# Juan Gutierrez Group Chief Geologist ## Career chronology - **Issuer disclosure at or before cutoff: FireFly Metals** — Group Chief Geologist. [Annual report 2026]() (printed pp.33–34) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### FireFly reported mineral resource growth [gutierrez-resource] November 2025–August 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality The issuer reported a November 2025 resource update increasing tonnage 35% and copper-equivalent metal 51%, followed by an August 2026 resource update. It says external consultants prepared the estimates. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The company describes his role in geological activities; the resources are team estimates, not evidence of sole individual contribution. **Relevance:** Relevant to his group geology role; an estimate is not production. [Annual report 2026]() (printed pp.33–36, role and resource updates) ## Suitability for the current role ### Role-relevant experience [gutierrez-fit] Before and during FireFly role · analyst inference · medium materiality The issuer reports geology and resource-estimation experience, including Northern Star Yandal South, and that he joined FireFly in June 2022. The reported degrees and individual discovery contributions are not independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Biographies are issuer-reported except where another record is cited; personal delivery and credentials are not independently established. **Relevance:** Relevant to the present role, subject to verification. [Annual report 2026]() (printed pp.33–34) ## Evidence gaps - Incomplete screening: targeted person-specific topic searches, regulator and court registers, independent qualifications and complete prior-employer histories remain unresolved. - The current role is anchored to issuer disclosures; precise appointment and end dates not directly established remain unknown.