Robert Behets
chairman of the board
Born 1965
Robert Behets is a geologist with over 35 years’ experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry in Australia and internationally. Since 2024 Robert Behets is member of the Arctic Minerals board and chairman since 2025. He has had extensive corporate and management experience and currently holds directorships in several listed companies in the resources sector.
Robert Behets has a strong combination of technical, commercial, and managerial skills and extensive experience in exploration, feasibility studies and mining operations across a range of commodities.
He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Member of Australian Institute of Geoscientists, and was previously a member of the Australasian Joint Ore Reserve Committee.
Robert Behets holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Queensland.
Robert Behets is currently the Acting Managing Director of Berkeley Energia Limited (ASX/LSE/BdM) and a Non-Executive Director of Apollo Minerals Limited (ASX), Constellation Resources Limited (ASX), Equatorial Resources Limited (ASX) and Odyssey Gold Limited (ASX).
Robert Behets holds 3,781,722 shares in Arctic Minerals.
Robert Behets is independent in relation to the Company and its management, as well as independent in relation to the Company’s major shareholders.
Peter George
Managing Director (MD), Chief Executive Officer and Board Director
Born 1973
Peter is a highly skilled and experienced Board Member, Executive, Mining Engineer and Mineral Economist with thirty years’ experience founding and leading exploration and mining companies, operations and contracting/consulting organisations in Australia and Scandinavia. Since 2024 he is a member of the Arctic Minerals board.
With diverse experience in board positions, executive management, technical and entrepreneurial ventures in the private and public sectors, Peter has had significant involvement in all facets of a resource company’s’ lifecycle from exploration, feasibility, construction, operations and closure.
As a founder of Rare Earth Energy Metals Pty Ltd (“REEM”), the private company acquired by Arctic Minerals in October 2024, and after assuming the role of Executive Director of Arctic Minerals in December 2024, Peter George has led the successful reconstruction and transformation of the Company.
He was previously MD of the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) listed, and Sweden focussed, exploration company Alicanto Minerals Limited and has held management or engineering roles with companies such as Boliden AB, WMC Limited (now part of BHP Group Limited) and Mineral Resources Limited.
Peter George holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Mineral Economics from Curtin University (WASM) in Western Australia.
Peter George holds 3,450,473 shares in Arctic Minerals through a company.
Peter George is independent in relation to the Company’s major shareholders but not in relation to the Company and its management.
Peter Walker
Director of the Board
Born 1952
Peter Walker is a British geologist and mining entrepreneur and member of the Arctic Minerals Board since 2017. He was the founder, President and CEO of Scandinavian Minerals Ltd., a public mining company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, from its incorporation in 1996 until its acquisition in 2008 by First Quantum Minerals Ltd. for $281 million. Mr. Walker has over 35 years’ experience in the international metals and minerals industry. He holds a B.Sc. in Mining and Exploration Geology from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London. In 2011 he received the Fennoscandian Mining Award for his role in developing the Kevitsa copper-nickel mine in Finnish Lapland. Mr. Walker has served as Chairman of Arctic Minerals since November 2017.
Peter Walker holds 2,302,362 shares in the company.
Peter Walker is deemed independent from the biggest shareholders, the company and management.
Joakim Lidfeldt
director of the board
Born 1964
Board member of Arctic Minerals since 2025. Joakim Lidfeldt, brings 37 years of experience in International Financial Markets, with a strong focus on global equities, to the company’s Board. He served as Managing Director at Sanford Bernstein for 20 years and has also held senior positions at HSBC (Head of Nordic Region), Deutsche Bank (Head of Nordic Sales) and SEB (International Equities). Most recently, he has worked as a Global Portfolio Manager at AMF Fonder. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Stockholm University and is a Certified European Financial Analyst from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Ongoing assignments: Vice Chairman and Director of Boo FF (Sports Club).
Joakim Lidfeldt currently holds 9,000 shares in Arctic Minerals.
Joakim Lidfeldt is independent in relation to the company and its management, as well as independent in relation to the company’s major shareholders..
Management Team
Peter George
Managing Director (MD), Chief Executive Officer and Board Director
CEO since 2026
Peter is a highly skilled and experienced Board Member, Executive, Mining Engineer and Mineral Economist with thirty years’ experience founding and leading exploration and mining companies, operations and contracting/consulting organisations in Australia and Scandinavia. Since 2024 he is a member of the Arctic Minerals board.
With diverse experience in board positions, executive management, technical and entrepreneurial ventures in the private and public sectors, Peter has had significant involvement in all facets of a resource company’s’ lifecycle from exploration, feasibility, construction, operations and closure.
As a founder of Rare Earth Energy Metals Pty Ltd (“REEM”), the private company acquired by Arctic Minerals in October 2024, and after assuming the role of Executive Director of Arctic Minerals in December 2024, Peter George has led the successful reconstruction and transformation of the Company.
He was previously MD of the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) listed, and Sweden focused, exploration company Alicanto Minerals Limited and has held management or engineering roles with companies such as Boliden AB, WMC Limited (now part of BHP Group Limited) and Mineral Resources Limited.
Peter George holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Mineral Economics from Curtin University (WASM) in Western Australia.
Peter George holds 3,450,473 shares in Arctic Minerals through a company.
Peter George is independent in relation to the Company’s major shareholders but not in relation to the Company and its management.
Erik Lundstam
Deputy CEO & Chief Geologist
Erik Lundstam is a vastly experienced geologist who has managed exploration programs across a wide range of geological environments in the Nordic region for over 30 years and led several significant discoveries in Sweden during his time at Boliden and Alicanto Minerals. He was also a founder of REEM, has been a member of Arctic Minerals’ Advisory Committee since November 2024, and closely involved in the Company’s exploration activities since that time.
Erik Lundstam has a master’s degree in geosciences from Stockholm University.
Erik Lundstam owns 3,492,140 shares, held personally and through a company.
Auditor
Martin Johansson
Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
