Nexa Announces Transition of CFO

Nexa Resources S.A. (“Nexa” or the “Company”), announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Rodrigo Menck to succeed Mario Bertoncini as Nexa’s Senior Vice-President of Finance and CFO starting March 1st, 2019. Mr. Bertoncini is leaving the Company to assume a new leadership role at CESP - Companhia Energética de São Paulo, a publicly traded Brazilian power generation company whose major shareholder is a joint venture between Votorantim Energia and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP-IB). Mr. Bertoncini has served as Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO since 2014.

Mr. Menck holds a degree in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. An executive with more than 20 years of experience in Treasury, Structured Finance and Capital Markets, Mr. Menck worked for more than ten years in banks such as BankBoston, Itau, WestLB, Citi and BNP Paribas, before joining Braskem both as Structured Finance Manager and Finance & Shared Services Director. He joined Nexa in 2016 as Head of Treasury & Investor Relations, where he led teams fundraising in capital markets and carried out other responsibilities as well as being directly involved in the Company’s initial public offering. His previous position at Nexa was Head of M&A.

“Menck has been prepared for this position and has taken part in important management decisions regarding corporate finance, strategy and IR in his years at Nexa, which will ensure a seamless transition”, said Tito Martins, Nexa’s Chief Executive Officer, adding “On behalf of Nexa, we thank Mario for his commitment and dedication to Nexa, and his important role in the landmark IPO of the Company in 2017. His move to the growing energy segment for Votorantim Group and its partners is a recognition of Mario’s competency and leadership.”

Mr. Bertoncini and Mr. Menck will work together in this transition process throughout the rest of this month and February.

About Nexa

Nexa is a large-scale, low-cost integrated zinc producer with over 60 years of experience developing and operating mining and smelting assets in Latin America. The Company operates and owns five long-life underground mines, three located in the Central Andes of Peru and two located in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Two of the Company’s mines, Cerro Lindo in Peru and Vazante in Brazil, are among the 10 largest zinc mines in the world and combined with the Company’s other mining operations, place the Company among the top five producers of mined zinc globally in 2017, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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Nexa Resources - Investor Relations
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