# Craig Jones

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

## Career chronology

- **Earlier career through 2025; individual role dates not fully established: Spartan Resources; Bellevue Gold; Poseidon Nickel** — Previously COO at Spartan Resources, COO at Bellevue Gold, and CEO at Poseidon Nickel; earlier senior underground operating roles, including Barrick and Northern Star, per current Torque profile. Spartan says Jones helped establish Bellevue restart, lead the feasibility study and contribute to financing; this is employer-reported contribution, not proof of sole responsibility.. [Corporate Directory and Craig Jones profile](<https://torquemetals.com/company/corporate-directory/>) (Leadership page, Craig Jones profile; and Spartan appointment dated 2 April 2024, prior-career paragraph)

- **Current role; roster as of 2026-09-25: Torque Metals Limited** — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. [Corporate Directory and Craig Jones profile](<https://torquemetals.com/company/corporate-directory/>) (Craig Jones profile; title and role); [30 June 2025 Annual Report to shareholders](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03000823-6A1287073>) (Directors’ report / Corporate Directory; executive name and title)

## Education and qualifications

### Mining engineering qualification [craig_jones_engineering_qualifications]

Credential history; dates not stated · issuer reported · low materiality

Torque identifies Jones as holding a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the University of Ballarat and a WA First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate. The reviewed public profiles did not independently verify the award dates or certificate standing.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. These qualifications are reported by the current issuer; independent verification was not performed.

**Relevance:** Relevant to mine operations leadership.

[Corporate Directory and Craig Jones profile](<https://torquemetals.com/company/corporate-directory/>) (Leadership page, Craig Jones profile; qualification paragraph)

## Personal achievements

### Relevant professional experience [craig_jones_career_record]

Earlier career; exact dates not established in reviewed profile · issuer reported · medium materiality

28+ years in Australian gold; senior roles at Barrick, Northern Star, Bellevue, Poseidon and Spartan; helped advance Never Never underground access and restart feasibility/permitting at Spartan.

**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.

[Corporate Directory and Craig Jones profile](<https://torquemetals.com/company/corporate-directory/>) (Craig Jones profile; career/role section)

### Underground operations and Bellevue restart experience [craig_jones_mining_career_and_bellevue_restart]

Earlier career through 2025; Spartan employment commenced April 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Torque’s current leadership profile reports more than 28 years in WA underground hard-rock operations and prior roles at Barrick, Northern Star, Bellevue, Poseidon and Spartan. Spartan’s dated April 2024 appointment notice says Jones, previously Bellevue COO, was instrumental in establishing the historical mine restart, led the feasibility study and was part of the team that delivered project financing. Torque’s profile also states he helped establish underground access at Spartan’s Never Never deposit and oversaw restart study and permitting; neither source reports that Spartan had restarted production under his tenure.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The company sources describe an operational and team contribution, not sole credit; no individual adverse finding located in the targeted searches documented here.

**Relevance:** Relevant mine operations and project delivery background for Torque’s CEO role; current Torque project outcomes remain early stage.

[Corporate Directory and Craig Jones profile](<https://torquemetals.com/company/corporate-directory/>) (Leadership page, Craig Jones profile; experience and education paragraphs); [Craig Jones appointed Chief Operating Officer](<https://clients3.weblink.com.au/pdf/SPR/02790737.pdf>) (Spartan appointment notice, 2 April 2024, career paragraph)

## Suitability for the current role

### Role fit and evidence limits [craig_jones_role_fit]

Assessment at cutoff 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Gold discovery and project-development experience is relevant to Torque’s exploration-led stage; the roster’s recent appointments leave little company-specific delivery history to assess.

**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.

[Corporate Directory and Craig Jones profile](<https://torquemetals.com/company/corporate-directory/>) (Craig Jones profile; career/role section)

## Evidence gaps

- The reviewed public professional and issuer materials did not establish verified degrees or professional credentials for this executive.

- Exact dates for prior roles and independent confirmation of profile claims were unavailable in the reviewed materials.

- The public-source searches documented here do not establish a complete adverse-record search or independently verify the mining certificate.