# Nicholas Earner

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

## Career chronology

- **current at 31 October 2026; start date disclosed only where cited: Alkane Resources** — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. [Board and company secretaries](<https://alkres.com/about/board/>) (board biography)

## Education and qualifications

### Reported qualifications and evidence limits [nic-earner-education]

Education disclosed in cited source · issuer reported · low materiality

BEng (honours) in chemical engineering; issuer reports University of Queensland.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Professional credentials are reported in the source; validation against a primary institutional register was not obtained.

**Relevance:** Qualification and role fit assessment.

[Board and company secretaries](<https://alkres.com/about/board/>) (board biography)

## Contributions and company outcomes

### Alkane acquired two producing mines and increased output [nic-earner-delivery]

Year ended 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Alkane completed its Mandalay merger on 5 August 2025. It reported FY2026 statutory production of 162,440 gold-equivalent ounces versus 70,120 in FY2025; the figures include the acquired assets from 5 August 2025 and are not like-for-like. The CEO led during the transaction, but the company results do not isolate his individual contribution.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO role overlaps the transaction and reported company output; causation is not isolated.

**Relevance:** Portfolio integration and operating delivery.

[2026 Annual Report](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03143755-6A1347403>) (pp.5–6 Annual Highlights, statutory reporting basis)

## Industrial safety

### Reported Tomingley injury rates and later operational results [nic-earner-safety]

Years ended 30 June 2024 and 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Alkane reported 21 recordable injuries at Tomingley in FY2024, including eight lost-time injuries, and a 31.22 total recordable injury frequency rate. The 2026 report later recorded 10 total recordable injuries and 14.5 per million hours at Tomingley in FY2026. Rates are company-reported and individual causation is not established.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Leadership or site role is contextual; no individual fault or cause is asserted.

**Relevance:** Measured safety outcomes across operating periods.

[Annual Report 2024](<https://minedocs.com/27/Alkane-Resources-AR-2024.pdf>) (p.46 Tomingley safety performance); [2026 Annual Report](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03143755-6A1347403>) (pp.48–50 site safety performance)

## Environmental record

### Costerfield operator faces tailings charges [nic-earner-tailings]

December 2024 events; charges January 2026; annual report August 2026 · alleged · medium materiality

Resources Victoria said in January 2026 that it charged Mandalay’s Costerfield operator over alleged overfilling of two tailings facilities, identified in December 2024. Alkane acquired the operation in August 2025. Its 2026 annual report describes proceedings and says it expected resolution within six months of its August report; no final disposition was located. These are allegations against the operator, and no personal misconduct is established.

**Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. Self was GM during the cited period; Earner led Alkane after the acquisition. Neither source establishes personal conduct or culpability.

**Relevance:** Material environmental oversight and integration context.

[Resources regulator charges Mandalay Resources](<https://resources.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/resources-regulator-charges-mandalay-resources>) (6 January 2026 notice); [2026 Annual Report](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03143755-6A1347403>) (p.120 Environmental Regulation); [Mandalay executive changes](<https://mandalayresources.com/site/assets/files/3507/2022_12_06_mgmt_changes_final.pdf>) (p.1 GM appointment)

## Suitability for the current role

### Experience relevant to disclosed responsibilities [nic-earner-fit]

Career through 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Analyst inference: Joined Alkane as COO in August 2013; Managing Director from September 2017. The linked sources do not establish the individual’s causal contribution to every operational or corporate outcome.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role relevance is an inference; employer results do not establish an individual track record.

**Relevance:** Matches disclosed responsibilities to observed career, with attribution limits.

[Board and company secretaries](<https://alkres.com/about/board/>) (board biography); [Management](<https://alkres.com/about/management/>) (Management list)

## Evidence gaps

- Independent verification of reported qualifications and full employer/appointment chronology was not obtained.

- Open-web searches are limited; company events do not establish individual responsibility.

- Final disposition of the Costerfield tailings proceedings was not located in searches through cutoff.

- Separate topic-specific adverse and prior-employer searches were not completed; the combined batched search results were truncated, so this screening is incomplete.