# João Zanon

Senior Vice President, Capital Projects and Evaluations

## Career chronology

- **Issuer-reported role; SVP capital projects from 2 March 2026; previously Maaden project director, Ero Copper VP Projects from 2022 to 2024, and Vale projects roles from 2010 to 2022.: DPM Metals Inc.** — Senior Vice President, Capital Projects and Evaluations. [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (João Zanon biography)

- **April 2025–February 2026: Maaden** — Director of Project Management. [2025 Annual Information Form](<https://dpmmetals.com/site/assets/files/18906/2025_aif_final.pdf>) (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

- **November 2022–December 2024: Ero Copper** — Vice President, Projects. [2025 Annual Information Form](<https://dpmmetals.com/site/assets/files/18906/2025_aif_final.pdf>) (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

- **August 2010–July 2022: Vale** — Senior project roles. [2025 Annual Information Form](<https://dpmmetals.com/site/assets/files/18906/2025_aif_final.pdf>) (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

## Education and qualifications

### Reported qualifications [exec-6.education]

As reported by issuer · issuer reported · low materiality

Mechanical engineer; issuer reports MSc Strategic Planning from Heriot-Watt University. Credentials were not independently verified with the institutions or professional registers.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualifications, not independently verified.

**Relevance:** Experience and credentials relevant to the role.

[Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (Named management biography)

## Industrial safety

### Ero Copper fatalities during prior-employer tenure [zanon.ero]

2023–2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Ero reported two fatalities at Caraíba in 2023 and two separate workplace fatalities at Caraíba and Xavantina in 2024. Ero said it investigated, changed practices and began a longer safety improvement initiative. DPM’s AIF places Zanon in a prior Ero project leadership role from late 2022 through December 2024; the site and incident responsibilities of that role were not established.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Employer-level events during his corporate projects tenure; no personal involvement, site accountability or fault is established.

**Relevance:** Relevant prior-employer safety context.

[2023 Ero Copper Sustainability Report](<https://erocopper.com/site/assets/files/6519/erocopper_2023_sustainability_report.pdf>) (2023 sustainability report p. 25); [2024 Ero Copper Sustainability Report](<https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853860/000117184325006412/exh_991.htm>) (2024 sustainability report p. 21 and p. 51); [2025 Annual Information Form](<https://dpmmetals.com/site/assets/files/18906/2025_aif_final.pdf>) (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevant career and role [exec-6.career]

Dated and undated issuer biographies through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

SVP capital projects from 2 March 2026; previously Maaden project director, Ero Copper VP Projects from 2022 to 2024, and Vale projects roles from 2010 to 2022.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography and dated roster; experience does not by itself prove individual contribution.

**Relevance:** Context for role fit.

[2025 Annual Report](<https://dpmmetals.com/site/assets/files/18911/dpm_2025_annual_report.pdf>) (João Zanon officer listing on p. 133); [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (Named management biography)

## Evidence gaps

- Independent verification of reported qualifications and professional memberships was not completed.

- Prior-employer outcomes and dates, and role-specific responsibility, remain incompletely corroborated.

- Targeted local-language regulator, court and historical incident searches are incomplete; this screening is not a clearance.