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Appointment of a non-executive director
Tharisa plc
(Incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus with limited liability)
(Registration number HE223412)
JSE share code: THA
LSE share code: THS
A2X share code: THA
ISIN: CY0103562118
LEI: 213800WW4YWMVVZIJM90
('Tharisa' or the 'Company')
Appointment of a non-executive director
In compliance with Section 3.59 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, the Board is pleased to
announce that Dr Vasileios Vergopoulos has been appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive
director with effect from 27 November 2025.
Dr Vergopoulos holds a Bachelor of Education from the Thessaloniki University, Greece and a Master of
Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Hamburg University, Germany. He is the former Managing Director
of BASF Metals Limited and the Global Commercial Vice President of the BASF Precious Metals Service
Business. Prior to this, he was the Head of BASF's Refining Catalyst Business for Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, based in the United Kingdom.
He has over 30 years' experience in business management, operations management, the gas and oil industry,
chemical catalyst manufacturing, e-business, sales and marketing, strategic procurement, and precious
metals trading. He has held various senior and executive level management positions with BASF, BP and
W.R. Grace in Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom.
Dr Vergopoulos will be serving as member of the Audit Committee, Risk Committee, Climate Change and
Sustainability Committee, and Safety, Health, Environment and Community Committee of Tharisa. He does
not hold any other directorships at present.
The Board welcomes Dr Vergopoulos and looks forward to his contribution.
Paphos, Cyprus
28 November 2025
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Investor Relations Contacts:
Ilja Graulich (Head of Investor Relations and Communications)
+27 11 996 3500
+27 83 604 0820
igraulich@tharisa.com
Broker Contacts:
Peel Hunt LLP (UK Joint Broker)
Ross Allister / Georgia Langoulant
+44 207 418 8900
BMO Capital Markets Limited (UK Joint Broker)
Thomas Rider / Nick Macann
+44 207 236 1010
Berenberg (UK Joint Broker)
Matthew Armitt / Jennifer Lee / Detlir Elezi
+44 203 207 7800
About Tharisa - delivering on expansion and growth opportunities, commercialising technology
solutions
Tharisa is an integrated resource group playing a pivotal role in the global energy transition and the
decarbonisation of economies. Leveraging innovation and technology, Tharisa covers the entire value
chain—exploration, mining, processing, beneficiation, marketing, sales, and logistics—for platinum group
metals (PGMs) and chrome concentrates. The multi-generational Tharisa Mine on the south-western limb
of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa—one of the richest sources of PGMs and chrome globally, while
development of the Karo Platinum Project, a tier-one PGM project on Zimbabwe's Great Dyke, further
reinforces Tharisa's growth strategy. Investments in beneficiation, including chrome and PGM alloy
production, add significant downstream value. Tharisa is committed to reducing carbon emissions by 30%
by and the sustainability roadmap targets net carbon neutrality by 2050. Through Redox One, Tharisa is
advancing proprietary iron chromium redox flow battery technology, utilising the very commodities it
mines to support long-duration energy storage—a key component in the transition to renewable energy.
Tharisa plc is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: THA) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE:
THS, Equity Shares (Transition) Category).
Date: 28-11-2025 07:10:00
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