Hochschild Mining plc announced that Ignacio Bustamante has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to step down as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") on 26 August 2023 to relocate to London and assume a new role at another company. The Board has appointed Eduardo Landin, who has served as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") for ten years, to succeed Ignacio as CEO and, upon assuming that role, will join the Board as an Executive Director. Ignacio will continue to serve on the Board, as a Non-Executive Director, representing Hochschild's largest shareholder, Pelham Investment Corporation (controlled by Eduardo Hochschild), pursuant to its nominating rights under the Relationship Agreement with the Company.

In addition, the Company announced that Rodrigo Nunes, currently Director of Technical Services, will become the Company's COO, with effect from 26 August 2023. Eduardo Landin has been the COO of Hochschild Mining since March 2013. He joined the Company in January 2008 as General Manager of Argentinian operations.

In 2011, he became General Manager of Projects with direct responsibility for the development of the Inmaculada and Crespo Advanced Projects. Before joining the Company, Mr. Landin held the position of Corporate Development Manager at Cementos Pacasmayo, an associate company of the Hochschild Group and prior to that, served in the Government of Peru's Ministry of Energy and Minesand worked for Repsol S.A. in England, Spain and Peru for over 10 years. Mr. Landin is a British Chartered Mechanical Engineer and holds a B.Eng (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London and an Executive MBA from the Universidad de Piura, Peru.

He is also a Fellow of the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Rodrigo Nunes joined Hochschild in 2021 and currently serves as Corporate Director, Technical Services & Projects, covering the Company's operations, development projects and M&A efforts globally. Prior to that, he held key technical and leadership roles in global mining companies, including Optimize Group, Yamana Gold, Vale and Arcelor Mittal.

He holds a Mining Engineering degree from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, an MBA, Project Management degree from the Fundação Getulio Vargas and a Master of Science, Mining and Mineral Engineering degree from the Universidade de São Paulo.