Vicuña Corp. incorporates Ron Hochstein as Chief Executive Officer. 

September 15, 2025, San Juan, Argentina. Vicuña Corp. announced the appointment of Ron Hochstein as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a role that will provide additional support at this stage of the development of a world-class, multi-phase project with increasing institutional visibility and operational complexity. 

Mr. Hochstein will join the company on November 7. He is a highly regarded mining industry executive with more than 30 years of experience and most recently served as Chair and CEO of Lundin Gold Inc. Mr. Hochstein has built a distinguished career in the global mining sector, bringing strong technical and executive leadership experience. Since 2015 he has led Lundin Gold Inc. guiding the development and successful operation of the Fruta del Norte gold mine in Ecuador, now considered a benchmark for responsible mining.

“The CEO role will be a great addition to our leadership for this stage of the project’s development,” said Dave Dicaire, Vicuña’s General Manager. “With the addition of Ron, we remain focused on building the best possible project that will allow us to unlock the full potential that Vicuña has to offer.”

José Morea, Country Director, said “The incorporation of Ron helps us to deepen and accelerate the development of the Vicuña Project, strengthen the team and facilitate collaboration across multiple locations and time zones, working in partnership with the provincial government and national authorities”.

About Vicuña

Vicuña Corp. is a joint venture between BHP and Lundin Mining formed for the development of the Josemaría deposit, an advanced copper project, located in the province of San Juan, Argentina, and the Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver deposit, located in San Juan, Argentina, and the adjacent Region III, Chile. Vicuña is currently in the process of preparing a technical report, which will be presented and approved by the company’s Board of Directors, which will describe an integrated copper project, combining both deposits, in such a way as to enable the following stages for the approval, financing, permitting scheme and schedule for the materialization of this integrated project.

More information at: www.vicuna.com

Press contact: Caterina Dzugala

Director of Communications of Vicuña Corp.
Caterina.dzugala@vicuna.com