# Ryan Goodman SVP General Counsel ## Career chronology - **AIF identifies officer start 4 March 2019.: Orezone Gold Corporation** — SVP General Counsel. [2025 annual information form]() (PDF pp59–61, Ryan Goodman) - **VP Legal Affairs before departure announced 21 February 2019; exact start date unverified: Aura Minerals** — Vice President Legal Affairs. [Management biographies]() (issuer management biography, Ryan Goodman); [Aura Announces Management Changes]() (21 February 2019 departure announcement); [Orezone prospectus, ASX admission]() (printed p78, former Aura position) ## Education and qualifications ### Issuer-reported education and credentials [exec-goodman-education] Qualification dates unverified · issuer reported · low materiality The issuer reports: Juris Doctor from the University of Manitoba. Independent verification was not obtained. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Claims are attributed to the issuer, and no independent credential verification is asserted. **Relevance:** Relevant to professional background. [Management biographies]() (leadership biography for Ryan Goodman) ## Governance and interests ### San Andrés community dispute and company response [ore-aura] 2016 dispute; subsequent 2021–2025 context · disputed · medium materiality Community advocates in 2016 raised concerns over the San Andrés mine’s planned cemetery relocation and treatment of protesters. Goodman signed Aura Minerals’ response disputing the allegations, explaining its position on authorisations and reporting a temporary operating suspension; a later account of the dispute and original court outcome were not established. Later, 2022 independent reporting said Honduras ordered suspension of activities in a project area until a permit was obtained; a 2025 issuer-commissioned technical report says cemetery relocation was completed in 2021 following a court order and compensation. These are distinct accounts; the full court record and later community outcomes were not verified. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The signed 2016 response names Ryan Goodman VP Legal Affairs & Business Development; the later Aura departure release and Orezone prospectus establish a coherent role and identity bridge. These sources establish communication, not personal misconduct or a definitive finding on the allegations. **Relevance:** Relevant experience in contentious environmental and community relations. [Azacualpa community alert on cemetery and charges]() (29 March community alert); [Aura Minerals response to community allegations]() (PDF pp1–4, response and Goodman signature); [Honduras authority orders suspension at San Andrés]() (April 2022 suspension and company response); [San Andrés S-K 1300 technical report summary]() (section 17.2, cemetery relocation); [Orezone prospectus, ASX admission]() (printed p78, identifies Orezone Goodman as former Aura legal VP); [Aura Announces Management Changes]() (21 February 2019 legal VP departure) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to the role [exec-goodman-fit] Reported career and current role · analyst inference · low materiality Issuer reports Aura Minerals VP Legal Affairs for seven years and a Manitoba JD. Relevance to the current role is an analytical inference; issuer-reported history is not independent confirmation of personal contribution. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment; career dates, credentials and individual contributions remain incomplete. **Relevance:** Relevant to the responsibilities of SVP General Counsel. [2025 annual information form]() (PDF pp59–61, Ryan Goodman) ## Evidence gaps - Independent credentials and complete prior-employer dates and outcomes are not established. - This limited open-source screening does not exhaust regulatory, court, safety, fraud or environmental records in the relevant jurisdictions. - A broad person-name query was reused across multiple topic headings; it does not establish that each topic received a separate targeted search.