# Darren Gaby General Manager ## Career chronology - **Appointment announced during the March 2018 quarter; current issuer biography separately dates Registered Manager appointment to August 2018: Beacon Minerals Limited / Jaurdi Gold Project** — Resident Mine Manager; later described as Registered Manager; current issuer title General Manager. [Appointment of Resident Mine Manager / March 2018 quarterly report]() (Printed p. 7, appointment announced during March 2018 quarter); [BCN leadership page]() (Management / Darren Gaby biography; Registered Manager appointment in August 2018) - **Before the Beacon appointment announced in the March 2018 quarter; exact end date not found: Metals X / Westgold Resources** — Open Pit Manager, South Kalgoorlie and Higginsville operations. [Appointment of Resident Mine Manager / March 2018 quarterly report]() (Appointment of Resident Mine Manager, printed p. 7); [BCN leadership page]() (Management / Darren Gaby biography) - **Undated, before Beacon appointment: Alacer Gold, Avoca Resources, Harmony Gold Mining, Barrick Gold** — Earlier senior operational and technical roles. [BCN leadership page]() (Management / Darren Gaby biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Jaurdi reached production and 200,000 cumulative ounces during Gaby’s tenure [bcn_darren_gaby_jaurdi_delivery] August 2018–Q2 FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Beacon says Gaby managed Jaurdi through first gold after his August 2018 appointment. The issuer project page says the plant was commissioned in 2019, Lost Dog produced more than 100,000 oz between 2017 and 2023, and the Jaurdi mill reached 200,000 cumulative ounces by Q2 FY2026. Beacon’s FY2026 preliminary report states production of 24,854 oz, down 3% from FY2025’s 25,639 oz. This is a meaningful issuer-reported operating outcome during Gaby’s tenure, but it is not an independent review or solely attributable personal achievement. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Issuer states direct project management through first gold; cumulative production includes company, geological and workforce contributions and is not solely assigned to Gaby. **Relevance:** Evidence of delivery relevant to a mine general manager. [BCN leadership page]() (Management / Darren Gaby biography; management through first gold); [Jaurdi Gold Project]() (Jaurdi project page; 2019 commissioning, Lost Dog and cumulative production); [Appendix 4E – Preliminary Final Report FY2026]() (p. 1, FY2026 output and comparison; unaudited report) ## Environmental record ### Permit-holder report signed by Gaby reports clearing compliance [bcn_darren_gaby_clearing_compliance] 2017–2021 reporting periods; report dated 2021-12-08 · issuer reported · low materiality A permit-holder report published on DWER’s FTP states clearing under CPS7635/2 complied with permit conditions in the reporting period and reports 3.96 ha in 2018–19 and no clearing in 2019–20 or 2020–21. Gaby signed the report as General Manager for Jaurdi/Coolgardie. It is a company-submitted compliance statement rather than an independent regulator audit; it does not resolve other environmental topics or later periods. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Gaby is the signatory and named contact; the report identifies the permit holder as MacPhersons Reward Pty Ltd, a Beacon subsidiary. No breach is alleged by this source. **Relevance:** Relevant evidence about environmental compliance reporting and managerial accountability. [CPS7635/2 Clearing Permit Compliance 2017–2021]() (Printed p. 1 summary; pp. 8–13 signed reports, notably pp. 8–9 and 11–12) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant mine-management experience is issuer-documented; performance attribution is limited [bcn_darren_gaby_rolefit] March–August 2018 appointment statements; current at 2026-10-10 · analyst inference · low materiality Beacon’s 27 April 2018 ASX quarterly report says Gaby was appointed Resident Mine Manager during the March quarter to oversee Jaurdi’s transition from development to production, and reports two diplomas, an Unrestricted Quarry Managers Certificate and 25 years of Goldfields mining experience. The current issuer biography separately dates his Registered Manager appointment to August 2018, says he managed the project through first gold, and lists prior operational/technical roles. The current page calls him General Manager. The March-quarter and August statements may refer to initial appointment and later registration, but the reviewed sources do not resolve the chronology; no day-level start date is inferred. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer sources directly connect Gaby to mine management through first gold; their role-date wording differs and is unresolved. This supports role relevance but does not establish sole responsibility for company or production outcomes; credential verification is incomplete. **Relevance:** Directly relevant to operational management of Beacon’s producing mine. [Appointment of Resident Mine Manager / March 2018 quarterly report]() (Printed p. 7, appointment during March 2018 quarter and stated experience/credentials); [BCN leadership page]() (Management / Darren Gaby biography; Registered Manager appointment August 2018 and first-gold role) ## Evidence gaps - The exact start/end dates at prior employers and job titles at Alacer, Avoca, Harmony and Barrick are not disclosed. - Diplomas and quarry manager credential are issuer-reported; no independent issuing-register verification was completed. - Focused public searches did not find a reliable person-specific legal, fraud, safety, or later-period environmental record. Search coverage is incomplete and not a clearance. - No independent operational review or attributable performance measure isolating Gaby’s contribution was located. - DWER-hosted clearing compliance material covers only specified permit periods through 2021; other permits and subsequent years were not independently reconciled. - Beacon’s FY2026 audited annual report was listed on 29 September 2026 but could not be retrieved; cited FY2026 production is preliminary and unaudited. - DWER lists Jaurdi annual audit-compliance reports for 2022–23 through 2024–25, but their contents were not retrieved. The previously reviewed clearing report is company-submitted and covers only periods through 2021. - Targeted WorkSafe searches and open-web environmental searches are limited; they are not a complete regulator, incident or safety-record review.