Sandfire Resources Limited announced the appointment of highly experienced resources executive, Paul Harvey, to its Board as an Independent Non- Executive Director, effective from 12 September 2023. Following the retirement of Dr. Roric Smith from Sandfire's Board on 30 June 2023, the Company has been engaged in a formal recruitment process to appoint a suitable replacement for Dr. Smith. Mr. Harvey is an experienced resources executive, with operational and projects leadership built from over 35 years' global experience in the resources sector.

His recent past roles include being a senior leader at BHP (2005-2015) and South32 (2015-2020), with four years as the latter's Chief Operating Officer with accountability for global manganese, base metals and coal for steel operations, as well as all supporting technical and project functions. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the Western Australian School of Mines, is a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr. Harvey is also currently a Non-Executive Director of De Grey Mining Limited (where he is the chair of the Sustainability Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee), an Advisory Committee member at Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd, and Senior Operating Partner at Appian Capital Advisory.

In addition to his role as Non-Executive Director on the Sandfire Board, Mr. Harvey will be a member of its Audit and Finance, Risk and Sustainability, and Nominations Committees.