# Evan Cranston Executive Chairman ## Career chronology - **From 2020-09-17: Benz Mining Corp.** — Executive Chairman. [2026 annual report]() (Printed pp. ix–xi, leadership biographies and corporate directory) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported legal and commerce education [cranston_bio] As reported in 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality The issuer reports a University of Western Australia commerce degree and law degree and prior legal and corporate experience. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography; independent degree confirmation not reviewed. **Relevance:** Relevant to board and governance roles. [2026 annual report]() (Printed pp. ix–xi, leadership biographies and corporate directory) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Contested Century royalty proceedings [cranston_royalty] 2025 · alleged · high materiality A 2025 Victorian Supreme Court interlocutory judgment records Century parties seeking to set aside royalty deeds and alleging fiduciary breaches by Cranston and others. The decision concerns legal privilege and does not decide the allegations on their merits. Search did not establish a final outcome or his substantive response. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. He is named as a defendant; an allegation is not an established breach. **Relevance:** Material unresolved governance and litigation context. [RoyaltyOne v Century Mine Rehabilitation Project \[2025\] VSC 152]() (Parties, background and orders); [Acquisition of Century mine rehabilitation project]() (p.12, Attila director and Century Bull interest) ### 2019 court assessment of witness evidence [cranston_witness] 2019 · documented · high materiality In an unrelated property dispute the Western Australian Supreme Court declined to rely on Cranston’s evidence on contested matters without corroboration. The judge also rejected a separate allegation that he deliberately attempted to mislead the court about document paragraph changes. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. He gave evidence as a witness; the court’s assessment was specific to this proceeding. **Relevance:** Relevant to assessment of documented testimony, without implying a fraud finding. [Warrington Management v Kingslane Property Investments \[2019\] WASC 2]() (Reasons discussing Evan Cranston evidence and document changes) ## Governance and interests ### Disclosed related-party services [cranston_related] FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Benz reported CAD126,454 for accounting services from Konkera Holdings, a company related to Cranston, in FY2026 versus CAD32,689 in FY2025; the company states the transactions were on market terms. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Relationship and company disclosure documented; no misconduct finding is implied. **Relevance:** Related-party oversight and cost transparency. [2026 annual report]() (Financial statements note 7, related-party transactions, PDF p.56) ## Evidence gaps - The individual and each material prior employer/project were not comprehensively searched across all required topics; topic-specific entries disclose recorded searches. - Independent credential and prior-employer role, date, achievement and attribution verification remains incomplete. - The ultimate disposition of the RoyaltyOne/Century allegations and Cranston’s full response were not established by the recorded searches. - The annual report lists appointment as 17 September 2020 in its director header and 16 September 2020 in biographical text.