Sandfire Resources Limited announced new appointments to its Board and senior leadership team as it continues to deliver against its Strategic Growth Plan. It announced the appointment of highly experienced international business leaders Sally Martin and Rob Edwards to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Directors, effective from 8 July 2022. Sally Martin is an electrical engineer who has held various senior roles at Royal Dutch Shell over the last 34 years.

She has extensive operational and business team leadership experience in complex industrial environments including refining and trading, and a deep working knowledge of stimulating and leading transformational change, most recently as General Manager, Trading and Supply Operations, Europe & Africa. Ms Martin has strong ESG credentials, including in energy transition strategy development as Vice President Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Social Performance at Shell. She is a Non-Executive Director of Porvair Plc.

(LON: PRV), a specialist filtration and environmental technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Ms Martin is in the process of relocating from the United Kingdom to Sydney. In addition to her role as Non-Executive Director of the Company, Ms Martin will be a member of Sandfire's Risk and Sustainability Committee and People and Performance Committee.

Robert Edwards lives in the United Kingdom and is a mining engineer with 30 years of experience in the resources industry, primarily in frontier and emerging markets. Having started his career in technical roles, he moved into financial services with HSBC and Renaissance Capital, latterly appointed Chairman of Global Mining at Renaissance Capital. Mr. Edwards has played a central role in multiple IPOs, capital raisings and M&A transactions and is a well-known figure across the global mining investor base.

He is currently advising a number of companies and investors on selected financing, off-take and corporate opportunities within the mining, metals and agriculture sectors. In addition, he is a Director of Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd. After advising his intention to retire from the Board at the Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting, Non-Executive Director and previous Chair of the Company, Derek La Ferla, has retired from the Board effective 8 July 2022. Mr. La Ferla served on the Board for over 12 years, leading the Board during Sandfire's rapid growth phase from junior explorer through the discovery, development, construction and operation of the DeGrussa Operations.

He also presided over Sandfire's successful transition from a single-mine domestic operator into an international, multi-asset copper produced with the acquisition and successful integration of MOD Resources Ltd, which brought the Motheo Copper Mine into the Company's portfolio, and, more recently, the MATSA Copper Operations in Spain. Sally Langer will continue to Chair the Audit and Finance Committee, newly appointed director Rob Edwards will Chair the Risk and Sustainability Committee and Jenn Morris will continue to Chair the People and Performance Committee. Sandfire is also pleased to announce further senior executive management appointments, designed to ensure the Company is appropriately structured and resourced for its next growth phase.

Richard Holmes, previously Head of Exploration, has been promoted to Executive ­ Growth, a role in which he will be responsible for the overall strategic oversight and management of the Company's various global business development opportunities and organic exploration programs. Scott Browne joins Sandfire as Executive ­ People and Performance with a focus on continuing to drive and enhance Sandfire's culture and the engagement and high performance of its employees and contractors. Scott joins the Group from Rio Tinto, where he most recently held the position of vice President People for Rio Tinto's Iron Ore business.