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Mr. Jonathan Cherry was appointed President and CEO of Perpetua Resources and joined the Board effective March 14, 2024. Mr. Cherry joined Perpetua Resources with over three decades of extensive mining industry experience including permitting, capital raising, project development, joint venture formation and operations. He most recently served as President, and CEO of PolyMet Mining Company (PolyMet) from July 2012 to November 2023 and as Chairman of the board of directors of PolyMet from June 2020 to November 2023. During his tenure at PolyMet, the North Met project received the highest rating the Environmental Protection Agency has ever given to a mining project. Additionally, Mr. Cherry played a leading role in negotiating a joint venture with Teck Resources prior to PolyMet's sale to Glencore. Before joining PolyMet, Mr. Cherry served as Vice President, Environment and Government Affairs, Resolution Copper, at Rio Tinto from 2010 to 2012; General Manager, Eagle Mine, at Rio Tinto from 2004 to 2010 (the United States' only primary nickel-copper mine); and Senior Project Engineer at Kennecott Utah Copper from 2001 to 2004 Mr. Cherry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Montana Technological University. He is a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, has served on the Board of Trustees for the American Mining and Exploration Association and for Highland Copper, a TSX-listed mining company, and is a Registered Professional Engineer.

Mckinsey M. Lyon joined Perpetua in 2017 as Vice President of External Affairs of PRII after consulting for the Company for six years. Ms. Lyon leads the direct advocacy and social license development for the Stibnite Gold Project at Perpetua. She has experience navigating complicated public policy issues and managing complex issues in the public arena, leading public affairs practices with a unique interdisciplinary fluency in government relations, social license development, stakeholder engagement, messaging, and media communications. Prior to joining Perpetua, Ms. Lyon served as a partner at Gallatin Public Affairs, a lobbying firm and public relations company, where she helped clients achieve business goals by integrating strategies across multiple platforms.

Mark Murchison joined the Company in 2025 with over 25 years of experience in metals and mining, including seven years as Chief Financial Officer of Alacer Gold (Alacer) and 12 years in various financial leadership roles at Rio Tinto. Mr. Murchison joined Perpetua from US Vanadium, a private vanadium producer based in Arkansas, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since 2022. Mr. Murchison has significant experience in capital project management, including raising project finance and managing capital allocation and planning for a $750-million autoclave expansion at the Alacer mine in Turkey. Mr. Murchison joined Perpetua's management team to lead the finance functions as the Company secures project financing for the Project and commences construction.f

Mr. Robison has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry that has spanned six commodities and five continents. He is a former Fortune 500 executive with proven success in capital-intensive mining businesses and brings expertise in natural resources, mining, metallurgy, project development, M&A, capital investment, business improvement and regulatory issues. Mr. Robison also has extensive experience with mine safety, environmental management, and corporate social responsibility. Most recently, Mr. Robison was a board director for Detour Gold Corp., a former Canadian gold mining company, from 2018 to 2020. As chair of the Technical and HSEC Committee, he oversaw a step-change in safety, productivity and cost management. He also served on the Detour Gold Corp. Audit, SG&A and Special Committees. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Robison was the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Newmont Mining Corporation (Newmont), the world's largest gold miner, where he was responsible for 12 gold and copper mining operations and complexes generating US$7.4 billion in revenues in 2014, and a pipeline of 22 expansion projects and new mines. Under his leadership, Newmont delivered step-change improvement in its operational performance and growth prospects. During his tenure as Chief Operating Officer, Newmont lowered injury rates by more than 50% and significantly reduced costs. Prior to Newmont, Mr. Robison was Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Operations of Rio Tinto Minerals for six years, Chief Operations Officer of U.S. Borax Inc. for five years and Vice President and General Manager, Mining and Concentrating at Kennecott Utah Copper for four years. He has held numerous other management and leadership positions in the mining industry and holds a B.Sc. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Nevada, Mackay School of Mines. He has also completed business leadership programs at the London School of Business and safety leadership training programs led by Dupont.

