# Ben Hammond

Chief Development Officer

## Career chronology

- **Earlier career; exact dates not established: WSP Global Inc.; Centrex Metals** — Most recently Technical Director at WSP Global; previously Managing Director and CEO of Centrex Metals. More than 22 years across mine operations, development studies, project finance and technical advisory to development banks, commercial banks and mining funds.. [Board and Management](<https://terrametals.com.au/board-and-management/>) (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)

- **Current role; roster as of 2026-09-26: Terra Metals Limited** — Chief Development Officer. [Board and Management](<https://terrametals.com.au/board-and-management/>) (Mr Ben Hammond profile; title and role); [Annual Report to shareholders](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02998422-6A1285952>) (Directors’ report / Corporate Directory; executive name and title)

## Education and qualifications

### Education and professional credentials [ben_hammond_education]

Credential history; dates not disclosed in reviewed source · issuer reported · low materiality

Geologist; executive MBA; BSc reported.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The profile identifies the stated qualifications; graduation dates and independent register verification were not located.

**Relevance:** Relevant to the technical, finance or governance responsibilities described in the current role.

[Board and Management](<https://terrametals.com.au/board-and-management/>) (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)

## Personal achievements

### Relevant professional experience [ben_hammond_career_record]

Earlier career; exact dates not established in reviewed profile · issuer reported · medium materiality

Former Technical Director at WSP Global and MD/CEO of Centrex Metals; mine operations, studies, project finance and lender technical advisory.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The cited profile describes the person’s roles and involvement; outcome attribution is limited to what it explicitly states.

**Relevance:** Provides role-relevant experience; profile claims are issuer-reported and not a substitute for independent delivery evidence.

[Board and Management](<https://terrametals.com.au/board-and-management/>) (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)

## Suitability for the current role

### Role fit and evidence limits [ben_hammond_role_fit]

Assessment at cutoff 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Technical and exploration backgrounds fit an early polymetallic exploration and resource-definition company; the company’s discovery-stage outcomes cannot yet establish mine-development delivery.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical inference from the cited career profile and the company’s stated stage; it does not claim personal causation of company outcomes.

**Relevance:** Connects prior experience to the role’s execution and oversight needs.

[Board and Management](<https://terrametals.com.au/board-and-management/>) (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)

### Project development and finance experience [ben_hammond_project_development_experience]

Career history; exact dates not disclosed in undated issuer profile · analyst inference · medium materiality

Terra describes Hammond as a geologist with an executive MBA, most recently Technical Director at WSP Global and formerly MD/CEO of Centrex Metals. It reports more than 22 years across operations, studies, project finance and lender technical advice; the page does not date those roles or identify specific delivered outcomes under his leadership.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The source identifies roles and experience, not personal responsibility for a particular project result.

**Relevance:** Relevant to development and financing responsibilities, with delivery record not independently tested in this profile.

[Board and Management](<https://terrametals.com.au/board-and-management/>) (Mr Ben Hammond biography, line 47)

## Evidence gaps

- Exact dates for prior roles and independent confirmation of profile claims were unavailable in the reviewed materials.

- Terra’s current undated profile does not identify all prior employers/role dates or independently substantiate project outcomes and individual contributions.

- Targeted person-specific open-web adverse searches did not produce a substantiated adverse finding; this was not a comprehensive regulator, court, sanctions or criminal-record check.