# Brett Hodgins Technical Director ## Career chronology - **since 2025: Forrestania Resources Limited** — Technical Director. [Half Yearly Report and Accounts]() (Corporate directory or key management personnel disclosure) - **over a decade: Central Iron Ore Ltd** — President and CEO. [Brett Hodgins Appointed Technical Director]() (2025 appointment announcement: >10 years as President/CEO, exploration, JV transactions and asset divestments.) - **before 2010s: Rio Tinto; Iron Ore Holdings** — Mine planning / project development roles. [Brett Hodgins Appointed Technical Director]() (Appointment release: prior senior mine planning and development roles.) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Resource definition and project consolidation continued during technical directorship [brett-hodgins_research_update] 2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Quarterly/activity and investor updates show continued exploration and project consolidation. His role overlaps; reports do not isolate his individual contribution. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The source establishes the executive’s role during or around the event; individual causation is not inferred unless the cited record directly says so. **Relevance:** Adds role-specific career, delivery or governance context; distinguish company-level outcomes from individual responsibility. [Quarterly Activities/Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report]() (Quarterly/activity and investor updates show continued exploration and project consolidation. His role overlaps; reports do not isolate his individual contribution.) ## Governance and interests ### Former employer settled a claim from Hodgins-related consulting company after his director tenure [brett_hodgins_cio_related_party_settlement] 2023–2024; Hodgins director until 2022-11-30 · issuer reported · medium materiality Central Iron Ore’s 2024 management discussion says Jaybre Geological Consulting Pty Ltd, identified as related to former director Brett Hodgins, was under administration and requested A$430,782.41 in August 2023. A deed was entered on 19 February 2024 for payment of A$125,000 to the deed administrators in full settlement. Hodgins ceased as CIO director on 30 November 2022. The source does not establish any personal wrongdoing. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. The report presents this as a company creditor claim by an entity related to the former director and records settlement; no personal fault finding is made. **Relevance:** Related-party and post-tenure dispute resolution is relevant to governance diligence, but it is not evidence of misconduct or a personal claim against Hodgins. [Central Iron Ore 2024 Management Discussion and Analysis]() (Page 16 related-party transactions and Jaybre claim/settlement; page 15 former-director status) ### Central Iron Ore 2022 AGM did not re-elect Hodgins [hodgins_cio_agm] November 2022–February 2024 · documented · medium materiality A 5 December 2022 account of Central Iron Ore’s AGM reports that shareholders did not pass the resolution to re-elect Hodgins on 30 November 2022 and that he ceased to hold the director and president positions. It does not state the reason for the vote. The issuer’s later financial statements separately report a consulting company related to him settled its creditor claim in 2024. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The cited report identifies Hodgins and the AGM outcome; neither a reason for the vote nor wrongdoing is established. **Relevance:** Provides a dated endpoint and governance context for a long prior leadership role. [Central Iron Ore announces AGM voting outcome]() (5 December report of AGM voting result and offices); [Central Iron Ore 2024 Management Discussion and Analysis]() (Financial statements: related-party settlement and cessation of directorship) ## Suitability for the current role ### Limited public evidence for role fit [brett_hodgins_role_fit] since 2025 · analyst inference · low materiality The issuer identifies Brett Hodgins as Technical Director. The cited source establishes the disclosed role and any stated appointment date. This source alone does not establish attributable prior-employer outcomes, verified credentials or independently benchmarked delivery. This is an evidence limitation, not an adverse personal finding. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. No personal outcome responsibility is inferred from the title alone. **Relevance:** The role is relevant to the company’s current leadership assessment; fuller role-fit comparison requires verified chronology and outcome evidence. [Half Yearly Report and Accounts]() (Corporate directory, key management personnel or appointment disclosure; role and date) ## Evidence gaps - Prior-employer chronology and qualifications are based mainly on issuer disclosures; independent employment and credential verification was not available in the reviewed public record. - Company-level outcomes are not attributed personally without a source connecting the executive to the action or result.