# Jonathan Battershill

Managing Director

## Career chronology

- **Since 2024-01-01: Silver Mines Limited** — Managing Director. [Board of Directors](<https://www.silvermines.com.au/about/board-of-directors/>) (Silver Mines board page, Jonathan Battershill section, lines 57–59)

- **Prior career; detailed dates not stated: Prior employers/qualifications listed by issuer** — Geology engineering graduate (Hons, Camborne School of Mines, 1995); mining and business-development experience at WMC and mining-equity research roles at Hartleys, Citi and UBS.. [Board of Directors](<https://www.silvermines.com.au/about/board-of-directors/>) (Silver Mines board page, Jonathan Battershill section, lines 57–59)

- **Prior to finance roles; exact dates not stated: Western Mining Corporation** — Senior operational and business-development roles. [Appointment of Director](<https://www.silvermines.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20170515_announcement_re_director.pdf>) (Director appointment, lines 17–28)

- **Career reported in 2017 appointment notice and 2023 succession report; dates are not provided for each role: Hartleys; Citigroup; UBS; Canaccord** — Mining equity analyst / Global Mining Strategist (Executive Director) at UBS London. [Appointment of Director](<https://www.silvermines.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20170515_announcement_re_director.pdf>) (Director appointment, lines 20–26); [Board of Directors](<https://www.silvermines.com.au/about/board-of-directors/>) (Board of Directors, Battershill biography, lines 57–60)

- **CEO 1 August 2021 to 31 December 2023: Anglesey Mining plc** — Chief Executive until 31 December 2023; Non-Executive Director thereafter. [Activities Report for the Quarter Ended 30 September 2023](<https://www.silvermines.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2633413.pdf>) (Activities report, Corporate, lines 312–333)

## Environmental record

### Bowdens development consent overturned; project determination remains pending [svl_bowdens_consent_overturned]

August 2024 through 9 October 2026 · documented · high materiality

The NSW Court of Appeal set aside the 2023 Bowdens Silver development consent in August 2024 after finding the assessment had failed to consider an environmental impact of the project’s required powerline. The IPC’s case page states the application remained pending, with a new panel to continue the hearing and determine it; case updates and party responses were still appearing on 9 October 2026. This is a project approval setback and not a personal misconduct finding.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Jonathan Battershill was Managing Director during the project approval and reversal period. The reviewed sources establish tenure overlap and project oversight only; they do not establish that he personally caused the legal error.

**Relevance:** Material to project delivery and environmental approval risk in the Managing Director’s tenure; the project’s consent outcome was unresolved at cutoff.

[Bingman Catchment Landcare Group Inc v Bowdens Silver Pty Ltd \[2024\] NSWCA 205](<https://casechat.au/cases/au/bingman-catchment-landcare-group-incorporated-v-bowdens-silver-pty-ltd>) (Judgment, findings on required transmission line and biodiversity impact); [Bowdens Silver project assessment and case updates](<https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/2022/12/bowdens-silver>) (Case update and 2026 documents, lines 322–324 and 397–403)

## Suitability for the current role

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

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

The issuer biography reports: Geology engineering graduate (Hons, Camborne School of Mines, 1995); mining and business-development experience at WMC and mining-equity research roles at Hartleys, Citi and UBS. 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 of Directors](<https://www.silvermines.com.au/about/board-of-directors/>) (Silver Mines board page, Jonathan Battershill section, lines 57–59)

## Evidence gaps

- The IPC case remained pending at cutoff following the Court of Appeal’s 2024 consent reversal; no final 2026 determination was available by 9 October.

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