# Mohamed Sid’Ahmed General Manager Operations, Tiris ## Career chronology - **Before Goulamina; dates and exact titles unverified: Kinross, Tasiast** — Senior operating roles. [Aura appoints Mohamed Sid’Ahmed to Tiris operations]() (Previous roles); [Aura board and management biographies]() (Sid’Ahmed biography) - **Before Aura; exact dates and employer transition unverified: Teranga / Endeavour, Sabodala** — Senior mine operating roles. [Aura appoints Mohamed Sid’Ahmed to Tiris operations]() (Previous Teranga/Endeavour roles); [Aura board and management biographies]() (Sabodala biography) - **Immediately before March 2025 Aura appointment; exact start and Ganfeng-transition status unverified: Leo Lithium / Goulamina** — General Manager Operations. [Aura appoints Mohamed Sid’Ahmed to Tiris operations]() (Previous Goulamina role) - **Appointment announced 24 March 2025; retained in October 2026 team: Aura Energy** — General Manager Operations, Tiris. [Aura appoints Mohamed Sid’Ahmed to Tiris operations]() (Appointment date); [Aura appoints leadership team to build Tiris]() (Wider senior team) ## Education and qualifications ### Mining-school education is reported by dated news [mohamed-sid-ahmed-education] 2002–2004 reported · issuer reported · low materiality Ecofin’s syndicated account identifies training at École nationale supérieure des mines de Rabat in 2002–2004. The precise awarded qualification and institutional confirmation were not available. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Dated secondary account of the appointment; degree not independently verified. **Relevance:** Supports reported engineering background with a credential limitation. [Aura appoints Mohamed Sid’Ahmed to Tiris operations]() (Education paragraph) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Tiris development schedule remains unfulfilled [mohamed-sid-ahmed-tiris-delay] July 2024–October 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality The July 2024 plan targeted a mine decision in Q1 2025. Aura reported final engineering estimates delayed the study from September 2026, and released the Tiris bankable feasibility study on 16 October 2026. Pilot commissioning in November and financing and final investment decision by end-2026 remained targets; commercial uranium production had not been demonstrated. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Tiris operations appointment from March 2025 overlaps readiness work; earlier project targets predate that appointment. Role overlap does not establish that this person caused the delay. **Relevance:** Execution and disclosure discipline matter as Aura moves from studies to financing and construction. [Aura FY2026 annual report]() (PDF pp 7–9, Chair’s letter and project/funding status); [Aura appoints Jan Booyse and Project EQ]() (PDF p1, original Q1 2025 decision target); [Aura appoints leadership team to build Tiris]() (Opening project update); [Aura September 2026 quarterly activities and cash-flow report]() (Tiris project update and subsequent events) ## Industrial safety ### FY2026 safety controls remain at a development scale [mohamed-sid-ahmed-aura-hsse] Year ended 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality Aura reports zero injuries and zero significant incidents in FY2026, with emergency, crisis and journey-management plans implemented. This is an issuer-reported development-stage result, without a published exposure-hour denominator; it does not demonstrate safe uranium operations at production scale. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The reported result is company-wide; no individual causal contribution is quantified. **Relevance:** Useful baseline, with a material limit when assessing construction, radiation and operating risks. [Aura FY2026 annual report]() (PDF pp 20–21, Environment/Social/Governance) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Goulamina’s state dispute was resolved through settlement and sale [mohamed-sid-ahmed-goulamina-context] 2023 restrictions; May 2024 settlement/sale · documented · low materiality Leo’s FY2023 report describes Mali-related DSO restrictions and later May 2024 agreements: US$60m government settlement and sale of its remaining 40% Goulamina interest to Ganfeng for US$342.7m. Sid’Ahmed’s prior operating role is reported, but exact overlap and transaction responsibility are not established. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. No personal legal or financial wrongdoing is identified; operating employment is distinct from corporate settlement responsibility. **Relevance:** Country/fiscal risk experience is relevant; it is not proof of a personally failed project. [Leo Lithium FY2023 annual report]() (Operating review, Mali government settlement and Ganfeng transaction); [Aura appoints Mohamed Sid’Ahmed to Tiris operations]() (Prior Goulamina operations role) ## Suitability for the current role ### Fit for Aura’s next development stage [mohamed-sid-ahmed-fit] Assessment at 10 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality West African mine operations and local Mauritanian experience fit Tiris readiness and recruitment. Previous production results cannot be personally credited because role dates and responsibilities are incomplete. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Analytical judgment based on the cited career and delivery evidence. **Relevance:** Professional suitability for the disclosed role; this is not a personal integrity score. [Aura appoints Mohamed Sid’Ahmed to Tiris operations]() (Engineering and operating biography); [Aura appoints leadership team to build Tiris]() (Operations role) ## Evidence gaps - Exact Kinross, Teranga/Endeavour and Goulamina tenure and a complete operating-performance record remain unverified. - Goulamina ownership changed; sources do not resolve his contractual employer or duties through the transition. - University conferral and personally attributed safety/environment outcomes were not independently established. - Earlier 10 October person/topic searches were inherited and were not independently reproduced in the 31 October refresh; the later search was targeted rather than a complete repeat of every topic.