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The Board & Senior Management

IAN FARMER

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Farmer is a UK based, highly experienced mining executive. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Lonmin, the third largest platinum miner globally, between 2008 and 2012, where he oversaw a period of significant transformation, both operationally and financially. During his 26 years at Lonmin and its parent company Lonrho, Mr Farmer held various other financial and strategic positions, including Chief Strategy Officer from 2006-2008.

Mr Farmer led the acquisition of various junior mining projects and integrated them into the group. He has been a Non-Executive Director of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the UK since 2014, and previously was a Non-Executive Director of VTTI Energy Partners LP (2014 – 2017).

DR CHRIS GILCHRIST

– C.Eng FIMMM,

Managing Director

A highly experienced international mining executive with over 35 years mining management and director level experience. He has successfully built and managed large mining operations in Europe and Africa. Importantly, Dr Gilchrist has significant experience in potash mining, processing and marketing and is based in Europe.

He was General Manager and Operations Director for Cleveland Potash Limited (UK) now part of the Israel Chemicals group. From 2011 to 2014, he was a Non-Executive Director of South Boulder Mines (now Danakali Ltd) managing feasibility work on the Colluli potash project in Eritrea. More recently he has acted as Project Manager and adviser to Circum Minerals on their Ethiopian potash project.

DR REINOUT KOOPMANS

-PhD, MSc, Drs

Non-Executive Director

Dr Koopmans spent 15 years in investment banking, based in London. He was responsible globally for public equity raising for natural resource companies at Deutsche Bank and he led the European equity capital markets team at Jefferies International. In the 1990’s, Reinout was a management consultant with McKinsey & Co in Germany and South-East Asia. He has significant business experience in Germany. Reinout has a PhD and Masters degree from the London School of Economics, and a degree from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

Dr Koopmans is a Member of Davenport’s Nomination Committee and a Member of Davenport’s Remuneration Committee.

RORY LUFF

-BCom

Non-Executive Director

Mr Rory Luff is a current Non-Executive Director of Davenport. He is the founder of BW Equities, a specialist Melbourne equities advisory firm and has over 15 years experience in the financial services industry. Rory has spent most of his career in the financial markets advising resources companies on capital raisings and financial markets strategy.

Rory Luff is Chair of Davenport’s Nomination Committee and a Member of Davenport’s Audit & Risk Committee and Davenport’s Remuneration Committee.

HANSJORG PLAGGEMARS

Non-Executive Director

Mr Plaggemars is an experienced company director with a deep knowledge of corporate finance, strategy and governance. He has served on numerous boards in a variety of industries which includes Delphi Unternehmensberatung who are a substantial shareholder in Davenport Resources. Mr Plaggemars is resident in Germany and has deep experience of corporate and capital markets in Europe.

Mr Plaggemars is Chair of Davenport’s Audit & Risk Committee and a Member of Davenport’s Nomination Committee.

ROBERT VAN DER LAAN

Non-Executive Director

Mr Van der Laan is a qualified accountant with more than 30 years’ experience in the management of financial and risk management systems of public and private companies, in the resources and engineering sectors.

JASON WILKINSON

– MSc, BSc, CSci, MIMMM

Chief Operating Officer

A geologist with over 25 years’ experience, he has worked in Australia, USA, Middle East, Turkey and Greece. His most recent role was as in-country MD for Allana Potash Corp in Ethiopia where he established the exploration team taking the project through a full resource drill-out and feasibility study. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Davenport Resources. Residing in Europe, Mr Wilkinson is responsible for planning and implementing Davenport’s potash exploration program.

AMANDA WILTON-HEALD

Company Secretary

Amanda is a Chartered Accountant and has more than 20 years of accounting, auditing (of both listed and non-listed companies) and company secretarial experience within Australia and the UK. Amanda has been involved in the listing of junior exploration companies on the ASX and has experience in corporate advisory and company secretarial services.

The Board & Senior Management

IAN FARMER

Non-Executive Chairman

DR CHRIS GILCHRIST

Managing Director

DR REINOUT KOOPMANS

Non-Executive Director

RORY LUFF

Non-Executive Director

HANSJORG PLAGGEMARS

Non-Executive Director

ROBERT VAN DER LAAN

Non-Executive Director

JASON WILKINSON

Chief Operating Officer

AMANDA WILTON-HEALD

Company Secretary

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