# Stuart Gale Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **Since 2024-11-18: Meteoric Resources Limited** — Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer. [Half Yearly Report and Accounts, 30 June 2026]() (Directors’ report / current executive roster) - **Earlier career; exact dates not fully disclosed: Previous employers and professional roles as summarized in issuer disclosure** — prior CFO at Mineral Resources lithium division; MD/CEO Resolute Mining; nearly ten years at Fortescue and senior roles at Wesfarmers. [Leadership Team]() (leadership biography) - **2010–2019 (nearly 10 years): Fortescue Metals Group** — Group Manager Corporate Finance. [Annual Report 2025]() (director biography; prior role) - **CFO from Jan 2020; Interim CEO Oct 2020; CEO from May 2021; left 2021: Resolute Mining Ltd.** — CFO then interim CEO/CEO. [Annual Report 2025]() (director biography; role transitions) - **Immediately before Meteoric; date not specified: Mineral Resources Ltd., Lithium Division** — CFO. [Annual Report 2025]() (director biography; prior role) - **Before Fortescue; dates not stated: Wesfarmers Ltd. / Wesfarmers Energy** — Senior financial roles; CFO Wesfarmers Energy, General Manager Group Accounting. [Annual Report 2025]() (director biography; prior roles) ## Education and qualifications ### Education and professional credentials [mei_stuart_gale_education] Not dated · issuer reported · low materiality FCA; GAICD; Fellow Leadership WA. Credentials are reported in the cited issuer or secondary biography; the issuing institutions were not independently queried in this pass. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The cited biography names the qualification; independent verification of award records was not available. **Relevance:** Relevant professional preparation for the current position. [Leadership Team]() (leadership biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Company-level project and delivery record [mei_stuart_gale_company_record] Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality Meteoric’s 2026 half-year report documents Caldeira project advancement, and the issuer announced a proposed Lynas scheme on 1 October 2026. The scheme remains conditional; no completed acquisition is counted as delivery. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The individual held the stated role during some or all of the reported period; available evidence does not isolate personal contribution. **Relevance:** Provides the company outcome against which the executive’s delivery record should be assessed. [Half Yearly Report and Accounts, 30 June 2026]() (operations / Caldeira project progress) ## Environmental record ### Caldeira licensing challenged; MPF inquiry and suspension requests unresolved [mei_stuart_gale_environment_context] 2026-06 · documented · high materiality The Caldeira project is subject to unresolved environmental and radiological licensing challenges. In December 2025 the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) opened a civil inquiry into possible irregularities in processing state licensing case 00911/2024; that is an inquiry, not a finding of wrongdoing. The state granted a Preliminary Licence (LP) in December 2025, but a separate Installation Licence (LI) is still required. In June 2026 a federal-court proceeding required an ANSN technical opinion before licensing could advance, according to local reporting. On 10 September 2026, local reporting said civil-society organizations had filed a civil public action questioning Caldeira and another project; the MPF, as legal watchdog rather than plaintiff, supported suspension pending a conclusive ANSN opinion. The article did not report a court order suspending the Caldeira process. Meteoric responded that ANSN had issued a final report in late August classifying its pilot facility as exempt from radiological control and said the MPF opinion was not a judgment. On 17 September, a local alliance separately asked MPF/FEAM to suspend the installation-license process until cumulative-impact and water studies were completed; Meteoric replied that it considered its technical, environmental and social studies robust and remained open to dialogue. As of the 9 October 2026 cutoff, no final court disposition, suspension order, or final LI award was identified. These are project- and company-level proceedings and stakeholder objections, not findings of misconduct by any named executive; the reviewed record does not establish individual responsibility. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive team oversees Caldeira, but the order addresses project review and does not establish personal responsibility or misconduct. **Relevance:** Radiological permitting is central to the flagship rare-earth project. [Federal court orders further radiological review for Caldeira]() (lead paragraph); [Half Yearly Report and Accounts, 30 June 2026]() (operations and compliance sections); [Caldeira Project Licensing Update]() (issuer update on court-directed ANSN review); [Lynas Takeover Offer]() (scheme timeline and outstanding approvals); [Portaria 107/2025 opens civil inquiry into environmental licensing process]() (Portaria 107/2025, p. 12; inquiry scope and target licensing case); [Environmental licensing case 00911/2024 – Preliminary License]() (FEAM licensing registry; LP granted 20 Dec 2025; LI is separate); [Civil Public Action questions rare-earth licensing; MPF seeks suspension pending ANSN opinion]() (paras. 88–100, 122–133; MPF position, procedural status, company response and ANSN claim); [Community alliance asks MPF and FEAM to suspend installation-license processes]() (paras. 90–110 and 132–135; community requests, study issues and company response); [Caldeira Project Licensing Update]() (18 June issuer licensing update; LI timetable) ## Suitability for the current role ### Professional fit for Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer [mei_stuart_gale_role_fit] Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation. **Relevance:** Assesses documented capability against the current role and company stage. [Half Yearly Report and Accounts, 30 June 2026]() (Current executive roster); [Leadership Team]() (leadership biography); [Half Yearly Report and Accounts, 30 June 2026]() (Directors’ report / current executive roster); [Annual Report 2025]() (director biography; prior role); [Annual Report 2025]() (director biography; role transitions); [Annual Report 2025]() (director biography; prior roles) ## Evidence gaps - The Brazilian nuclear authority’s final technical opinion following the June 2026 court-ordered review was not located by the cutoff.