Perpetua Resources Corp. announced that Perpetua Resources' CEO, Laurel Sayer, has notified the Board of Directors of her intent to step down as CEO of the Company effective March 14, 2024 and to retire effective April 1, 2025 after seven years of leading the Company through the permitting process. The Board of Directors has appointed Jon Cherry to succeed Laurel Sayer as CEO of Perpetua Resources.

Ms. Sayer will serve as Senior Advisor to the CEO through March 2025. Jon Cherry joins Perpetua Resources with over 33 years of extensive mining industry experience including permitting, capital raising, project development, joint venture formation, and operations. He most recently served as Chairman, President, and CEO of PolyMet Mining.

During his tenure at PolyMet, the NorthMet project received the highest rating the Environmental Protection Agency has ever given to a mining project. Additionally, Mr. Cherry played a leading role in negotiating a joint venture with Teck Resources before PolyMet's sale to Glencore. Before Polymet, Mr. Cherry served as a senior leader for the multi-billion dollar Resolution Copper JV Project (owned by Rio Tinto and BHP), General Manager of Rio Tinto's Eagle Mine (the United States of America's only primary nickel-copper mine) and Senior Project Engineer at Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper.

Mr. Cherry will lead the Perpetua Resources team as the Stibnite Gold Project completes permitting and transitions into development and operations.