# Shane Tilka Chief Operating Officer, Australian Operations ## Career chronology - **Current role date not independently confirmed: Iluka Resources Limited** — Chief Operating Officer, Australian Operations. [2025 Annual Report]() (p.38; executive biography) - **Before FY2019 annual report; exact start and end dates not established: Sierra Rutile Limited (then Iluka subsidiary)** — Chief operating officer. [2019 Annual Report]() (Executive profiles, Shane Tilka) ## Education and qualifications ### Issuer-reported qualifications [tilka_education] Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality BCom, as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified. **Relevance:** Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance. [2025 Annual Report]() (p.38; executive biography) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Sierra Rutile operating challenges and impairment [tilka_sierra] 2017–2019; exact COO tenure not established · documented · medium materiality Iluka’s 2019 annual report identifies Tilka’s preceding position as Sierra Rutile chief operating officer. The independent demerger expert records post-acquisition operational integration difficulties and the 2019 US$290 million impairment. Exact dates of his Sierra role relative to each event and personal responsibility remain uncertain. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. Former COO role is documented but exact overlap with individual incidents and impairment is unverified. **Relevance:** Relevant prior operating experience and integration outcome. [2019 Annual Report]() (Executive profiles, Tilka’s previous role); [Sierra Rutile demerger booklet and independent expert report]() (Expert report pp.21–23, Sierra acquisition and performance) ## Environmental record ### South Australian environmental direction and reported incidents [tilka_environment] Direction issued October 2025; register accessed 31 October 2026 · documented · medium materiality The South Australian regulator lists a 7 October 2025 environmental direction for Iluka (Eucla Basin) over undue environmental damage and a breach of program outcomes on MPL 110, a Jacinth-Ambrosia licence. The register is currently marked closed but gives no closure date or incident detail. Iluka separately reported three Level 3 environmental incidents in 2025; the reviewed sources do not establish that any one is the subject of the direction. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Executive role overlaps the company period; the register does not identify individual responsibility or establish which incident triggered the direction. **Relevance:** Environmental oversight and evidence of a documented regulatory matter. [Mining compliance directions]() (Closed-out register, Iluka (Eucla Basin), MPL 110); [Jacinth and Ambrosia]() (Tenement information, MPL 110); [2025 Annual Report]() (p.27, 2025 environmental incidents) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant experience and role fit [tilka_fit] Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Joined Iluka in November 2004 and held US and Australian operations positions, former Sierra Rutile COO and Jacinth-Ambrosia/Midwest general manager; current Australian operations COO. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding. **Relevance:** Relevant professional experience and documented limitations. [2025 Annual Report]() (p.38; executive biography) ## Evidence gaps - Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified. - Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established. - Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check. - Exact dates of the Sierra Rutile COO role and the environmental direction’s closure are unavailable.