BRAVO MINING CORP - Key Persons


Alex Penha

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Director and EVP Corporate Development
Mr Penha holds an MBA (York University, Schulich School of Business), a BSc Economics, (Rio de Janeiro State University) and a Post Graduate Degree in Corporate Finance (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro). He has over 17 years of experience in Canadian Capital Markets focusing on junior mining companies, including roles in Investment Banking and Equity Research and as an Executive Officer for TSX and TSXV listed companies where he played key roles executing equity raises and going publicly transactions, along with Corporate Development and M&A strategies/transactions. Mr Penha is a Founder, Director and EVP Corporate Development of privately held 4B Mining Corp., a Brazilian iron ore producer and manganese project developer. He is also an Independent Director for AIM listed Brazilian organic fertilizer producer, Harvest Minerals Ltd and Corporate Development Advisor for TSXV listed Roscan Gold Corp. and AIM listed Jangada Mines plc. Past Roles include CFO with Canadian listed GK Resources Ltd; Founder & VP Corporate Development, Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp.; VP Corporate Development, listed Aura Minerals Inc.; General Manager Corporate Development, Rio Novo Gold Inc.; EVP Corporate Development, Board of Director and Chairman of Audit Committee, Search Minerals Corp. He was also former Corporate Development and Director of Australian listed fertilizer company Fertoz Ltd, among other advisory roles for companies listed in Canada, UK and Australia. His experience also includes Vice President, Research and Corporate Development at Tau Capital Corp. in Toronto; Gold Research Associate at both Merrill Lynch Canada and Clarus Securities Inc. and as an Investment Banker at Westwind Partners/Thomas Weisel Partners Canada. In addition, Mr Penha has worked for nearly 10 years in Corporate Finance in several capital markets institutions based in Brazil. He has also been a Board Member of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (BCCC) and Chair of its Mining Committee. Mr Penha is a Brazilian and Canadian national.

Anthony (Tony) Polglase

Job Titles:
  • Lead Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Mr Polglase has a Bachelor of Engineering First Class Honours degree in Metallurgy from the Camborne School of Mines and Higher National Certificates in both Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He is currently Principal Engineer and Director of Kernow Mining Consultants Ltd. Mr Polglase began his career at the South Crofty Tin Mine in Cornwall. Since then he has accumulated over 40 years' international experience working in multiple mining disciplines for companies including AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Rio Tinto Ltd, TVX Gold Inc. and Ivernia Inc. in Africa, Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Australia, and, for the last decade, in Brazil. Mr Polglase has significant experience in the development, execution and operation of new mining projects, having been responsible for, or closely involved with, the commissioning of over seven mines, both open-pit and underground inclusive of plant and maintenance management Mr Polglase was the Founder and Managing Director of ASX listed Avanco Resources Ltd, which he led from pre-IPO into production in Brazil. The company was acquired by OZ Minerals for A$418 million in 2018 ranking Avanco Resource Ltd as the most successful ASX copper company in Brazil. Both Mr Polglase and Mr Azevedo worked together at Avanco from IPO through to the acquisition by OZ Minerals. Mr. Polglase is, and has been, a director of numerous Australian and Canadian resource companies. He is currently a director of ASX listed Black Cat Syndicate Ltd and New World Resources Ltd. He was named Brazil Mining Executive of the Year in 2017. Mr Polglase is British and Australian national and is fluent in Portuguese.

Heinrich Muller

Job Titles:
  • Mining Executive
  • VP Technical Services
Mr. Müller is a mining executive and professional geologist with over 15 years experience across the resources value chain. He is a graduate of Stellenbosch University in Applied Geology with additional post graduate education in Minerals Processing (University of São Paulo) and Finance (University of Pretoria GIBS Business School). He is a Member of the Geological Society of South Africa. Through operational, leadership and consulting roles in South Africa, the UK, Brazil, Chile, Botswana and Zimbabwe, he has been part of multi-disciplinary teams leading private and publicly listed companies and executing a range of projects including greenfields and advanced resource projects, feasibility studies, open pit commissioning and operational production management. Previously he was the Chief Operating Officer of Jangada Mines Plc, a London listed company developing South America's largest PGM and chrome project, leading the business from pre-IPO until flagship asset disposal. Prior to Jangada, he held various roles of responsibility within Anglo American Platinum including Executive Director of Anglo Platinum Brazil and Managing Director of Pedra Branca Minerals, a Joint Venture company co-owned by Anglo American and Solitario Zinc (New York and Toronto listed). He has worked mostly in PGM, base metals, vanadium, diamonds, chrome and industrial minerals. He is the founder of Geminas Advisory which provides technical and corporate advisory services to natural resources companies.

