# Mathew Wilson General Manager – Mandilla ## Career chronology - **Listed in 14 October 2026 issuer presentation: Astral Resources NL** — General Manager – Mandilla. [Key Appointments to Advance Mandilla Gold Project Towards Development and Operations]() (Appointment announcement, pp. 1–2); [Astral Resources NL Annual Report 2026]() (Other key management personnel, p. 50); [Australian Gold Conference Presentation]() (Slide 9, management team) - **Before appointment to Astral; exact role dates not located: IAMGOLD Corporation – Côté Gold Project** — Mine Manager during development and startup. [Key Appointments to Advance Mandilla Gold Project Towards Development and Operations]() (Career biography, p. 2); [Côté Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report, November 2021]() (Project personnel, section 2.1); [Astral Resources NL Executive Bios]() (Mathew Wilson biography) - **Earlier career across multiple jurisdictions; employer-specific dates/titles not disclosed: Mincor Resources; Jubilee Mines; Xstrata; Glencore** — Mining engineering, project development and operational roles. [Key Appointments to Advance Mandilla Gold Project Towards Development and Operations]() (Career biography, p. 2); [Astral Resources NL Executive Bios]() (Mathew Wilson biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Mining and commerce degrees reported by Astral [mathew_education] As reported 30 September 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality Astral’s biography reports a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) and a Bachelor of Commerce, both from Curtin University. These qualifications were not independently checked with the awarding institution. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-attributed education claim; no independent credential verification was completed. **Relevance:** Relevant to a mining-engineering and project-management role. [Astral Resources NL Executive Bios]() (Mathew Wilson biography; source attributed to Astral on 30 September 2026) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Côté Gold reached first gold and commercial production [mathew_cote_startup] Development/startup; first gold March 2024 and commercial production August 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality AAR’s issuer biography says Wilson was Mine Manager during Côté Gold development and successful startup; IAMGOLD’s 2024 release independently confirms the mine’s first gold pour on 31 March 2024 and commercial production on 2 August 2024, defined as 30 consecutive days at an average of 60% of 36,000 tpd nameplate. The sources establish the project outcome and Wilson’s Mine Manager role in the development period, but do not isolate his individual causal contribution or exact tenure dates. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. AAR identifies Wilson as Mine Manager during development/startup; the project outcome is corroborated by the operator, but no source assigns it to Wilson alone. **Relevance:** A relevant developer-to-operator outcome for a manager now responsible for Mandilla; not a personal award or sole-credit claim. [Key Appointments to Advance Mandilla Gold Project Towards Development and Operations]() (Career biography, p. 2); [Côté Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report, November 2021]() (Project personnel, section 2.1); [IAMGOLD Announces Commercial Production at Côté Gold]() (Issuer release, paragraphs 1–4) ### Resource, drilling and financing progress at Astral [mathew-wilson_aar_progress] FY2026; latest reported July–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Astral reported that FY2026 Mandilla resources reached 54 Mt at 1.1 g/t Au for 1.74 Moz, group resources reached 62 Mt for 2.07 Moz, approximately 84 km was drilled across its projects, and a $65 million equity raising was completed. The company remained in exploration/development; these company-level results do not establish this executive’s individual contribution. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. General Manager – Mandilla overlapped the reported company period, but no source identifies individual causation or gives this person sole credit for the resource, drilling or financing outcomes. **Relevance:** Useful context for the company’s development progress; it is not evidence of gold production or an individually attributable success. [Astral Resources NL Annual Report 2026]() (Review of Operations, pp. 4–5 (FY2026 resource, drilling and project status)); [Astral Resources NL Annual Report 2026]() (Placement, p. 33; quarterly activities and cashflow report, June 2026 quarter) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Mandilla DFS timing moved beyond the original target [mathew-wilson_aar_schedule] October 2025 to 29 October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Astral’s 28 October 2025 appointment announcement targeted DFS completion by mid-2026, FID in the September 2026 quarter and first production by end-2027. The June 2026 quarterly report moved DFS completion to Q1 2027 and said FID was expected immediately thereafter; it noted heritage-clearance surveys had slowed and could delay final site layouts. This is a missed/revised company milestone, not evidence of an individual failure or a failed project. The 29 October 2026 September-quarter report continued to target Q1 2027 for the DFS and an FID thereafter; site layouts were complete and permit applications were still planned. