# Dr Christopher Giles Executive Director – Technical Director ## Career chronology - **1997-02-11–cutoff: Havilah Resources** — Executive Director – Technical Director. [Annual Report to shareholders]() (Issuer management page, Dr Christopher Giles entry) - **Earlier career; exact employers and dates not specified: Mineral exploration programs** — Geologist; issuer reports involvement in programs associated with discoveries of operating gold mines in Indonesia, Tanzania, Tanami and Eastern Goldfields. [Board of Directors]() (Board of Directors, Dr Chris Giles entry (issuer biography)) - **Founded 1997; listed 2002–current: Havilah Resources** — Co-founder, Technical Director; ground selection and oversight of exploration programs; resource delineation. [Board of Directors]() (Board of Directors, Dr Chris Giles entry (issuer biography)) ## Education and qualifications ### Disclosed education and professional memberships [christopher-giles_education] As shown on issuer biography page accessed 9 October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality The issuer lists BSc (Hons), PhD; MAIG; Australian Institute of Geoscientists member. The available biography does not disclose all dates, institutions or independent verification details; stated credentials remain issuer-reported. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Records qualifications stated by the issuer; independent verification was not performed. **Relevance:** Relevant to the executive’s audit/finance oversight or geological and technical duties. [Board of Directors]() (Board of Directors, Dr Chris Giles entry (issuer biography)) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Havilah Resources reported project and corporate progress [christopher_giles_company_delivery] FY25–FY26 as stated in cited issuer disclosure · issuer reported · medium materiality The annual report describes continued exploration and evaluation of South Australian mineral projects. No commercial production outcome is established in the reviewed source. **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 to shareholders]() (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations) ## Litigation and enforcement ### AAT rejected Havilah R&D tax-offset claims for earlier project work [christopher_giles_rnd_tax_decision] Income years 2012/13–2013/14; decision 16 April 2020 · documented · medium materiality In 2020 the AAT affirmed decisions that Havilah’s claimed activities for 2012/13 and 2013/14 were not eligible core or supporting R&D activities; routine mineral exploration and statutory compliance exclusions applied. The reasons record that Dr Giles supplied written and oral evidence and oversaw R&D work. This is a company tax-incentive dispute, not a finding of fraud or misconduct. An open-web search through the cutoff did not locate a later appeal judgment; finality beyond the AAT decision is therefore not established here. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The AAT reasons directly identify Dr Giles’s evidence and oversight responsibility; they do not find misconduct by him. **Relevance:** Relevant to technical governance, documentation and the boundary between exploration activity and tax-incentive claims. [Havilah Resources Ltd and Innovation and Science Australia (Taxation) \[2020\] AATA 933]() (paras. 16–20 (procedural history and Giles testimony), 22–26 (issue and decision)) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevance of current Executive Director – Technical Director role [christopher_giles_role_fit] Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality The issuer identifies Dr Christopher Giles as Executive Director – Technical Director. 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 to shareholders]() (Issuer management page, Dr Christopher Giles entry) ## Evidence gaps - A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established. - Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.