# Nick Lissolo Chief Commercial Officer ## Career chronology - **Seventeen years reported; role dates undisclosed: Newmont Corporation** — Head, Evaluation Modeling, Global; Director, Project Evaluation; Assistant Controller, South America; Senior Manager, Financial Reporting and Analysis. [American Rare Earths appoints former Newmont executive as VP, Corporate Development and Strategy]() (25 March 2026 release, Newmont role chronology) - **VP from 25 March 2026; CCO from 19 August 2026: American Rare Earths** — Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, then Chief Commercial Officer. [American Rare Earths appoints former Newmont executive as VP, Corporate Development and Strategy]() (appointment effective immediately); [Nick Lissolo appointed Chief Commercial Officer]() (CCO role); [Management team]() (current title) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Finance and commercial role during project funding/development stage [nick_lissolo_capital_stage] 2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality The company’s project remains pre-production and its activities/quarterly filings describe ongoing study, pilot plant and capital-market work. This role overlaps the development stage but no individual capital or commercial outcome is established. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-level progress; no personal attribution established. **Relevance:** Relevant to finance/commercial accountability at a development-stage explorer. [Quarterly Activities Report for period ended 30 June 2026]() (financial and corporate development sections); [Management team]() (current role) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Development-stage losses and no producing operation [nick_lissolo_preproduction] Through 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality ARR remains a pre-revenue rare earth developer with no operating mine; financial reports describe continued exploration, studies, processing test work and capital needs. This is a company-stage limitation, not evidence of personal failure. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company performance overlaps current tenure for some executives; no individual causation demonstrated. **Relevance:** Material context for delivery track record and capital stewardship. [Annual Report to shareholders, year ended 30 June 2025]() (financial statements and going-concern/project sections); [Half Yearly Report and Accounts, six months ended 31 December 2025]() (financial statements and operations); [Quarterly Activities Report for period ended 30 June 2026]() (quarterly activities and cashflow) ## Suitability for the current role ### Background relevant to current remit [nick_lissolo_experience] Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality ARR’s dated appointment release reports a University of Wyoming BSc in Management with a finance minor and prior Newmont finance and project-evaluation roles. It appointed him VP in March 2026 and CCO in August 2026; independent credential and role-date verification remains incomplete. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography/appointment material provides this background; independent qualification and career verification are incomplete. **Relevance:** Relevant to current role, with depth varying by available published evidence. [Management team]() (Nick Lissolo biography); [Nick Lissolo appointed Chief Commercial Officer]() (appointment release); [American Rare Earths appoints former Newmont executive as VP, Corporate Development and Strategy]() (Newmont chronology and degree); [Nick Lissolo appointed Chief Commercial Officer]() (CCO appointment) ## Evidence gaps - Public profiles omit or incompletely date some prior roles and qualifications. - Open-source searches are not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential checks. - Newmont roles and degree are supported by an issuer appointment release; independent employer/education verification and a post-appointment ARR commercial outcome are not established. - The inherited 9 October topic-search history was not independently verifiable; the 31 October name-focused search was broad and did not establish exhaustive topic or jurisdiction coverage.