Paul De Ponte

Career chronology

• Joined 20 July 2026: Chalice Mining Limited — Gonneville Project Director. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Paul De Ponte appointment announcement (issuer post) (Chalice appointment post, lines 27–30)

• Before July 2026; exact dates not disclosed: Rio Tinto — Senior operational and project leadership roles; General Manager Cape Lambert Port and Operational Readiness and Approvals. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Paul De Ponte appointment announcement (issuer post) (Chalice appointment post, lines 27–30)

• Dates and positions not specified in Chalice annual report: CleanTeQ (now Sunrise Metals) — Executive leadership roles. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7)

Education and qualifications

Chemical engineering and MBA qualifications

As reported in 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Chalice reports an MBA and Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) with Honours. Independent credential verification was not completed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. No personal responsibility question applies.

Relevance: Relevant technical and business preparation for a large project-director role.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7)

Suitability for the current role

Major-project and operational-readiness experience

Before 2026; Chalice appointment 20 July 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chalice reports more than 25 years in mining and heavy industry and prior leadership roles at Rio Tinto and CleanTeQ, including Cape Lambert Port and operational readiness/approvals. In its 2026 appointment announcement, Chalice says he led operational readiness and ramp-up of the A$2.5bn Cape Lambert Port Expansion, delivered ahead of schedule and under budget. This is an issuer-reported prior-project result, not independently benchmarked.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The appointment issuer explicitly attributes the Cape Lambert leadership and result to De Ponte; exact employment dates and independent project verification are absent.

Relevance: Relevant experience for a project director overseeing feasibility, engineering, execution planning and operational readiness; too early to assess Gonneville delivery.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Paul De Ponte appointment announcement (issuer post) (Chalice appointment post, lines 27–30)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates, outcomes and individual responsibilities across Rio Tinto and CleanTeQ roles remain incomplete.

• Project Director tenure is recent at cutoff, with no Gonneville delivery outcome yet attributable to him.

• Education and professional standing were not independently verified.

• Person-specific court, regulator, safety, environmental and governance-register checks were not exhaustive.