# Pierrick Couderc Group Exploration Manager ## Career chronology - **Appointed by Tanga Resources on 23 March 2021; continued in WIA exploration leadership through cutoff.: Wia Gold Limited** — Group Exploration Manager. [Exploration Work Begins in Côte d'Ivoire]() (Appointment announcement); [Corporate leadership biographies]() (Current role) - **Most recent role before joining Tanga in March 2021; exact dates unknown.: Centamin plc** — Côte d'Ivoire Exploration Manager. [Exploration Work Begins in Côte d'Ivoire]() (Prior career) - **Prior employers named in Tanga release; dates and detailed titles not given.: Dundee Precious Metals, Kasbah Resources and Crewgold** — Exploration geology roles. [Exploration Work Begins in Côte d'Ivoire]() (Prior career) ## Personal achievements ### Led exploration team credited with Doropo and ABC discoveries [wia_pierrick_discoveries] Before March 2021; initial project disclosures in 2021 · issuer reported · medium materiality Tanga's 2021 release says Couderc established and led Centamin's Côte d'Ivoire team behind the initial 2.45 Moz Doropo and 0.65 Moz ABC discoveries. WIA now reports larger updated resources; that subsequent growth is not credited to him here. Team leadership is issuer-reported, not sole geological causation. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer attributes team setup and leadership; no sole discovery responsibility or later resource growth is established. **Relevance:** Relevant exploration track record with attribution limits. [Exploration Work Begins in Côte d'Ivoire]() (Appointment release, prior discoveries); [Corporate leadership biographies]() (Current resource figures) ## Suitability for the current role ### Exploration leadership and competent-person responsibilities [wia_pierrick_fit] Through 2026-11-02 · analyst inference · medium materiality The selected roster lists Pierrick Couderc as Group Exploration Manager. A 2021 appointment release and WIA technical statements identify his exploration-management role, AusIMM/AIG membership and competent-person review duties. WIA's current biography shortens his title to Exploration Manager; the roster and appointment release use Group Exploration Manager. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment from issuer-reported management and technical-review roles; not independent employment verification. **Relevance:** Highly relevant to exploration and resource-reporting duties. [Exploration Work Begins in Côte d'Ivoire]() (Appointment, Group Exploration Manager); [Bouaflé South results and Competent Person statement]() (Competent Person statement); [Corporate leadership biographies]() (Biography) ## Evidence gaps - Education and exact dates for prior roles are not available in primary sources; a same-name profile has incomplete identity linkage. - Discovery figures and team role are issuer-reported; later resource growth is not attributed to Couderc. - No credential-register, criminal, sanctions, litigation or exhaustive safety/environment search.