Eulalio Austin - Philex Mining CEO

Mr. Eulalio B. Austin, Jr., serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Philex Mining Corporation effective June 25, 2014. He joined the board on June 29, 2011. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company in January 2012, after serving as its Senior Vice President for Operations and Padcal Resident Manager in 2011, Vice President and Resident Manager for Padcal Operations from 2004 to 2010, Mine Division Manager from 1999 to 2003, Engineering Group Manager in 1998 and Mine Engineering Draw Control Department Manager from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Austin graduated from Saint Louis UniversityBaguio City, with a BS degree in Mining Engineering and placed eight at the 1982 Professional Board Examination for mining engineers. He took his Management Development Program at the Asian Institute of Management in 2005 and his Advance Management Program at Harvard Business School, Harvard University, in 2013. Mr. Austin concurrently serves as Director of Philex Petroleum Corporation and Silangan Mindanao Mining Co., Inc. He likewise sits on the Board of Directors of the Philippine Society of Mining Engineers, and was Founding President of PSEMs Philex Chapter. since 2014.