Hochschild Mining PLC Announces the Appointment of Joanna Pearson as an Independent Non-Executive Director, a Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees with Effect from 1 October 2023

Hochschild Mining PLC announced the appointment of Joanna Pearson as an independent Non-Executive director with effect from 1 October 2023. Joanna was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the FTSE 100 company, Endeavour Mining plc (2020 - 2023), and, prior to that, was an audit partner at Deloitte LLP, Vancouver for 12 years where she conducted multinational audit engagements for US and Canadian listed companies primarily in mining and emerging markets. Since June 2021, Joanna has been a Non-Executive director of Goldshore Resources Inc., a junior resource exploration company listed on the TSX-Venture exchange in Canada, where she also chairs the company's Audit Committee.

On joining the Board, Joanna will become a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees, and the Board will comprise three non-independent Directors and six independent Non-Executive Directors.