Stephen Gottesfeld is an accomplished legal and sustainability executive with nearly 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He spent more than 25 years with Newmont Corporation, retiring in 2022, and now provides advisory services on business strategy, sustainability, governance, and legal and government affairs. Mr. Gottesfeld is a strategic advisor to Resolve, an independent NGO that delivers sustainable solutions to social, health, and environmental challenges, and to its affiliate, Regeneration, which focuses on re-mining, reprocessing, and mine-site restoration. Mr. Gottesfeld has extensive experience in legal, environmental, sustainability, and governance matters across global exploration, project development, mining operations, and closure. During his tenure at Newmont, he served on the Executive Leadership Team for almost a decade, including as Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability and External Affairs Officer, and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In these and prior officer roles, he oversaw a wide range of global functions, including business integrity and compliance, communications, legal and land, security, and sustainability (environmental, government relations and regulatory affairs, and social responsibility). Mr. Gottesfeld’s prior Board experience includes the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Continental Gold, the Board of Directors of the Colorado Mining and National Mining Associations, and the Board of Trustees of the Colorado Legal Aid Foundation. Before joining Newmont, Mr. Gottesfeld was an attorney at Holland & Hart, LLP. Mr. Gottesfeld holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver, College of Law, a Master’s in International Affairs from the University of Denver, Graduate School of International Studies (Korbel School), and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The Colorado College.