Tom Albanese, is one of our non-executive directors and was appointed to our board of directors on October 28, 2025. Mr. Albanese served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Vedanta Resources Limited (formerly Vedanta Resources Plc) and as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Vedanta Limited between 2014 and 2017. 

Mr. Albanese also serves as the Chairman of Konkola Plc from 2014 to January 2018. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited, the British and Australian parent companies of the leading diversified international mining group from 2007 to 2013. Mr. Albanese also serves as co-chairman of CIC, a private deep-sea mineral project. Currently, Mr. Albanese also serves as a director on the Board of Franco-Nevada, a leading gold-focused royalty and streaming company, and CoTec Holdings Corp, a resource extraction and processing company. Since 2023, he has served as Co-Chairman of the critical minerals vertical at SAFE, a Washington DC-based non-profit think tank focused on U.S. Energy and Mineral Security. Mr. Albanese holds a Master of Science degree in Mining Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mineral Economics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Alaska in 2012. 

Across these roles, he contributes deep expertise in building integrated global mining businesses and advancing the development of critical minerals essential to future economic growth and global copper security.