# Christoph Frey Technical adviser (disclosed March 2026; continuation unconfirmed) ## Career chronology - **Issuer presentation identifies role in March 2026; continuation at cutoff unconfirmed: International Graphite** — Technical adviser. [PDAC presentation]() (p.15) - **At source access; start date not established: ProGraphite GmbH** — Founder and managing director. [About Us]() (Christoph Frey biography); [Renascor and Dorfner v EcoGraf \[2024\] APO 13]() (pp.4–5 applicant witnesses) ## Personal achievements ### Inventor of graphite purification patent [ig6_frey_patent] 2024–2025 · documented · medium materiality The 2024 Australian Patent Office decision identifies Frey as inventor of EcoGraf application 2021261902 and records successful oppositions to then-filed claims on several grounds, with the applicant allowed to amend. EcoGraf reported that IP Australia granted the patent in August 2025 following finalisation of the oppositions. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Frey was a named inventor and provided evidence; the opposition is an intellectual-property dispute, not a personal misconduct finding. The later grant is company-reported. **Relevance:** Technical development experience is relevant to the advisory role; later grant is material to the result. [Renascor and Dorfner v EcoGraf \[2024\] APO 13]() (decision pp.1–5); [EcoGraf HFfree first Australian patent granted]() (p.1) ## Suitability for the current role ### Graphite process expertise [ig6_frey_experience] March 2026, continuation unconfirmed · analyst inference · medium materiality The March 2026 IG6 presentation identifies Frey as a technical advisor and describes his ProGraphite and former AMG graphite roles. The detailed employment periods and continued advisory engagement at the cutoff are not independently established. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit assessment is an inference from the issuer biography; it does not establish delivery outcomes. **Relevance:** Relevant graphite expertise with a material current-engagement gap. [PDAC presentation]() (p.15) ## Evidence gaps - The issuer’s March 2026 adviser listing does not establish continued engagement on 31 October 2026. - Independent verification of professional qualifications, full past tenures and German regulatory/court records is incomplete. - Actual commercial role, payments and contractual terms with IG6 are not established from the cited sources. - Historical 9 October search-log entries are inherited and their execution and exact scope could not be independently reconstructed in the 31 October audit. Broad keyword searches do not establish complete person-specific regulatory, court, safety or environmental coverage.