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2026-11-06

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Full background report

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 (João Zanon biography)

  • April 2025–February 2026: Maaden — Director of Project Management. 2025 Annual Information Form (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

  • November 2022–December 2024: Ero Copper — Vice President, Projects. 2025 Annual Information Form (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

  • August 2010–July 2022: Vale — Senior project roles. 2025 Annual Information Form (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

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 (Named management biography)

Industrial safety

Ero Copper fatalities during prior-employer tenure

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 (2023 sustainability report p. 25); 2024 Ero Copper Sustainability Report (2024 sustainability report p. 21 and p. 51); 2025 Annual Information Form (Five-year employment history, Zanon)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant career and role

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 (João Zanon officer listing on p. 133); 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.