# Charles Hughes Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Gorilla Gold Mines** — Chief Executive Officer. [Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation]() (Issuer management page, Charles Hughes entry) - **Previous role; exact dates not stated: Delta Lithium** — Executive leadership; oversight of >400 km drilling across multiple projects. [Directors & Management]() (Issuer Directors & Management page, Charles Hughes biography) - **Earlier roles; exact dates not stated: Bellevue Gold / Northern Star / Saracen** — Senior management roles. [Directors & Management]() (Issuer Directors & Management page, Charles Hughes biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Gorilla Gold Mines reported project and corporate progress [charles_hughes_company_delivery] FY25–FY26 as stated in cited issuer disclosure · issuer reported · medium materiality The FY25 annual report describes the move to a focused Western Australian gold explorer, acquisitions at Vivien and Mulwarrie, consolidation of Comet Vale ownership, and an 83,000 metre drilling programme. These company outcomes do not establish each executive’s individual contribution. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The role may overlap the period, but the issuer report does not assign sole or causal credit to this executive. **Relevance:** Provides evidence of the operating or project context the leadership team must continue to execute. [Annual Report 30 June 2025]() (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations) ### Gorilla reported resource and exploration growth in 2025 [charles-hughes_gg8_growth_2025] 2025; reported November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality The November 2025 issuer presentation reported approximately 650 koz of resources added across Western Australian projects in 2025, three high-grade discoveries at Comet Vale, a maiden Vivien resource and a fourfold Mulwarrie resource increase. Its later February 2026 presentation reported a 1.5 Moz Western Australian resource base, while planned drilling remained prospective. These are company-reported exploration milestones, not production, profitability or individual executive performance. **Attribution:** Responsibility unresolved. Tenure overlap and each person’s individual contribution are not established by the presentation; it describes company outcomes only. **Relevance:** Provides current execution context for the team. [Investor Presentation]() (pp.6–7; exploration and resource milestones); [Directors & Management]() (career profile / current role) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevance of current Chief Executive Officer role [charles_hughes_role_fit] Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality The issuer identifies Charles Hughes as Chief Executive Officer. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment, not an outcome or misconduct finding. **Relevance:** Assesses alignment of disclosed responsibilities with current company needs. [Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation]() (Issuer management page, Charles Hughes entry) ### Geology and executive experience before Gorilla [charles-hughes_career_deep] Prior roles before current GG8 appointment · analyst inference · medium materiality Issuer biography describes 17 years in resources, executive roles at Delta Lithium, and senior roles at Bellevue Gold, Northern Star and Saracen. It says he oversaw more than 400 km drilling at Delta Lithium while the company defined over 40 Mt Li2O and over 750 koz high-grade gold resources and advanced permitting and feasibility studies. These are employer-level outcomes reported by Gorilla; the record does not isolate his personal causal contribution or give role dates. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. Issuer associates the executive with these roles and company milestones, but provides no independent attribution or exact chronology. **Relevance:** Exploration growth and development experience is relevant to leading a gold explorer. [Directors & Management]() (Issuer Directors & Management page, Charles Hughes biography) ## Evidence gaps - Issuer biographies supply abbreviated role histories, not full dated chronologies; prior-employer roles and individual accountability for employer outcomes are incompletely documented. - Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently checked where no primary credential record was found. - Open-web adverse searches were focused and identity-aware but did not comprehensively review regulator, court, safety or environment records at every prior employer; no clearance conclusion is implied.