# Dan Brearley Former Chief Operating Officer ## Career chronology - **Commenced 3 March 2025; ceased 19 December 2025: Chalice Mining Limited** — Chief Operating Officer. [Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer]() (Appointment announcement, p. 1); [Annual Report 2026]() (Directors’ Report, p. 65 and KMP chronology, p. 60) - **Most recent role before Chalice; approximately three years, exact dates not established: Evolution Mining** — General Manager Projects. [Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer]() (Appointment announcement, p. 1) - **Before Evolution; led US$1.3bn expansion; exact dates not established: Barrick Gold** — Project Manager / Expansion Manager, Pueblo Viejo. [Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer]() (Appointment announcement, p. 1); [Senior Executive Appointments]() (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2) - **Earlier career; eight years reported, exact dates not established: Newcrest Mining** — Project Manager, major capital projects. [Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer]() (Appointment announcement, p. 1); [Senior Executive Appointments]() (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2) - **Commenced 16 February 2026: Felix Gold Limited** — Vice President, Development & Operations. [Senior Executive Appointments]() (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2) ## Education and qualifications ### Civil engineering qualification [dan_brearley_education] As reported 4 February 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality Felix Gold reports Brearley holds Civil Engineering qualifications from the University of Southern Queensland. The university record was not independently checked. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. No personal responsibility question applies. **Relevance:** Relevant to project delivery and construction responsibilities. [Senior Executive Appointments]() (Senior Executive Appointments, p. 1) ## Industrial safety ### Chalice reported one FY26 high-potential near miss [dan_brearley_safety] FY2026; COO tenure through 19 December 2025 · issuer reported · low materiality Chalice reported zero fatalities and zero lost-time injuries during FY26 but one high-potential bushfire near the Gonneville site. Brearley’s KMP tenure ended in December 2025 during FY26; no source links him to the incident or its cause. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. He held a project-executive role during part of FY26 but is not attributed responsibility for the reported fire. **Relevance:** Relevant to role-period safety oversight, with no individual conduct established. [Annual Report 2026]() (Health and Safety, pp. 43–44; KMP cessation, p. 65) ## Suitability for the current role ### Project-delivery background; Chalice tenure ended in December 2025 [dan_brearley_fit] March–December 2025 at Chalice; new role from February 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Chalice appointed Brearley COO effective 3 March 2025 to lead Gonneville studies and development. Its 2026 annual report says he ceased KMP on 19 December 2025. Felix Gold’s 4 February 2026 ASX release states he commenced as VP Development & Operations on 16 February 2026, reports his prior Evolution, Barrick and Newcrest project work, and identifies civil-engineering qualifications from the University of Southern Queensland. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Appointment and cessation dates are directly documented; previous-project contributions are issuer-attributed by Chalice and Felix Gold. No cause for his Chalice departure is stated in the reviewed reports. **Relevance:** Project construction and delivery experience is relevant, but the brief Chalice tenure means major Gonneville outcomes cannot be attributed to him. [Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer]() (Appointment announcement, p. 1); [Annual Report 2026]() (Directors’ Report, p. 65; KMP chronology p. 60); [Senior Executive Appointments]() (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2) ## Evidence gaps - No reason for the 19 December 2025 cessation was established in the annual report reviewed. - Dates for Evolution, Barrick and Newcrest roles and project-specific delivery benchmarks remain incomplete. - No targeted employer-specific legal, safety or environmental regulator records were reviewed for past projects. - No exhaustive court, regulator, sanctions, criminal-record or professional-register check was performed.