OPEN MINERAL AT A GLANCE

Boris Eykher is co-founder and CEO of Open Mineral, the sovereign and venture-backed technology marketplace geared to increase the profitability and efficiency of copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver raw material trading. The Company has already been recognized for innovation as 2019 #WEF Technology Pioneer and 2020 Rising Star Company by S&P Global Platts Global Metals - for its achievements and potential to transform the trade of minerals and improve society for years to come.
Prior to this, he was with Glencore for eight years in various functions including trader, asset manager for the mines and smelters, and CFO of Kazzinc - Glencore's largest asset. Boris started his private equity career as an associate at Pacific Corporate Group.
Boris holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

Ilya has more than 16 years experience in metals & mining and commodities trading in addition to experience in finance. Prior to founding Open Mineral, Ilya was with Glencore as an Asset Manager in their base and precious metals and concentrates department working in Switzerland, USA and Kazakhstan. His experience also extends to executive positions in the mining service industry with AV Group in addition to working as an investment-banking associate with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Ilya holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MSc in Chemical Technology from Mendeleev University.

Nico Paraskevas, is a senior advisor to Open Mineral and an investor.
Nico's scope and main responsibilities include lead spot market creations, opening up the relationships with major producers and smelters; and advisory services on OM's growth and development. Previously, Nico was the Head of Copper Marketing at Glencore Plc and Chief Financial Officer for Katanga Mining Ltd. (a subsidiary of Glencore Plc).
Nico holds an undergraduate degree from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Roger brings over 30 years of experience in commodity trading with a deep knowledge of products such as steel, chrome ore, ferroalloys, zinc, and lead concentrates/metals. Prior to joining Open Mineral, Roger held several leadership positions at Glencore, Switzerland: Senior Traffic for lead and zinc concentrates and, subsequently, Traffic Manager and Regulation Specialist for IMO and REACH. In addition to that, Roger was responsible for the worldwide warehouse security and stock control for the zinc/copper department.

Edouard has more than 10 years of experience in physical commodity trading and finance. Before joining Open Mineral, Edouard was with Transamine, trading base metal concentrates; and prior to that, he worked as a senior associate for Morgan Stanley in Fixed Income. Edouard holds Masters in Metals and Energy Finance from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London

Patrick is Open Mineral's head of product. Formerly Managing Director of Chile Copper Ltd, Patrick has also spent time as Chairman of the board for CESCO, and Li3 Energy Inc and since 2016 has been a member of the Board of Bearing Lithium Group.
A career spanning over 4 decades, Patrick is highly experienced in commodities, hedging, operations, shipping, and finance.

He holds a Master of Economics and Industrial Civil Engineer Certification from the Universidad de Chile.

Ryan Cochrane has over twelve years of experience as a metals analyst and geologist having worked on gold and polymetallic projects in South Africa, Western China, Armenia and the Northern Andes.
Prior to joining Open Mineral, he led CRUs base metals supply and cost research, worked on copper mine costs and later led the gold mining research team at Wood Mackenzie. In earlier roles, he covered precious metals at Thomson Reuters GFMS. He has strong expertise of zinc, lead and copper markets along with precious metals. Ryan holds a PhD in geochemistry, geochronology and thermochronology from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

David has over 8 years of experience in commercial and management roles. His experience includes working at Glencore (Perú) in the role of zinc/lead trader, traffic manager, where he was also in charge of zinc blending and logistics operations. Prior to Glencore, he worked at Hochschild Mining in the department of commerce and finance. David is an experienced consultant, specializing in risk management and cost optimization. David obtained his MBA at I.E. Business School and his B.A in Business at Universidad del Pacífico in Lima.

Kareem has more than 15 years experience in the commodity trading industry. Prior to joining Open Mineral, he was at Concord Resources where he was Head of Zinc/Copper/Lead concentrates trading as well as a Senior Strategist. He has worked both for physical trading companies as well as producers in various roles gaining expertise in physical trading, market analysis, LME risk management, offtake financing, logistics in addition to mine and smelter optimisation.
Kareem holds a BSc in Government from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Energy, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School.

Simon brings 20 years' industry experience, including 16 years with Rio Tinto and Shell in international roles encapsulating corporate strategy, business development (M&A), post-acquisition integration, investment analysis, government affairs and lean-six sigma business transformation/ improvement. Prior to joining Open Mineral Simon lead a global team of commodity analysts as Wood Mackenzie's Vice President of Metals.

Simon holds an MSc in International Strategy & Diplomacy from London School of Economics and a .

