# Melanie Leighton

Chief Executive Officer

## Career chronology

- **Earlier career; exact dates not established: Prior employers as stated in official or reviewed professional profile** — Geologist and resource-sector executive; prior roles at Hot Chili, Harmony Gold, Hill 50 and Northwest Resources; founded Leighton Geoservices.. [A titan for women in resources: Leighton leads the way in Ecuador](<https://stockhead.com.au/resources/a-titan-for-women-in-resources-leighton-leads-the-way-in-ecuador/>) (career/profile paragraph)

- **Current role; roster as of 2026-09-08: Titan Minerals Limited** — Chief Executive Officer. [Directors and Executives](<https://www.titanminerals.com.au/about-us/directors/>) (Melanie Leighton profile; title and role); [Annual Report to shareholders](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03084409-6A1323059>) (Directors’ report / Corporate Directory; executive name and title)

## Education and qualifications

### Education and professional credentials [melanie_leighton_education]

Credential history; dates not disclosed in reviewed source · issuer reported · low materiality

Bachelor of Science/geology studies reported in independent interview; specific award not confirmed.

**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.

[Directors and Executives](<https://www.titanminerals.com.au/about-us/directors/>) (Melanie Leighton profile; career/role section)

## Personal achievements

### Relevant professional experience [melanie_leighton_career_record]

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

Geologist and resource-sector executive; prior roles at Hot Chili, Harmony Gold, Hill 50 and Northwest Resources; founded Leighton Geoservices.

**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.

[A titan for women in resources: Leighton leads the way in Ecuador](<https://stockhead.com.au/resources/a-titan-for-women-in-resources-leighton-leads-the-way-in-ecuador/>) (career/profile paragraph)

### Technical career, role transition and current board interests [melanie_leighton_career_education_current_boards]

Prior career through 31 December 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Titan’s 2024 annual report describes Leighton as a geologist with more than 20 years in resources and prior geological/senior-management roles at Hot Chili, Harmony Gold, Hill 50 Gold and Northwest Resources. It identifies her as founding director of Leighton Geoservices and as a non-executive director of Great Boulder Resources and Industrial Minerals. The report states she became Titan CEO on 11 January 2023. A reviewed 2025 competent-person statement identifies her as a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. The 2024 report does not state a specific degree; no credential should be inferred from her title.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The annual report provides employer-reported career and appointment details; specific outcomes at prior employers are not attributed to her individually in this record.

**Relevance:** Geology and investor/stakeholder experience fit a technical CEO role; current outside board roles are relevant concurrent commitments.

[Annual Financial Report for year ended 31 December 2024](<https://www.titanminerals.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/TTM_Annual-Report_2024.pdf>) (KMP biography and board interests; CEO appointment 11 January 2023, p.32); [Directors and Executives](<https://www.titanminerals.com.au/about-us/directors/>) (Official directors/management profile; current CEO role); [Exploration Results and Competent Person statement](<https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20251126/pdf/06shq2znpw7l8j.pdf>) (Competent Person statement, membership in AIG)

## Suitability for the current role

### Role fit and evidence limits [melanie_leighton_role_fit]

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

Geological, finance and corporate-secretarial backgrounds fit a pre-development gold/copper explorer; the reviewed evidence is too sparse for a broad team delivery judgment.

**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.

[A titan for women in resources: Leighton leads the way in Ecuador](<https://stockhead.com.au/resources/a-titan-for-women-in-resources-leighton-leads-the-way-in-ecuador/>) (career/profile paragraph)

## Evidence gaps

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

- The reviewed issuer biography does not identify a degree or institution; no independent academic credential record was located. The 2024 annual report supports two outside non-executive board roles, but an exhaustive current directorship register was not completed.