# Andrew Czerw Chief Development Officer ## Career chronology - **Group tenure commenced April 2014; interim CEO in 2022: Ora Banda Mining** — Chief Development Officer. [2026 Annual Report]() (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies) - **Named as GM in 2015 prospectus; group tenure reported from April 2014: Eastern Goldfields** — General Manager, Resources and Development. [Eastern Goldfields acquisition prospectus]() (Section 3.2 management profile); [2026 Annual Report]() (Printed p.12) - **2012: Tanami Gold** — General Manager / Geology Manager. [Geology and mineralisation of Groundrush deposit]() (Printed p.2) ## Personal achievements ### Commissioned technical resource study [czerw_ground] 2012 · documented · medium materiality An NT geological archive records that Czerw, then Tanami geology manager, commissioned a technical report on Groundrush mineralisation. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The report explicitly names him as requesting the study; it does not demonstrate a discovery made by him. **Relevance:** Evidence of direct technical work. [Geology and mineralisation of Groundrush deposit]() (Printed p.2, introduction) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Eastern Goldfields entered administration [czerw_admin] FY2018–2019 · documented · high materiality Eastern Goldfields reported a A$85.9 million FY2018 net loss and appointment of administrators on 29 November 2018. Creditors approved a deed in February 2019. The company later became Ora Banda. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The issuer identified Czerw in a resource-development role in 2015 and reported his group tenure from April 2014; the specific duties he held at the November 2018 administration are not independently dated. No personal role in the financing failure is established. **Relevance:** Shows prior company distress in a business linked to the present asset. [Eastern Goldfields acquisition prospectus]() (Section 3.2 management profile); [2018 annual financial report]() (Notes to accounts, going concern); [2026 Annual Report]() (Printed p.12, commencement) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant experience and evidence limits [exec_andrew_czerw_fit] Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality The issuer and 2012 Tanami report document geology and project-development responsibilities, relevant to the mine development portfolio. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes. **Relevance:** Relevance of background to current responsibilities. [2026 Annual Report]() (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies); [Geology and mineralisation of Groundrush deposit]() (Printed p.2, Tanami geology manager) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete. - Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance. - His individual role, if any, in Eastern Goldfields’ 2018 financial distress is not established. - The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed. - His precise title and duties on the November 2018 administration date have not been independently established.