# Steven L. Allen

Chief Operating Officer

## Career chronology

- **Appointed 1 December 2025: Almonty Industries** — Chief Operating Officer. [COO appointment](<https://almonty.com/almonty-appoints-us-army-brigadier-general-retired-steven-l-allen-as-coo/>) (Appointment announcement)

- **Prior to joining Almonty; exact tenure dates not established: US Army** — Commanding General, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command; Director of Logistics, US Forces Korea and combined commands. [COO appointment](<https://almonty.com/almonty-appoints-us-army-brigadier-general-retired-steven-l-allen-as-coo/>) (Biography)

## Education and qualifications

### Reported education and credentials [steven_allen_education]

As reported by issuer · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports BSc Industrial Technology, University of North Dakota; MS Administration, Central Michigan University; MBA, Florida Institute of Technology; Master of Strategic Studies, US Army War College.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Credentials were not independently verified with the awarding body.

**Relevance:** Qualifications are relevant to role fit; they do not by themselves establish professional results.

[COO appointment](<https://almonty.com/almonty-appoints-us-army-brigadier-general-retired-steven-l-allen-as-coo/>) (Appointment and biography)

## Contributions and company outcomes

### First Sangdong concentrate reported during tenure [steven_allen_sangdong]

September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

On 29 September 2026 Almonty reported the first bags of Sangdong tungsten concentrate and said the mill was running 13 hours per day during ramp-up. Further ramp-up and Phase II expansion were forward plans, not established delivery.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The officer or director held a position during the milestone; sources do not establish individual causation or personal contribution.

**Relevance:** A reported commissioning milestone at the company’s principal project, not proof of sustained commercial output.

[Shareholder letter and corporate update](<https://almonty.com/almonty-issues-shareholder-letter-and-provides-corporate-update/>) (Sangdong first concentrate and operating hours); [September 2026 investor presentation](<https://almonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ALM-Investor-Deck_Sep26-1.pdf>) (Page 16, leadership roles)

## Suitability for the current role

### Role fit and documented background [steven_allen_rolefit]

Through 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Analyst inference: the documented prior roles have relevance to the present title, but individual execution and effectiveness in the current position are not established by the biography.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is a limited inference from described experience, not proof of competence or performance.

**Relevance:** Relevant to current mining operations, finance or governance.

[COO appointment](<https://almonty.com/almonty-appoints-us-army-brigadier-general-retired-steven-l-allen-as-coo/>) (Appointment and biography)

## Evidence gaps

- Degrees and professional credentials were not independently verified with awarding institutions or membership registers.

- Historical employment dates and individual contributions remain incomplete; sources are predominantly issuer disclosures.

- This is limited open-web research, not an exhaustive court, criminal, sanctions, regulatory, reference or employment verification.

- Independent evidence of individual mine operating delivery before Almonty was not established.