# Wade Bickley Chief Operating Officer ## Career chronology - **From 1 June 2026: Perseus Mining** — Chief Operating Officer. [Chief operating officer appointment]() (Page 1) - **Prior role, exact dates unknown: AngloGold Ashanti** — Obuasi general manager. [Chief operating officer appointment]() (Page 1) - **Prior to joining Perseus, exact dates unknown: Appian Capital Base Metals** — Chief Operating Officer. [Chief operating officer appointment]() (Page 1) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported professional qualifications [exec-pru-bickley-education] As reported in sources · issuer reported · low materiality Perseus reports Bachelor of Engineering in Mining and Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Queensland. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Credentials are reported and are not independently verified. **Relevance:** Relevant technical or professional background. [Perseus leadership biographies]() (Professional biography and qualification) ## Industrial safety ### Bagoé deaths preceded current COO appointment [bickley-bagoe] January–June 2026 · documented · medium materiality Two Binkadi contractor workers died after an offsite vehicle accident near Bagoé in January 2026. Bickley commenced as Perseus COO on 1 June 2026, after the incident. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. The incident preceded Bickley’s appointment; no personal responsibility is suggested. **Relevance:** Relevant inherited safety context for an incoming COO. [Bagoé offsite vehicle accident update]() (January 19 update); [Chief operating officer appointment]() (Page 1 commencement date); [Interim financial report December 2025]() (Subsequent events: ore haulage contractor and two deaths) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of qualifications and professional memberships remains incomplete. - Person-specific court, regulator, fraud and prior-employer searches are not exhaustive; open-web research is not a clearance. - Original queries were limited and sometimes combined people or topics; dedicated person-by-person and prior-employer records searches, including adverse topics and outcomes, were not completed.