# Aaron Gates

Joint Company Secretary

## Career chronology

- **Appointed 28 August 2026; joint secretary at 31 October 2026: Resource Minerals International** — Joint Company Secretary. [Joint company secretary appointments](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03129209-6A1341267>) (p. 1: appointment and Automic affiliation); [September 2026 quarterly activities and cash flow report](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03155576-6A1352607>) (p. 11: September quarterly confirmation)

- **CFO before 26 July 2024; joint secretary appointed 26 July 2024; CFO successor announced May 2025: Toubani Resources** — Chief financial officer; joint company secretary. [Joint company secretary appointment](<https://www.aspecthuntley.com.au/asxdata/20240726/pdf/02831959.pdf>) (p. 1: current CFO and appointment as joint secretary); [Executive team appointments](<https://api.halotechnologies.com.au/api/common/factset/newsfetch/public?contentType=pdf&key=U2FsdGVkX1+%2FeYBKojr+LRM7GfLR6%2FAhtUPDSp10IIzQe6COqcO58vjrS79DIEM4QN94Oz7IJsWrMLOyC0+PHd7WJsvSbJFGEg27FEnQySk%3D&timezone=Australia%2FSydney>) (p. 1: CFO successor and continued secretary role)

## Education and qualifications

### Issuer-reported accounting and governance background [gates_rmi_credentials]

Reported 31 August 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

RMI reports that Gates is a Chartered Accountant, holds a Curtin Bachelor of Commerce with accounting and business-law majors, and completed a corporate governance diploma. These are issuer statements; the issuing institutions and membership register were not independently verified.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The qualifications are issuer-reported, not an independent credential verification.

**Relevance:** The stated finance and governance background relates to the secretarial role.

[Joint company secretary appointments](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03129209-6A1341267>) (p. 1: qualifications and prior work)

## Personal achievements

### Toubani CFO and secretary responsibilities [gates_toubani_role]

July 2024–May 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Toubani named Gates as its CFO when appointing him joint company secretary in July 2024. In May 2025 it announced a new CFO and said Gates would continue as joint company secretary. The role history is documented; the filings do not demonstrate a specific personally attributable project or financial outcome.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer announcements establish his positions, not an independently measured contribution.

**Relevance:** Listed-company finance and governance experience is relevant to RMI’s joint secretary role.

[Joint company secretary appointment](<https://www.aspecthuntley.com.au/asxdata/20240726/pdf/02831959.pdf>) (p. 1); [Executive team appointments](<https://api.halotechnologies.com.au/api/common/factset/newsfetch/public?contentType=pdf&key=U2FsdGVkX1+%2FeYBKojr+LRM7GfLR6%2FAhtUPDSp10IIzQe6COqcO58vjrS79DIEM4QN94Oz7IJsWrMLOyC0+PHd7WJsvSbJFGEg27FEnQySk%3D&timezone=Australia%2FSydney>) (p. 1)

## Suitability for the current role

### Current role and disclosed experience: Aaron Gates [aaron_gates_current_role_fit]

Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality

Resource Minerals International identifies Aaron Gates as Joint Company Secretary. The dated issuer records establish the appointment and described background, but independent credential verification and a complete assessment of individual outcomes remain incomplete.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is a limited analyst assessment from the issuer-reported current role; no personal outcome is inferred.

**Relevance:** Role match is relevant to present oversight, but the source set is too thin to assess delivery or effectiveness.

[Joint company secretary appointments](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03129209-6A1341267>) (p. 1: secretary appointment)

## Evidence gaps

- Full role chronology, earlier employers and dates were not independently established in this limited pass.

- Credentials and memberships were not independently verified.

- The searches documented here are open-web screening only, not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety or credential checks.

- Fraud, safety, environment, litigation and governance searches were limited and cannot establish a comprehensive clearance.
