# Murray Hill Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **Since 1 May 2012: Elevate Uranium (formerly Marenica Energy)** — Chief Executive Officer. [Annual Financial Report 2026]() (Director biography, CEO appointed 1 May 2012) - **Since 2 May 2016: Elevate Uranium (formerly Marenica Energy)** — Managing Director. [Annual Financial Report 2026]() (Director biography, MD appointed 2 May 2016) - **Approximately 2002–2012; employer and exact dates unverified: Independent metallurgical consulting practice** — Consultant. [Annual Financial Report 2026]() (Director biography: previous decade independent metallurgical consulting) ## Education and qualifications ### Issuer-reported metallurgical qualifications [hill_education] As reported in 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality Elevate reports a BSc in metallurgy and Fellowship of AusIMM; neither credential was independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Qualification statement is attributed to the issuer. **Relevance:** Relevant to uranium process design and pilot supervision. [Annual Financial Report 2026]() (Directors report: Murray Hill qualifications and biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Pilot produced partial-stage results [hill_pilot] April–October 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality The September 2026 quarterly reports 88% mass rejection and 79% uranium recovery over the first four U-pgrade pilot stages; stage five results were still pending. The April update says Hill provided day-to-day oversight in Namibia after the plant encountered delays. Hill is named as the competent person for the metallurgical results in the August announcement. These are pilot data, not commercial mine production. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Hill was named as competent person for the reported metallurgical results and oversaw the pilot; the company did not attribute the numerical outcome to him alone. **Relevance:** Demonstrates leadership of a relevant but still unproven scale-up. [Quarterly Activities Report September 2026]() (pp. 1–2, pilot-stage results and remaining stage); [U-pgrade Pilot Plant Update]() (p. 1, delay and MD oversight); [Successful U-pgrade pilot plant results]() (p. 7, competent person statement) ## Suitability for the current role ### Role fit rests on process experience [hill_fit] 2012–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Analyst inference: reported metallurgical consulting and direct pilot oversight fit the current exploration-to-process-testing stage, but no operating uranium mine delivery is established. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment, not a personal production claim. **Relevance:** Relevant to near-term stage transition. [Annual Financial Report 2026]() (Directors report: metallurgical background); [U-pgrade Pilot Plant Update]() (p. 1: pilot oversight) ## Evidence gaps - Independent degree, fellowship and historic client engagement checks were unavailable; the consulting practice and prior lab and engineering employers are not fully identified. - Final integrated five-stage pilot performance and study economics remained unreported by 31 October 2026. - Targeted open-web legal, safety, environmental and regulatory searches are not comprehensive records checks.