Bemisa

AUGUSTO CESAR CALAZANS LOPES//President//

CEO of the Bemisa Group since 2008, he has over 20 years’ experience in the Mining and Private Equity sectors as an executive and partner at Opportunity Private Equity Asset Manager.

#Márcio Gontijo da Silva//Ferrous Metals Director in Minas Gerais//

Director of the Bemisa Group since 2011, he has 30 years’ experience in the implementation and development of large enterprises in Heavy Construction, Civil Construction, Infrastructure, industry, Logistics and Mining.

#Cláudio Fernandes//Mining Director//

Director of the Bemisa Group since 2015 and a Mining Engineer (UFMG), he has over 30 years’ experience in Operations and Project Development in the Mining and Chemical industry at companies such as Bunge, Galvani and Yamana.

#ANA LUISA LEÃO FLAKSMAN//Legal Director//

Director of the Bemisa Group since 2018, she has 20 years’ experience in corporate, financial and infrastructure law, and has worked in some of the largest offices in Brazil. Lawyer graduate at PUC-Rio (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro), with an MBA from FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) and concluding a Post-Graduation in Mining Law from CEDIN (Centro de Estudos em Direito e Negócios).

#Fábio Luis Neri Guimarães //Exploration Director//

Director of the Bemisa Group since 2019, he has over 18 years’ experience in mineral exploration, having worked in companies such as BHP Billiton and Codelco. Geologist from UERJ (Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro) and an MBA from IBMEC (Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais).

#João Ricardo Massari Pereira//CFO//

Director at the Bemisa Group since 2018, he has 11 years’ experience in the Mining industry, Strategic Planning, Corporate Finance and New Businesses. Engineering from FEI and an MBA from IBMEC. He started his career as an intern at Bemisa.

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Meet the Group's Board members

HUMBERTO JOSÉ ROCHA BRAZ//Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bemisa Group//

He worked for 25 years in the Infrastructure and Heavy Construction sector at Andrade Gutierrez, in addition to working as Director of Institutional Relations and later CEO of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.

#NÍVIO TADEU LASMAR PEREIRA//Member of Board of Directors from Bemisa Group since 2015//

Geologist (UFMG), with 40 years of experience in Geology and Environment, having held the position of Municipal Secretary of Environment of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

#José Augusto Tourinho Dantas Júnior//Member of Board of Directors from Bemisa Group since 2017//

With 42 years of experience in Business Management and Administration, of which more than 10 years in the mineral sector.

#WASHINGTON RYDZ//Member of the Bemisa Group since 2013//

Geologist from UFBA (Universidade Federal da Bahia), master in Mineral Exploration from the Imperial College of Science and Technology (UK) and an MBA in Administration from UFBA, he has over 48 years’ experience managing mineral exploration projects in Brazil. Former Director of Exploration at Bemisa, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bemisa Group and heads the management of Mineral Economics at CBPM (Companhia Baiana de Pesquisa Mineral).

#José Luis Vidal//Member of the Bemisa Group since 2011//

Master in transport and logistics by USP (Universidade de São Paulo), Board Member (CCIe) certified by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). He has 27 years’ experience in the Strategy and Operation and Logistics sectors and has worked at Vale, Ferrovia FCA, Rio Doce Pasha Terminais and WV Logistics. He is currently Director of the Logistics and Transportation Division of the Infrastructure Department of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP), board member of Santos Brasil Participações S.A. and BEMISA Group.

#JOSÉ FERNANDO COURA//Board Member of the Bemisa Group since 2017//

Mining Engineer from the School of Mines and Metallurgy of Ouro Preto (MG) with a specialization in Mineral Economics, he has worked for more than 40 years in the Mining-Metallurgical sector, managing and leading investments in the implementation or expansion of mineral projects, as well as advising Mining companies (technically and commercially). He was formerly Deputy Secretary of Mines and Energy of the State of Minas Gerais, and is currently president of SINDIEXTRA (Union of Mineral Industry of MG), as well as vice-president of FIEMG.

#Volner Pedro Malini //Board Member of the Bemisa Group since 2015//

Metallurgical engineer from UFF (Federal Fluminense University), he has over 35 years’ experience working in the application of iron ore. He worked at Vale, Companhia Siderúrgica Tubarão (CST/AMT) and Usiminas.

#Thiers Manzano Barsotti//Member of the Bemisa Group since 2011//

He has extensive experience in the Mining and transport logistics sector, having held positions as Director of Business Units at Vale and as Chief Executive Officer at ALUNORTE (Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A.), DOCEGEO (Rio Doce, Geologia e Mineração S.A.) and FCA (Ferrovia Centro Atlântica) as well as a member of the Boards of Directors of companies in the sector.

