Alvo Minerals Limited (ASX:ALV)

Explore and develop under-explored mineral regions in Brazil.

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Alvo Minerals Limited was established with a strategic focus on the under-explored Palmeiropolis region in Central Brazil. The company targets rare earth elements at their Bluebush Ionic Clay REE Project and high-grade copper and zinc at the Palma VMS Project. They also explore the Ipora REE Project, aiming to uncover valuable ionic-clay rare earth mineralisation. Alvo Minerals prides itself on a responsible approach to exploration that respects and supports local communities.

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Company Overview

Alvo Minerals (ASX: ALV) is an active critical minerals exploration company, with an established exploration base in central Brazil.

The Company was founded to explore for base and precious metals, hunting high-grade copper and zinc at its Palma Project, adjacent to the Company’s Bluebush REE Project. The Palma Project has a JORC 2012 Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 4.6Mt @ 1.0% Cu, 3.9% Zn, 0.4% Pb & 20g/t Ag.

Alvo is also exploring for Rare Earth Elements (REE) at the Bluebush Ionic Clay REE Project in Central Brazil. Bluebush is adjacent to and along strike from the privately-owned Serra Verde Ionic Clay REE Project, which is the only Ionic Clay REE project in commercial production outside of China.

Alvo’s Ipora REE Project is an exciting greenfields exploration project targeting the Iporá alkaline intrusive complex, considered highly prospective for REEs, potentially of the highly valued ionic clay type. The Ipora REE Project is located in the State of Goias and is on similar geology and located adjacent to the PCH REE Project (Appia Rare Earths and Uranium Corporation, CSE:API).

Alvo’s strategic intent is to aggressively explore and deliver growth through discovery, leveraging managements’ extensive track record in Brazil. There are three phases to the exploration strategy – Discover, Expand and Upgrade.

Alvo is committed to fostering best-in-class stakeholder relations and supporting the local communities in which it operates.

Board & Management

Graeme Slattery

Non-Executive Chairman

Graeme is a practising corporate lawyer with over 20 years of experience advising companies in the mining and resources sector on all aspects of corporate and commercial law. He has extensive experience dealing with foreign jurisdictions and regulatory issues and serves on numerous international boards.

Rob Smakman

Managing Director

Rob is a Geologist with over 20 years international experience, over 10 of which were in Brazil. Fluent in Portuguese, he successfully founded and listed Crusader Resources and was responsible for instigating its Brazilian entry and operations. Rob sourced, negotiated, explored and built projects in Brazil and around the world and has raised >USD100M in capital (equity and debt) for multiple projects.

Beau Nicholls

Non-Executive Director

Beau is a Geologist with over 25 years international experience, including 9 years in Brazil as the Principal consultant for Coffey Mining- a leading international consulting firm (Beau is fluent in Portuguese). Beau is Principal Consultant for Sahara Natural Resources, specializing in exploration and mining services in Africa.

Mauro Barros

Non-Executive Director

Mauro has over 17 years of experience within the mining industry, with previous positions covering project development, M&A and general management. Mauro is the founder and CEO of Ore Investments, a significant shareholder of Alvo Minerals. Ore Investments is an independent private equity fund manager, focused on mining and exploration in Brazil. Mauro was previously the Country Manager of the Volta Grande Gold deposit (+7Moz Au project) from 2014 to 2017 and has also held positions at Vale, Arcelor Mittal and Azevedo Sette.

Carol Marinkovich

Company Secretary

Carol has over 25 years experience in the mining industry. She has extensive experience in Company Secretary and Corporate Governance Practices both within Australia and Internationally working with companies in the ASX200, ASX300 and for other listed junior explorers.

Carol is a Member of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in London.

Gary Elwell

Chief Financial Officer

Gary is a finance professional with 20 years of experience in senior accounting roles (CFO/Financial Controller) with Australian and UK public companies. He has extensive experience in IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, backdoor listings, audits, ASX reporting and financial reporting.

Gary is currently servicing a number of ASX-listed companies including Buxton Resources Limited, Aruma Resources Limited, Strategic Elements Limited, and Structural Monitoring Systems plc and is a Non-Executive Director of Petrex Australia Pty Ltd.

Gary graduated in Economics from the University of Northumbria in the UK. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Institute of Public Accountants.

Julio Liz

Exploration Manager

Julio is a vastly experienced Geologist with a history of domestic and international experience. He has extensive experience in project evaluation, development and exploration project management, working for companies including Sumitomo, Barrick, Anglo American, Bemisa and Rio Novo Gold. He has worked across multiple commodities including precious metals, base metals and bulk commodities.