# Robert Behets

Acting Managing Director

## Career chronology

- **Earlier career; exact dates not stated: WMC Resources Limited** — Senior management positions. [Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/berkeley-energia-limited/annual-report/2026/57907185/>) (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

- **Through ARMZ acquisition in 2011; exact start date not stated: Mantra Resources Limited** — Founding Managing Director; later leadership/director roles. [Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/berkeley-energia-limited/annual-report/2026/57907185/>) (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

- **Prior to or during Berkeley career; exact dates not stated: Papillon Resources Limited** — Director/executive leadership roles. [Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/berkeley-energia-limited/annual-report/2026/57907185/>) (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

- **Director since 27 April 2012; Executive Director appointment letter dated 6 March 2026; current issuer page identifies Acting MD: Berkeley Energia Limited** — Director; Executive Director from 2026; Acting Managing Director. [Directors &amp; Management](<https://www.berkeleyenergia.com/about-us/directors-and-management/>) (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

## Contributions and company outcomes

### Mantra Resources growth and acquisition [bky_robert_mantra]

Mantra tenure through 2011 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Berkeley’s FY2026 annual report says Behets was instrumental in Mantra Resources’ founding, growth and development through its 2011 ARMZ acquisition for approximately A$1 billion. The issuer biography directly attributes a role to him, but the reported sale price is an employer outcome, not a measure of his personal return or the operating performance of Berkeley.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The issuer directly describes Behets’ founding/development contribution; no claim that he alone caused the acquisition or that it establishes current Salamanca execution.

**Relevance:** Relevant evidence of resource-company formation and transaction experience, though distinct from developing an operational mine.

[Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/berkeley-energia-limited/annual-report/2026/57907185/>) (Directors’ Report, Robert Behets biography, printed p. 14); [Directors &amp; Management](<https://www.berkeleyenergia.com/about-us/directors-and-management/>) (Robert Behets biography)

## Litigation and enforcement

### Salamanca permitting setbacks and unresolved arbitration [bky_robert_permits]

2021–2027 (arbitration unresolved at cutoff) · documented · medium materiality

Berkeley’s FY2026 annual report states that Spain rejected the Nuclear Safety Council II application in 2021, Spanish courts in December 2023 nullified the urbanisation and exceptional-use authorisations after appeals by Stop Uranio and the Villavieja de Yeltes council, and several other permits were challenged. BEL’s February 2026 ICSID memorial seeks US$1.25bn; Spain’s jurisdiction objections will be heard first, scheduled for mid-2027. These are company allegations and adverse project judgments, not a final arbitration finding. No individual wrongdoing is alleged. Behets has long board tenure and current acting MD role, but specific responsibility for permit failures is not documented.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Long director tenure and current Acting MD role overlap governance oversight, but the filings do not establish his personal decisions caused permit outcomes.

**Relevance:** Material company-level legal, permitting and project delivery risk for the Acting MD.

[Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/berkeley-energia-limited/annual-report/2026/57907185/>) (Directors’ Report, business risks—arbitration and permits, printed pp. 9–11); [Directors &amp; Management](<https://www.berkeleyenergia.com/about-us/directors-and-management/>) (Current title; Acting Managing Director)

## Suitability for the current role

### Role fit remains only partly evidenced [bky_robert_behets_rolefit]

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

2026 annual report records B.Sc. (Hons), FAusIMM and MAIG; Berkeley biography documents geology career. Awarding university and current membership register checks were not completed. Role-fit inference: relevant disclosed experience for Acting Managing Director is supported; professional background does not negate separately documented governance findings or establish successful production.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

**Relevance:** Relevant to current Executive Director duties at Berkeley Energia Limited.

[Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/berkeley-energia-limited/annual-report/2026/57907185/>) (Directors’ Report, individual biography and qualifications, printed p. 14–15)

## Evidence gaps

- Exact dates and independent corroboration of several pre-Berkeley employer roles are not provided in the cited biographies.

- Academic credentials and professional memberships are issuer-reported and were not independently verified with institutions or registers.

- The open-web and regulatory/court queries logged here are scoped research, not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, credential or reference checks.

- The Salamanca project’s permit status and arbitration remain unresolved at the 9 October 2026 cutoff; no arbitration award or final resolution of the permitting dispute was located.

- Company outcomes and role overlap are not proof of individual causation; the sanctioned conduct is specifically limited to Bellón and the CNMV decision.