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. General Manager – Mandilla overlaps the current project period. The issuer identifies permitting/heritage work as a timing dependency; no source attributes the delay to this individual. **Relevance:** Execution timing matters to a pre-production gold developer, but the evidence supports a project-level schedule change only. [Key Appointments to Advance Mandilla Gold Project Towards Development and Operations]() (Highlights and project timetable, p. 1; first-production target, p. 1); [Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 Quarter]() (June-quarter update: DFS Q1 2027, FID immediately after; heritage-survey timing, June 2026 quarter); [Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – September 2026]() (Highlights and Definitive Feasibility Study, pp. 1–2 and 16–17) ## Industrial safety ### Côté contractor death reported off-shift; investigation and orders outcomes unresolved [mathew_cote_safety] September–October 2023; final investigation and orders outcome not located by 31 October 2026 · documented · low materiality IAMGOLD reported that on 29 September 2023 a contractor employee was found deceased near Côté Gold’s camp accommodation. IAMGOLD said the individual was not on shift or engaged in mining or construction and the cause was unknown. On 9 October 2023, Northern Ontario Business reported that the Ontario labour ministry issued two orders to IAMGOLD, and two orders and two requirements to the contractor Moreau. The contents and final outcome of these orders were not established in the sources reviewed. AAR’s biography places Wilson as mine manager during development and startup, but his dates at the incident and any responsibility remain unconfirmed. **Attribution:** Responsibility unresolved. The event is linked to the Côté site/employer, not to Wilson personally. The source describes it as off-shift and non-work-related; no personal or operational cause is attributed. **Relevance:** Relevant safety context for a prior project role; the limited record does not support an adverse individual inference. [IAMGOLD Reports Non-Work Related Fatality at Côté Gold Project]() (Issuer release, 29 September 2023); [Key Appointments to Advance Mandilla Gold Project Towards Development and Operations]() (Career biography, p. 2); [Côté Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report, November 2021]() (Project personnel, section 2.1); [Investigation continues into death of mine contractor]() (Ministry spokesperson statement and incident details) ## Environmental record ### Issuer-reported environmental status [mathew-wilson_aar_environment] At 25 September 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality Astral’s FY2026 annual report says that, as at the report date, the Group was not aware of any significant breaches of applicable environmental requirements. This is an issuer statement about the company, not an independent regulator check or a finding about this person; the report also identifies environmental, heritage and native-title risks. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. General Manager – Mandilla was part of the current management roster, but the annual report does not attribute environmental compliance decisions to this individual. **Relevance:** Environmental compliance is relevant to project development and approvals; the issuer statement does not establish a clean personal or company record. [Astral Resources NL Annual Report 2026]() (Environmental Regulation, p. 44; Environmental and Heritage, Native Title and Community Risks, pp. 30–31) ## Suitability for the current role ### Mining engineering and mine-startup experience [mathew_role_fit] Career to cutoff; AAR appointment 28 October 2025 · analyst inference · medium materiality Astral’s appointment biography describes Wilson as a mining engineer with more than 20 years in strategic, project-development and operational management roles across Australia, Africa, New Caledonia, South America and Canada. It reports that he was Mine Manager during Côté Gold’s development and successful startup. The profile reports BEng (Mining) and BCom qualifications from Curtin. Analyst inference: this background is relevant to Mandilla’s development and operational-readiness needs; dates and personal contributions remain limited. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The fit judgment uses issuer-reported biography and a project technical report listing his role; it is not an independent employment or credential verification. **Relevance:** Relevant to study, mine planning, development and startup responsibilities at Mandilla. [Key Appointments to Advance Mandilla Gold Project Towards Development and Operations]() (Appointment and biography, pp. 1–2); [Côté Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report, November 2021]() (Project personnel, section 2.1); [Astral Resources NL Executive Bios]() (Mathew Wilson biography) ## Evidence gaps - Wilson’s exact Côté employment dates and individual startup responsibilities are not disclosed in the reviewed sources. - The nature and final outcome of the Ontario labour ministry orders and investigation after the 2023 off-shift Côté death were not located in the targeted follow-up searches. - No independent verification of Curtin qualifications, employment references, or exhaustive litigation, regulator, safety or sanctions records was completed. - Earlier named-person and topic search records were inherited from the 10 October report and were not independently reconstructed. The 31 October search was broad; complete employer-by-employer and topic-by-topic verification remains incomplete.