Antofagasta plc announced that Jorge Bande, an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2014, has resigned from the Antofagasta plc board with effect from 31 December 2023 having served as an independent Director for nine years, which is the recommended maximum tenure for independence according to the UK Corporate Governance Code. He will therefore step down as a Director of the Company, and a member of the Audit and Risk, Sustainability and Stakeholder Management and Projects Committees with effect from the same date.