Mr. Dean has over 30 years of experience investing across public and private markets and advising corporate clients on merger and acquisition transactions. From 1995 to 2015, Mr. Dean worked at Allen & Company LLC, a New York-based investment banking firm, where he was a Managing Director and an equity partner. At Allen & Company, Mr. Dean was the Portfolio Manager of Allen Global Partners LLC, a $1 billion investment fund that invested in equity and credit securities of companies engaged in corporate transactions. In addition, Mr. Dean served on the Executive Committee of Allen Investment Management LLC, the firm's SEC-registered investment advisor, and was actively involved in the firm's corporate advisory, principal trading, and private capital businesses. Mr. Dean began his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. as an analyst in the Media, Telecom & Technology Investment Banking Group. From 2019 to 2024, Mr. Dean served as President of Ada Sand & Gravel, Inc., a southwest Idaho-based supplier of construction aggregates. In 2024, Ada Sand & Gravel merged with Premier Aggregates Holdings, LLC, creating the leading independent supplier of construction and landscape aggregates in southwest Idaho. Mr. Dean also actively invests in private equity, real estate and venture capital through Gemstone Capital LLC. Mr. Dean serves as an Advisory Board Member of Greybull Stewardship LP, a private equity investment firm. Mr. Dean is a graduate of Duke University where he received a B.A., cum laude, in Economics and Public Policy.

Andrew Cole has over 35 years of experience in the metals and mining industry including substantial expertise in the processing of refractory ore, having been General Manager at Barrick Gold's Goldstrike Mine from December 2011 until June 2015, Executive Director of Barrick's North American operations until October 2016, and General Manager at the Donlin Gold Project until 2020 where he secured major permits including the Final Record of Decision. Since January 2021, Mr. Cole has led a consulting practice and has experience supporting an emerging gold producer through the successful development of its processing strategy and the restart of its autoclave facility in Nevada Mr. Cole holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Material Sciences and Engineering from the University of Arizona and he received his MBA from the University of Nevada. Mr. Cole serves as a Paulson & Co. Inc. nominee under the Paulson Investor Rights Agreement.

Mr. Alexander Sternhell has over two decades experience working on Capitol Hill lobbying on behalf of some of the world's largest companies as Principal of Sternhell Group. Prior to founding the Sternhell Group, he served as the Democratic Deputy Staff Director of and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs from 2007 until 2009 as well as the Staff Director for the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities and Investment from 1999 until 2006. He played a key role in drafting and negotiating financial services legislation in recent history. Mr. Sternhell received his BA from Louisiana State University.

Marcelo Kim joined Perpetua as director in March 2016 and became Chair in 2020. Mr. Kim has served as a Partner at Paulson & Co. Inc., an investment management firm since 2009, where he oversees the firm's global macro-economic and natural resource investments. Mr. Kim earned his Bachelor of Arts in economics with honors from Yale University in 2009. He is currently the Chair of International Tower Hill Ltd. (NYSE American: THM) and the Chair of Donlin Gold LLC, a privately held company. Mr. Kim serves as a Paulson & Co. Inc. nominee under the Paulson Investor Rights Agreement (as defined herein). Mr. Kim was appointed Chair of the Company in accordance with the Paulson Investor Rights Agreement.

Timothy Kahl joined the Company as Senior Vice President Technical Services in 2025 with over 30 years of experience in design, construction, commissioning, and operating complex mining and process operations. Throughout his career in North and South America, Mr. Kahl has stewarded projects through construction, commissioning, and into operations and brings invaluable operational readiness experience with both precious and base metals operations. Mr. Kahl has served as a consultant to Perpetua for nearly two years as the operations lead and subject matter expert for processing and Pressure Oxidation. He was most recently the General Manager Operations for Penasquito (Newmont) in Mexico from December 2017 to March 2020, and the Process Manager for Pueblo Viejo (Barrick) in the Dominican Republic from December 2012 to July 2015.