# Richard Edginton General Manager Mining ## Career chronology - **Appointed June 2026; exact start day not established: Aurum Resources Limited** — General Manager Mining. [Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments]() (Appointment release, 17 June 2026, pp. 1–2) - **Issuer says co-founder/director; dates not published: Junction Contract Mining & Consultancy** — Founder and Director. [Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments]() (Appointment release, p. 2, career biography) - **Issuer lists roles but not individual dates: Mineral Resources, Capricorn Metals, Downer EDI, Consolidated Minerals, Glencore, Iluka, Sons of Gwalia** — Mining/technical and project leadership roles. [Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments]() (Appointment release, p. 2; issuer management page lines 47–49) ## Education and qualifications ### Qualifications and credential evidence [aue_edginton_education] Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality The sources reviewed describe more than 25 years’ operational and technical experience but do not identify a degree or professional credential. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed. **Relevance:** Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps. [Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments]() (Appointment release, p. 2; credential gap) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Selected delivery record [aue_edginton_success] Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Issuer profile says Edginton led mine planning, fleet selection, tenders, project development and operational support, and has a track record improving productivity/reducing costs; no independent project-specific benchmark was located. At Aurum he joined after PFS and before the planned DFS/construction. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The duties and claimed delivery record are role-linked by his employer, though exact projects/outcomes are unspecified; Aurum mine delivery is prospective. **Relevance:** Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation. [Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments]() (17 June 2026 appointment release, relevant executive biography, pp. 1–3); [Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026]() (FY2026 Annual Report, Chairman’s Message / operations) ## Suitability for the current role ### Role fit and evidence limits [aue_edginton_role_fit] Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality 25+ years of operational/technical leadership and listed gold/lithium mine roles fit a developer preparing to transition into construction; supporting performance claims lack project/date metrics. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution. **Relevance:** Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated. [Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026]() (Directors’ Report, key management appointments and detailed biography; Management Team page, biography) ## Evidence gaps - No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance. - AUE appointment occurred after the Boundiali PFS; current-company operating, construction and production outcomes are not yet available to assess.