Luis Azevedo - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Executive Chairman
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Founder of FFA Legal Ltda
Mr Azevedo has a BSc in Geology from Rio de Janeiro State University, a Law Degree from Candido Mendes University in Rio de Janeiro and a Post Graduate Degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro. He is a resource industry professional with over 30 years of international experience and is specialized in the Brazilian Mining Code. Mr Azevedo is the founder of FFA Legal Ltda, a law firm located in Rio de Janeiro. FFA Legal Ltda was established to focus on assisting natural resource companies, including environmental licensing support, management of land and mineral rights, accounting, financial reporting, HR and other administrative activities. Mr Azevedo began his career working for Western Mining Corp., Barrick Gold Corp. and Harsco Corp. Mr Azevedo has built a strong track record originating and vending projects that became mine operations. He has been Founder, Executive and Non-Executive Director of numerous private and public exploration, development and mining companies across the commodity complex in Brazil, including ASX listed Avanco Resources (sold to ASX listed Oz Minerals in 2018), TSX listed Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. (sold to B&A Mineração S.A.in 2013) and TSX listed Talon Metals Corp. He is currently a Director of TSX/LSE listed Serabi Gold PLC, AIM listed Harvest Minerals Ltd and AIM listed Jangada Mines PLC. Mr Azevedo co-founded Avanco Resources Ltd in 2007 and was responsible for assembling the company's property package in the Carajás Mineral Province of Brazil. Avanco explored, discovered, permitted, constructed and operated the only new copper mine in the Carajás not owned by VALE S.A. Avanco was acquired by Oz Minerals Ltd for a 120% premium ( A$418 million) in 2018. Mr Azevedo has also been an active spokesperson and advocate for the Brazilian mining sector and works closely with the highest levels of all branches of the Brazilian Federal Government. He founded, and is CEO, of the Brazilian Mining Prospectors Association (ABPM), a non for profit Brazilian mining advocacy organization. In 2019, he was appointed Vice President of the newly formed Mining Council of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) the main non for profit lobbying organization in Brazil that aims to increase competitiveness of Brazilian industry by influencing the policy environment. CNI engages in active policy dialogue with the Brazilian Congress, Federal Government and the Judiciary. It has 27 federations that incorporate over 1,250 unions and 350,000 companies. Mr Azevedo was nominated National Explorer of the Year in 2017 and was also highlighted as one of the three most prestigious miners in Brazil in 2019 by the Global Mining Observer. Mr Azevedo is a Brazilian National and resident and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Manoel Carlos Cerqueira - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of the Management Team
Mr Manoel Cerqueira is a graduate of Celso Lisboa University Center, in Accounting, and also a graduate in Law from Candido Mendes University, both in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mr Cerqueira has over 35 years of experience in senior management positions in North American, UK and Australian companies in Brazil, mostly in the mining sector. He was previously the Brazil CFO for the ASX listed Avanco Resources Ltd., from 2017 to 2021, a copper producing company with gold and copper exploration projects in Brazil that was acquired by OZ Minerals Ltd in 2018. Prior to this he worked independently as a consultant for mining companies (Avanco Resources Ltd and Canadian listed Luna Gold Corp.) and previously held the position of CFO for multiple Canadian listed resource companies including Rio Verde Minerals (potash and phosphate exploration), Talon Metals Corp. (iron ore exploration) and Amazon Mining (gold exploration).

Paulo Ilidio de Brito

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists
  • VP Exploration
Mr. de Brito is a BSc geologist graduated in the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil and has over 37 years of experience in the mining industry, working as a geologist and exploration team leader of international mining companies, responsible for the planning and development of exploration programs, interpretation of data, project evaluation, drilling stages, geological model development, budget administration, and tenements' applications. He started his carrier with Western Mining Corporation in 1983 and subsequently held VP Exploration/Exploration Manager positions on companies such as: Talon Metals Corp, Rio Verde Minerals, Paringa Resources Limited and Five Star Diamonds. His experience encompasses many commodities, including gold, copper, nickel (sulphide & laterite), iron ore, vanadium, diamond (gems) and fertilizers. Mr. de Brito is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG #5173) and a member of AusIMM, the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM #223453). He is a Qualified Person and a Competent Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and in the 2012 edition of the JORC Code, respectively. Mr. Brito is Brazilian and is fluent in English.

