# Craig Jones Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **From 1 October 2025: Perseus Mining** — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. [Managing director transition]() (Pages 1–2) - **Newcrest from 2008, executive team from 2012; COO Americas by 2022: Newcrest Mining** — COO Americas, then interim global COO. [Managing director transition]() (Page 2; Newcrest career) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Perseus production and project progress [jones-pru] FY2026 and September 2026 quarter · issuer reported · medium materiality Perseus reported 404,998 ounces of gold produced in FY2026 and US$480.5 million profit after tax. In the September quarter it reported 92,551 ounces produced and the start of commercial production at Yaouré CMA Underground. Higher gold prices and operating conditions affect financial results. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Jones was CEO during the period; individual contributions are not separately quantified. **Relevance:** Company delivery and project execution under executive oversight. [FY2026 annual report]() (PDF page 3 FY26 highlights; PDF page 2 financial results); [September 2026 quarterly report]() (Page 1 production and commercial production) ## Industrial safety ### 2022 Brucejack contractor fatality at Newcrest [jones-fatal] October 2022 and January 2023 · issuer reported · high materiality A contractor died in an October 2022 incident at Brucejack. Newcrest reported a temporary suspension and safety review. Separate 2022 and 2023 Newcrest releases identify Jones as COO Americas. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Jones held an Americas executive role, but no personal involvement or fault is established. **Relevance:** Material safety outcome during prior leadership tenure. [Newcrest March 2022 quarterly report]() (March 2022 quarterly release, technical information: COO Americas and Brucejack reviewer); [Newcrest December 2022 quarter]() (December 2022 quarterly release, Brucejack safety and corporate update) ### Two Bagoé contractor deaths [jones-bagoe] January 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality Perseus reported that two Binkadi ore-haulage contractor employees died following an offsite vehicle accident near Bagoé in January 2026. Investigation findings and final outcome were not found. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Jones was Perseus CEO; no evidence establishes his personal fault or cause of the accident. **Relevance:** Contractor transport safety under company oversight. [Bagoé offsite vehicle accident update]() (January 19 update, paragraphs 1–2); [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.