# Chris Richter SVP Corporate Development ## Career chronology - **Date not independently established; role reported in issuer source: Capstone Copper** — SVP Corporate Development. [2025 Annual Information Form]() (Directors and Officers, executive table) ## Education and qualifications ### Role history and reported qualifications [richter_background] through October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Capstone describes prior corporate development and integration positions at Mantos Copper, AuRico and Barrick and reports economics degrees and a CFA designation. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Positions and education are reported by issuers; independent credential verification is incomplete. **Relevance:** Relevant role history, with limits on dates and credential verification. [Senior and corporate leadership]() (Chris Richter biography) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Recent production and cost deterioration [richter_production] July–October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Capstone reported Q3 2026 copper output of 45,218 tonnes, 18% lower year-on-year, and C1 costs of US$2.95/lb versus US$2.42/lb. It attributed lower production in part to Pinto Valley unplanned maintenance and a planned shutdown; crusher commissioning identified additional repairs. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-wide outcome during senior management tenure; the sources do not attribute specific decisions or causation to this individual. **Relevance:** Relevant operating and financial context. [Third Quarter 2026 Results]() (Consolidated Production and Pinto Valley) ## Evidence gaps - Independent identity, career and credential verification remains incomplete. - Targeted searches do not establish absence of adverse records or exhaust applicable court, regulatory and local-language sources. - The prior per-person topic search log could not be verified against retained execution records. Topic coverage and absence of adverse records are not established.