# Jarek Kopias Company Secretary ## Career chronology - **July 2021–current: Austral Resources** — Company Secretary. [Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025]() (p. 25, company secretary biography and joining date); [Jarek Kopias profile]() (Biography, current roles and tenure) - **Earlier; dates not reported: Olympic Dam / WMC, Newmont, Stuart Petroleum** — Accounting and company-secretarial roles. [Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025]() (p. 25, professional biography) - **As reported on issuer profile; dates not reported: Resolution Minerals, Core Lithium and Iron Road** — Concurrent company secretary / finance roles. [Jarek Kopias profile]() (Current other listed-company roles) - **Five years, exact dates not provided: WMC Resources / Olympic Dam** — Finance and company-secretarial roles. [Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management]() (Section 10.1(d), career history) - **Five years, exact dates not provided: Newmont Mining** — Australian corporate office roles. [Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management]() (Section 10.1(d), career history) - **Five years before merger with Senex Energy: Stuart Petroleum** — Finance and company-secretarial roles. [Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management]() (Section 10.1(d), career history) - **Reported as current in prospectus; status should be rechecked against cutoff-day issuer disclosures: Resolution Minerals / Core Lithium / Iron Road** — Concurrent company secretary and finance/governance appointments. [Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management]() (Section 10.1(d), concurrent roles) ## Governance and interests ### Company-secretarial tenure spans receivership and relisting [jarek_recovery_governance] 2023–2025 · issuer reported · low materiality Austral underwent receivership in May 2024 and returned to trading after restructuring. His company-secretarial tenure overlaps the events, but reviewed sources do not identify any personal breach or responsibility. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company secretary tenure overlaps the corporate events; individual responsibility is not established. **Relevance:** Relevant to listed-company disclosure and governance oversight context. [Austral Resources Annual Report 2024]() (pp. 30, 38–39); [Receivers retire; directors regain control]() (pp. 1–2) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant experience and current remit [jarek_kopias_career_context] Career record through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality 2025 annual report records Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), graduate diploma in corporate governance, CPA and Chartered Secretary credentials; issuer-reported. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete. **Relevance:** Career background is relevant to the assigned leadership remit, with evidence limits. [Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025]() (p. 25, company secretary biography and joining date) ## Evidence gaps - Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check. - Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.