#Leonardo Guimarães Pinto//Member of the Bemisa Group since 2010//

Leonardo Pinto holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the State University of Rio de Janeiroand an MBA in Corporate Finance from IBMEC-RJ. He has been working at Opportunity since 2001 and is a managing partner at Opportunity Private Equity Manager since 2013. He has been a member of the Audit Council of Santos Brasil Participações S.A., a member of the Board of Directors of BEMISA Group and a member of ANBIMA's Thematic Committee on Structured Fund Participation since 2019.

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Baratinha Mine, currently in ramp up phase, it have been obtaining excellent results. The project holds a beneficiation plant with capacity to produce up to 2 million tons of iron ore per year, mainly Sinter Feed with high iron grade.

The Baratinha Mine, currently in operation, produces iron ore in Vale do Aço, in Minas Gerais, a privileged location for supplying the domestic market due to its proximity to steel players and large railroads.

Since the beginning of mining, the Bemisa Group has been working to recover the environmental liabilities left by the old operation, which had previously operated until the 1980s.

The project has a beneficiation plant with the capacity to produce up to 2 million tons of sinter feed per year, with high iron content. Certified to ISO ISO9001, ISO14001 e ISO45001, Baratinha Mine operate with a Waste Treatment System (filtration).

Get to know our management policy here.

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This includes the targets Pinhões de Cocais, Mongais, Teobaldo and Japão, areas that have presented iron ore mineralization and are located up to 10 km from the Baratinha Mine, being considered iron ore exploration projects of the Bemisa Group.

This includes the targets Pinhões de Cocais, Mongais and Japão, areas that have presented iron ore mineralization and are located up to 10 km from the Baratinha Mine, being considered iron ore exploration projects of the Bemisa Group.

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Focused on the exploration of gold, both projects are located in the north of the state of Mato Grosso, within the Alta Floresta Gold Province. The survey in the Novo Mundo Project proved mineralization of the surface up to 300m deep, with narrow veins containing gold / copper mineralization, with an association of silver, lead and zinc.

Bench tests have proven recoveries of up to 95% of the gold contained in the samples, by gravimetric and leaching processes.

The project continues to develop with advanced hydrogeology and geotechnical studies of , as well as resources and reserves analysis to define viability.

The Nhandu target stands at approximately 20km from the Novo Mundo Project, where initial research with surface geochemistry control and mapping demonstrated the existence of mineralization similar to that already found in Novo Mundo. Ground geophysical surveys and pioneering drilling campaigns are planned for 2021 for furthering the understanding of the subsurface potential.

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Located in the iron quadrilateral region, the largest mineral province in the southeast region. The drilling survey has indicated a potential resource of around 46 million tons.

The project is located in the state of Minas Gerais, close to the MRS railway, between the municipalities of Brumadinho, Ibirité and Igarapé, in the Iron Quadrangle.

The estimates presented,approved and registered in the Final Exploration Report submitted to ANM report geological resources of 46 million tons of iron ore.

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With the potential for implantation of an industrial complex producing soil and cement corrective agent, the results of the project's drilling campaigns indicate a potential for 66 billion tons.

The project aims at implementing an industrial complex with the capacity to produce corrective soil and cement generated from the processing of its extensive limestone reserves.

Two drilling campaigns were performed and the results indicated potential resources of more than 66 billion tons, of which approximately 57 billion tons of calcitic limestone and 9 billion tons of dolomitic limestone.

The results of the characterization tests carried out with the Technological Research Institute (IPT) confirmed excellent quality, both in manganese and limestone, diversifying options in relation to the final products.

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Nickelsulfide project with three drilling campaigns which identified geological potential to host a world-class deposit.

The project located in the north of the state of Goiás, near the Barro Alto nickel reserve, aims at exploiting nickel sulfide.

Research carried out in the project from 2008, including extensive geochemical control, airborne and ground geophysical surveys and diamond drilling in four campaigns, pointed at mineralization of sulfide Ni+Cu in mafic rocks belonging to the Mafic Ultramafic Canabrava Complex.

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314 million tons of phosphate rock with international certified. The project has advantageous location because it is in the State of Mato Grosso, where more than 80% of the consumption of phosphate fertilizers comes from imports.

The project sited in the state of Mato Grosso will have the objective of exploring and developing phosphate deposits for the production of fertilizers.

Jauru is at a privileged location, as lies in the biggest grain producing region, as well as the main fertilizer consumer in Brazil. More than 80% of P2 O5 consumption in this region is imported, with the rest coming from other Brazilian states.

The research and process work carried out was financed by FINEP (Funding Authority for Studies and Projects), a public company linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, whose main objective is to promote research projects focused on technological innovation.

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More than 1 billion tons of certified resources and basic engineering completed for the plant with an annual production capacity of 15 million tons of Premium Quality Pellet Feed Fines with excellent flow logistics.

The project is located in the southeast of the state of Pará, close to the polymetallic district of Carajás.

Drilling surveys to define resources and reserves are in progress, planned for 2021, together with bench tests and pilot scale tests.