Simon brings 20 years' industry experience, including 16 years with Rio Tinto and Shell in international roles encapsulating corporate strategy, business development (M&A), post-acquisition integration, investment analysis, government affairs and lean-six sigma business transformation/ improvement. Prior to joining Open Mineral Simon lead a global team of commodity analysts as Wood Mackenzie's Vice President of Metals.

Simon holds an MSc in International Strategy & Diplomacy from London School of Economics and a .

Celeste has over 9 years of experience in the Customer Success area. She managed the implementation of several CRMs in big companies such as Ford Motor Company and Ernst & Young. Before joining Open Mineral, Celeste was with Exxon Mobil and took part of the leadership team implementing the worldwide migrations working from Houston and Buenos Aires.

Vinnie Yu was head of trading of 20-man team, by leading the purchase and sales of Non-Ferrous raw materials for more than 5 years, he has built wide and in-depth relationship with Chinese smelters and non-ferrous trading companies. He has abundant experience in promoting business with Chinese companies, both in import and export, specializing in Copper, Gold, Lead, and Zinc materials.

Vijay has over 10 years experience in the metals and mining industry and commodities trading. Prior to leading the business development for Open Mineral in Australia & Asia-Pacific regions he held the role of Vice President - Commercial at the Philippine Associated Copper Smelter and Refinery (PASAR) Corporation and held various base metal trading roles with Glencore in Switzerland and Australia.

Vijay holds a BCom (Honours) in Finance from the University of New South Wales and BCom in Finance and Accounting from the University of Auckland.

David has almost 10 years of experience in the commodity trading industry from various roles and projects. Starting in the oil trading department in Singapore for Glencore then moving to the head office in Switzerland where he gained experience in concentrates and metal markets. He also worked in Glencore's Canadian copper assets focusing on smelter feed and logistics. Over the years David has been involved in the design of internal processes, ERP systems, optimization of logistics, LME/LBMA hedging, market analysis, he managed copper and cobalt logistics teams and most recently precious metals derivatives in Glencore.

David holds MSc in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University and a BSc in
International Trade from the University of Economics in Prague.

Trevor has spent his entire career in the base metals industry. He held commercial roles for Rio Tinto in Shanghai and Singapore marketing copper concentrates. He then managed Marketing Operations for Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia during the production ramp-up, before moving to Rio Tinto headquarters in London where he worked on corporate transactions and strategy projects.

Before joining Open Mineral in 2022 he led the Concentrates division of Henry Bath where he managed logistics, blending and storage facilities. His experience includes concentrate supply chains as well as industry analysis, business strategy and M&A.

He graduated from Durham University in 2007.

Winston Ma is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. He is one of a small number of native Chinese who have worked as investment professionals and practicing capital markets attorneys in both the United States and China. Most recently for 10 years, he was Managing Director and Head of North America Office for China Investment Corporation (CIC), China's sovereign wealth fund.

Winston is now also an adjunct professor at New York University's School of Law. Author of China's Mobile Economy (2016) and The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds Are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy (2020). He was a CIC - appointed board member at the Noble Group, in connection with the 2017 restructuring of the commodities-trading and logistics company.

Over 15 years operational experience in international commodity trading Industry (both minerals and chemical products). Deep knowledge of logistics transportation/ freight forward, global
inventory planning, contract negotiation, trading strategies and marketing analysis, risk and insurance, trade finance, hedging in futures markets , project management and SAP (MM) skills. Prior to Open Mineral she held the traffic roles in Cliveden Trading, Nyrstar, and MRI.

International Business Professional, Holds an MBA degree of the European Business School in Madrid/Spain, International work experience (Colombia,France,Spain) in trading of commodities, Logistics and Capital markets .
"Trading of Commodities is my Passion but my experience is not limited to that, I have been involved in different areas such as business intelligence, marketing, operations, logistics in the mentioned industries . I love working in daily changing markets, multicultural environments and multi-task management. I don't meet prospects but future clients, I don't sign contracts but build long-term relationships"

Axel has over 25 years of experience and proven track record with various global trading houses and large financial institutions as a corporate specialist in the fields of: Physical Supply Chain & Shipping and Operations, Structured & Project Finance, Merger & Acquisition, Corporate Finance & Treasury, Compliance & Risk Management, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Executive managerial function of handling teams to achieve targets in line with shareholders' budget expectations. Before joining Open Mineral AG, Axel had his own independent consultancy firm and prior to that was at MRI Trading AG.

Axel holds a BA (Hons) European Business Administration with a major in Economics from Regent's University, London, UK.