# Ian Bamborough

Managing Director

## Career chronology

- **Current role; start date not established in reviewed sources: Saturn Metals Limited** — Managing Director. [Board and Management](<https://saturnmetals.com.au/about/board-and-management/>) (Saturn Board and Management, Ian Bamborough section, lines 36–41)

- **Since 9 April 2020 (appointed director; MD role held by FY2020 report): Saturn Metals Limited** — Managing Director. [Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025](<https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20250911/pdf/06p39t05pxtt5y.pdf>) (Directors’ report, Ian Bamborough biography, p. 27); [Board and Management](<https://saturnmetals.com.au/about/board-and-management/>) (Ian Bamborough profile, lines 36–41)

- **Dates and detailed job progression not stated in latest issuer biographies: Newmont Mining Corporation; Spectrum Rare Earths Limited** — Mining geology leadership; Managing Director at Spectrum Rare Earths. [Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025](<https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20250911/pdf/06p39t05pxtt5y.pdf>) (Directors’ report, Ian Bamborough biography, p. 27)

## Industrial safety

### Contractor fatality at Apollo Hill; regulator investigation status unresolved [stn_apollo_hill_contractor_fatality]

5 December 2024; investigation reported ongoing 5 December 2025 · documented · high materiality

Saturn’s FY2025 annual report identifies Peter Groves, a senior driller employed by contractor Challenge Drilling, who was fatally injured at Apollo Hill on 5 December 2024. Saturn reported 70,746 site work hours during FY2025, including 23,391 employee and 47,355 contractor hours, and said the fatality was under ongoing WorkSafe WA investigation; no other reportable lost-time injuries were reported that year. ABC’s 5 December 2025 anniversary report also said the investigation remained ongoing. An exact-name search and targeted search for a later WorkSafe outcome found no subsequent public determination by the 9 October 2026 cutoff. The sources establish event and tenure overlap; they do not establish personal fault by Bamborough.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Ian Bamborough was Managing Director during the incident; this establishes an oversight-period overlap only. The reviewed sources do not attribute causation or a safety breach to him personally.

**Relevance:** Material safety oversight issue during the MD’s tenure, with regulator outcome still unresolved in the sources reviewed.

[Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025](<https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20250911/pdf/06p39t05pxtt5y.pdf>) (FY2025 annual report, Chairman’s letter p. 3 and safety section p. 18); [Mother describes her grief on anniversary of her son’s workplace death in the Goldfields](<https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-05/mother-of-driller-killed-in-workplace-incident-pays-tribute/106105638>) (ABC News, 5 December 2025, anniversary report); [Board and Management](<https://saturnmetals.com.au/about/board-and-management/>) (Current MD role and identity)

## Suitability for the current role

### Public evidence of fit for Managing Director [stn_ian_bamborough_role_fit]

Current role and prior career as stated by issuer · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer biography reports: Geologist with 25+ years in resources, greenfields exploration, business development and operations; Newmont and Spectrum Rare Earths MD experience; BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA, MAIG, GAICD. Role-fit inference: this experience is relevant to the current Managing Director responsibilities, but issuer biographies are self-reported and do not independently establish personal delivery outcomes.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst role-fit judgment based on the cited role and issuer-reported experience; it does not assign personal responsibility for company outcomes.

**Relevance:** Relevant to the current Managing Director role, with evidence quality constrained by the source scope.

[Board and Management](<https://saturnmetals.com.au/about/board-and-management/>) (Saturn Board and Management, Ian Bamborough section, lines 36–41)

## Evidence gaps

- WorkSafe’s investigation into the 5 December 2024 Apollo Hill contractor fatality was reported ongoing on 5 December 2025; no later public outcome was found in this review.

- Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.