Metals Acquisition Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Morné Engelbrecht as Chief Financial Officer with an expected commencement date of February 10, 2024. Mr. Engelbrecht is a senior executive with over 23 years of diversified experience in Australia and internationally in the professional services and resources industries (mining and oil & gas), driving the delivery of value through leading the execution of strategies with a continuous improvement mindset. He has a strong track record of successfully turning around and growing businesses, delivering major capital projects, raising equity and debt, delivering major cost reduction and integration programs and building effective systems and processes.

He has worked over multiple disciplines in small, mid and large-scale corporate, project and operational site environments including working across multiple locations including Australia, UK, PNG, South Africa, Singapore, West Africa, Chile and China. Mr. Engelbrecht?s most recent role was CEO and prior to that CFO at Beach Energy Limited, an Australian Stock Exchange listed oil and gas explorer and producer with a circa A$3.5 billion market capitalisation. Previous roles included being CFO then CEO of Carbon Energy Limited, an ASX listed company commercializing gasification technology; Chief Financial Controller at Interoil Corporation, a USD 2.5 billion NYSE and TSX listed oil and gas explorer and producer acquired by ExxonMobil; General Manager of Finance at Lihir Gold Limited a circa AUD 10 billion gold explorer and miner listed on NASDAQ, TSX, ASX and POMSOX merging with Newcrest and Financial Controller - South-East Asia for Harmony Gold.

He is a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) with Honours.