# Mark Thompson Managing Director ## Career chronology - **Earlier career; exact dates not established: Prior employers as stated in official or reviewed professional profile** — Founder of Talga; previously founded and served on Catalyst Metals board; NED of Gibb River Diamonds (2012–2020), and current NED/chair positions at Accelerate Resources and Kaoko Metals.. [Board and Management]() (Mark Thompson profile; career/role section) - **Current role; roster as of 2026-09-26: Talga Group Ltd** — Managing Director. [Board and Management]() (Mark Thompson profile; title and role); [Talga Group Ltd Annual Report 2025]() (Directors’ report / Corporate Directory; executive name and title) ## Education and qualifications ### Education and professional credentials [exec_mark_thompson_education] Credential history; dates not disclosed in reviewed source · issuer reported · low materiality Member of Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Society of Economic Geologists and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; no degree stated. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The profile identifies the stated qualifications; graduation dates and independent register verification were not located. **Relevance:** Relevant to the technical, finance or governance responsibilities described in the current role. [Board and Management]() (Mark Thompson profile; career/role section) ## Personal achievements ### Relevant professional experience [exec_mark_thompson_career_record] Earlier career; exact dates not established in reviewed profile · issuer reported · medium materiality Founder of Talga; previously founded and served on Catalyst Metals board; NED of Gibb River Diamonds (2012–2020), and current NED/chair positions at Accelerate Resources and Kaoko Metals. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The cited profile describes the person’s roles and involvement; outcome attribution is limited to what it explicitly states. **Relevance:** Provides role-relevant experience; profile claims are issuer-reported and not a substitute for independent delivery evidence. [Board and Management]() (Mark Thompson profile; career/role section) ### Founder background and concurrent board interests [mark_thompson_qualifications_and_concurrent_roles] Career through 2026-10-09 · issuer reported · medium materiality Talga’s current board profile describes Thompson as the company’s founder, with more than 35 years in geoscience/minerals and memberships in AIG, SEG and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. It records prior Catalyst Metals founding/board involvement and Gibb River Diamonds board service; at the 9 October 2026 cutoff it also lists him as a non-executive director of Accelerate Resources and non-executive chair of Kaoko Metals. This undated web profile is evidence of the company’s stated current description, not dated proof of when each appointment began. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The issuer identifies founder roles, professional memberships and outside board appointments; no independent evidence of sole credit for Catalyst or company outcomes is implied. **Relevance:** Long tenure, technical sector background and multiple outside board roles are relevant to strategic oversight and time commitments. [Board and Management]() (Mark Thompson profile; background, memberships and outside boards) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Environmental permit appeal rejected; separate land designation appeal remained [exec_mark-thompson_nunassvaara_permit_timeline] April 2023–December 2025 · documented · medium materiality The Swedish Land and Environment Court granted Talga AB environmental and Natura 2000 permits for Nunasvaara South in April 2023 after assessing impacts on reindeer husbandry, water, species and Natura 2000; it set 24 final and one provisional condition. The Court of Appeal refused leave for the 2023 appeals in August 2023, so that permit remained in force. A separate land designation dispute was still active in December 2025, when Sveriges Radio reported that Talga and Talma Sami community both appealed the land designation decision. These are permitting and land-use proceedings, not findings of misconduct. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The evidence concerns Talga AB project approvals and stakeholder appeals during management tenure; it does not connect either executive to any legal breach. **Relevance:** Shows permitting complexity and continuing Indigenous stakeholder/legal interface for the company’s development; useful to assess project delivery and social-license oversight. [Talga AB får tillstånd till grafitgruva vid Nunasvaara i Kiruna kommun (M 1573-20)]() (Umeå District Court judgment summary; scope, impacts, conditions and third-party submissions); [Vittangi Mine Permit Appeals Rejected]() (Appeal decision update; leave refused, underlying permit stands); [Ny domstolsprövning om planerad grafitgruva]() (Separate land-designation appeal status, 30 December 2025) ## Suitability for the current role ### Role fit and evidence limits [exec_mark_thompson_role_fit] Assessment at cutoff 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality Engineering, project execution and carbon-materials R&D experience map to Talga’s Swedish graphite-to-anode development; delivered commercial-scale project outcomes remain unproven at the cutoff. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical inference from the cited career profile and the company’s stated stage; it does not claim personal causation of company outcomes. **Relevance:** Connects prior experience to the role’s execution and oversight needs. [Board and Management]() (Mark Thompson profile; career/role section) ## Evidence gaps - Exact dates for prior roles and independent confirmation of profile claims were unavailable in the reviewed materials. - The environmental permit appeal was refused in 2023, but the separate land designation challenge reported in December 2025 had no later disposition located by the 9 October 2026 cutoff. These records identify project permitting/stakeholder issues only, not executive misconduct.