, establishing goals for management and monitoring the achievement of these goals.

The Board endorses the Corporate Governance Principles and ASX Recommendations as published by the ASX Corporate Governance Council and has adopted Corporate Governance Charters and Policies reflecting those ASX Recommendations, to the extent appropriate having regard to the size and circumstances of the Company.

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