Simon Mottram - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • President
  • Director of ASX
Mr Mottram is a graduate of RMIT University, Melbourne Australia with a BSc in Applied Geology, a Fellow of the AusIMM, and has over 29 years' experience predominantly in base (copper, nickel) and precious metals (gold, PGM). Mr Mottram has held both executive and senior management positions with several successful mining companies in various countries. He has progressed multiple discoveries through to commercial production and has been responsible for numerous significant exploration successes. He most recently served as CEO (based in Brazil) and then Non-Executive Director of ASX listed Odin Metals Ltd, from 2019 to present. Prior to joining Odin Metals, Mr Mottram was Executive Director for ASX listed Avanco Resources Ltd, based in Brazil from 2011 to 2018, and Avenue Resources Ltd, in Brazil. Prior to this Mr Mottram was Country Manager, Vietnam for TSXV listed Asian Minerals Resources Ltd (2008-2011). Prior to Vietnam Mr Mottram progressed his career with Australian listed companies including: Exploration Manager, Falcon Minerals Ltd (2005-2008); Consulting Geologist, Jubilee Mines NL (2005); Chief Geologist, Metex Resources Ltd. (2002-2005), and from 1997 to 2002 was Senior Mine Development Geologist with Sons of Gwalia Ltd prior to their takeover of PacMin Mining Corporation Ltd, where he was Exploration Superintendent of the Carosue Dam Gold Mine. Prior to this he worked in mine geologist and project geologist roles post starting his career in 1993. Mr Mottram is currently a Director of ASX listed Medusa Mining Ltd, Odin Metals Ltd, and Oceana Lithium Ltd. He was previously an Executive Director of Odin Metals Ltd, Avanco Resources Ltd, Avenue Resources Ltd, and a Non-Executive Director of Fin Resources Ltd. Mr Mottram is an Australian and British national and a permanent resident of Brazil, where is he has lived for most of the last 12 years, and is fluent in Portuguese.

Stephen Quin

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Mr Quin is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, London, with a BSc (Honours) in Mining Geology and has 41 years' experience in all stages of the mining industry, from exploration to operations and closure. Currently, he serves as Director of Kutcho Copper Corp. since late 2017. He is also a director of West Vault Mining, Inc since 2022 and a director of Hot Chilli Ltd. since December 2022. Most recently, he was the President, CEO and Director of Midas Gold Corp. from the inception of the Company in February 2011 to December 2020. Prior to joining Midas Gold, Mr Quin was President of copper miner Capstone Mining Corp. from November 2008 until the end of 2010 (and COO of same from November 2008 until May 2010) and, prior to that, President and CEO of Sherwood Copper Corp. from September 2005 until November 2008 when Sherwood merged with Capstone. Mr Quin also spent 18 years with gold producer and explorer Miramar Mining Corp. and was Executive Vice President from January 1994 until September 2005. Since 1990, Mr Quin has raised over US$1 billion in financing and been involved with more than US$750 million in M&A for companies where he was CEO or a senior executive. Mr Quin served as a Non-Executive Director of Chalice Mining Ltd, with its PGM-gold-nickel-copper development project in Western Australia from May 2010 until his retirement in November 2021. Mr Quin has also served on the boards of directors of numerous exploration, development and operating companies since 1990, as a director of the Mining Association of BC and the Mining Association of Canada, and as Chair of the Yukon Government's Mineral Advisory Board.

Stuart Comline

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Mr Comline is a graduate of the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa with a BSc (Honours) in Geology. He also has a MSc in Geology from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada and a Management Diploma from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has 50 years' of experience in all stages of the mining industry, including extensive platinum group metal (PGM) expertise. Since 2014 he has served as a Director and Africa representative of Walcot Gold Ltd, a private Australian company, in addition he also has his own private exploration companies. From 1997 to 2007 he was involved with TSX listed AfriOre Ltd, initially as VP Exploration and ultimately as Chairman, when the company was sold to LSE Lonmin PLC, a PGM producer, in 2007 for C$444 million. AfriOre Ltd had a variety of base metal, gold and PGM exploration projects, including the flagship Akanani PGM project, plus an operating coal mine. Between 2008 and 2012, he served as a Director and Interim CEO of TSX listed Talon Metals Corp., a gold, iron ore and potash explorer in Brazil. He was also a director of TSX listed Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. (potash and phosphate in Brazil) between 2008 and 2010 and a director of Saber Energy Ltd (coal bed methane in Botswana) between 2009 and 2012. Between 2007 and 2009 he was also a Non Executive Director of AIM listed Chaarat Mining Corp., which was exploring for gold in the Kyrgyz Republic. Between 1995 and 1997 Mr Comline was an independent consultant advising banks and mining industry companies on exploration strategy and divesture of mineral assets. Between 1981 and 1995 he was with JCI Ltd, a major South African mining company, initially as Exploration Manager, advancing to General Manager responsible for JCI's Geology Department. He worked on copper and tungsten in Namibia, gold in the Witwatersrand and PGM exploration projects and mines in the Bushveld Complex and the Great Dyke in Southern Africa. Mr Comline also had previous roles as Senior Exploration Geologist for Anglo American Gold in Southern Africa and Exploration Geologist for JCI Ltd focused on nickel, copper and PGM exploration and mining projects on mafic complexes in Zimbabwe, Angola and South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa. Mr Comline is a British national and South African permanent resident.