# Brett Smith Executive Director ## Career chronology - **Since 10 July 2020: Metals X Limited** — Executive Director. [2025 annual report]() (page 4) ## Industrial safety ### Renison injury frequency increased [smith_safety] Q2–Q3 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Renison reported six recordable injuries in Q3 2026, including three lost-time injuries, compared with three recordable injuries in Q2. Its rolling 12-month total recordable injury frequency rose from 6.7 to 10.8. The issuer describes a safety reset and a leadership program. Renison is managed by the JV operator, not wholly by Metals X. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Smith was an executive director during the period; no evidence reviewed establishes personal causation or safety duties. **Relevance:** This is material operational safety context for management oversight. [September 2026 quarterly report]() (pages 1–2) ## Governance and interests ### Elementos nominee and conflict process [smith_governance] 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality Elementos reported Metals X nominees Brett Smith and Daniel Broughton joined its board and an independent committee and conflicts protocol were established. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Board service is documented; the protocol is not evidence of misconduct. **Relevance:** Concurrent roles can require conflict management. [June 2025 quarterly report]() (page 14) ## Suitability for the current role ### Mining experience and executive leadership [smith_fit] 2019–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality The issuer reports mining and construction experience. Smith was appointed a non-executive director on 2 December 2019 and executive director on 10 July 2020. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The role history is issuer reported; prior work has not been independently verified. **Relevance:** Industry experience is relevant to a tin operation and capital allocation. [2025 annual report]() (page 4 (physical PDF page 5)); [September 2026 quarterly report]() (corporate directory, page 10) ## Evidence gaps - Topic-specific adverse, regulator and court searches and material prior-employer outcome checks remain incomplete; this is not a clearance. - Credentials and career claims are issuer or operator reported and were not independently verified.