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The project is located in northeastern Brazil and has more than 1.0 billion tons of magnetite iron ore certified by SRK Consulting.

The iron ore of the Planalto Piauí will be exported, given the product’s excellent quality and the project’s proximity to the Transnordestina Railroad, which will run 6 km from the project and connect it to two major Brazilian ports, Suape (state of Pernambuco) and Pecém (state of Ceará), both capable of operating capesize vessels.

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Located between the Steel Valley and the Pig Iron District. Currently, it is in Exploratory Research and with a rapid development and deployment plan with potential to produce grain and sinter feed.

The Pedra Branca Project is located between the municipalities of Itabira and João Monlevade, in the interior of Minas Gerais, about 100 km from Belo Horizonte.

The project has the objective of extracting and processing iron ore for the production and sale of lump and fine products.

Field research carried out so far indicates a potential resource of approximately 40Mt of iron ore, and additional drilling is scheduled to intensify exploratory research within the project.

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Social Responsibility

Bemisa Group is committed to sustainable growth. In order to economically, environmentally and socially develop or improve the regions in which it operates, the group carries out social actions, according to each community’s own characteristics and needs.

The Group maintains an open dialogue with the communities, identifying expectations, needs and challenges for each one and implementing environmental and social projects, based on the best practices and sustainability criteria, such as reducing water and energy consumption, noise, the emission of pollutants and adopting technologies that are less harmful to the environment.

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In partnership with FIEMG (the Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais), Bemisa donated lung ventilators for ICUs, PPEs, sanitizable masks and other necessary supplies to assist in the treatment of Covid-19 in the municipalities of the Vale do Aço Region. It also provided the City Hall of Timóteo (State of Minas Gerais) with 500 rapid tests and the City Hall of Antônio Dias (State of Minas Gerais) with 500 tests and 250 protective masks, as well as delivering food parcels and masks to the vulnerable population of the State of Minas Gerais.

It is supporting the "Unidos pela Vacina" movement - created by civil society and bringing together hundreds of entities, companies, associations and NGOs, and driven by the Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais (FIEMG), with the purpose of making it possible to vaccinate all Brazilians until September 2021 - and also Estímulo Minas - a movement in which consolidated companies support micro and small entrepreneurs through training and facilitated loans, so that they do not close their doors in the midst of the worst crisis in history.

Bemisa has also donated funds to the Fadex Fund (Cultural Foundation for Research, Education, Extension and Innovation) for the production of personal protective equipment (PPEs), the distribution of food parcels and the purchase of transport ventilators, monitors and infusion pumps to fight Covid-19 in the State of Piauí, which hosts another iron ore project.

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The Expedição Piracicaba Project is an unprecedented survey on the conditions of the Piracicaba river and its tributaries. kickstarted in May 2020, the expedition is an initiative organized by the Piracicaba River Basin Committee (CBH-Piracicaba) and by the newspaper Tribuna do Piracicaba - A Voz do Rio, with support from the Minas Gerais Water Management Institute (IGAM) and Federal University of Itajubá (Unifei). The assessment carried out by the expedition highlights the importance of the river's sustainability, the current situation of the river from the technical point of view and the quality of the water, and also promotes the involvement of society in the actions of the Basin Committee.

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This action comprises of a quarterly visit to the people living in communities near the Baratinha Mine, to address environmental issues and controls adopted by Bemisa, such as monitoring air quality, recovering degraded areas and managing dust emissions.

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In order to improve the quality of life of the community near the Baratinha Mine, and to contribute to the development of Antônio Dias, Bemisa agreed to carry out the following actions for the local population in 2020: paving access roads to the Bocaina community, donating a mobile phone tower, construction materials for the maintenance and renovation of public places, as well as toys for needy children.

The project had to be interrupted due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

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The objective of the Mais Música Cultural Project, fostered by the Antônio Dias Town Hall (State of Minas Gerais), is setting up a Music Band for the town, with actions and activities to involve new students in musical training, preparing them to play in public schools, squares and traditional events. Classes are free and include the distribution of teaching supplies, uniforms and musical instruments. Antônio Dias is located in the Vale do Aço region.

The project is inactive due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

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The Judocas de Aço Project, fostered by USIPA – Sports and Recreation Association - aims to set up a judo team to compete in the sporting events of the Minas Gerais Judo Federation. With Bemisa's sponsorship, the project provides daily training for the technical/tactical improvement and physical conditioning of athletes. The target audience involves 70 children, adolescents and adults living in the Vale do Aço region.

The project is inactive due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

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Our Compliance program is about integrity, which aims to reinforce our ethical conduct and build a relationship of respect, trust and transparency between Bemisa and its stakeholders.

In align with the company's Mission, Vision and Values, the Code of Ethics provides guidelines for our day-to-day work, and the Whistleblowing Channel (see on the side) allows the reporting of complaints about any possible violation of our Code of Ethics and/or applicable laws and regulations.

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