Melinda Shiell

Career chronology

• Issuer 2025 annual report and selected V8 company roster dated 30 October 2026.: 29Metals Limited — Group Executive, Governance & Secretariat; Company Secretary. 2025 Annual Report and ESG Report (2025 Annual Report pp. 16–17, Melinda Shiell biography)

• Before joining 29Metals in 2024: BlueScope / Crown Resorts; legal practice and Victorian judiciary — Legal, research, governance and media law roles. 2025 Annual Report and ESG Report (2025 Annual Report pp. 16–17, Melinda Shiell biography)

Education and qualifications

Education and professional credentials

As reported in issuer biography or annual report · issuer reported · low materiality

JD/LLM, BA, graduate legal practice diploma, applied corporate governance/risk diploma; AGIA.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualification claims were not independently checked against awarding bodies or professional registries.

Relevance: Relevant to role fit but not proof of work performance.

2025 Annual Report and ESG Report (2025 Annual Report pp. 16–17, Melinda Shiell biography)

Environmental record

Capricorn Copper environment and regulatory status

2023–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The 2025 annual report says Capricorn Copper remained suspended after the March 2024 extreme-weather event and had reduced water inventory by more than 1.5 GL by end-2025. It reports one 2025 creek incident after an electrical fault stopped a sump pump, briefly elevating copper levels; water was contained within 24 hours. It says the March 2023-related prosecution was dismissed after DETSI accepted enforceable undertakings in March 2026.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. This is issuer-level context; the sources do not establish responsibility of this executive for the incident.

Relevance: Relevant to environmental controls, operating risk and restart readiness; no individual fault is inferred.

2025 Annual Report and ESG Report (2025 Annual Report, Capricorn Copper operations and environment reporting, pp. 42–49)

Suitability for the current role

Documented role scope and role fit

Current role at cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality

Analyst inference: the documented title places Melinda Shiell in a function relevant to Australian producer and brownfield developer with the Golden Grove polymetallic mine, suspended Capricorn Copper operation and its exploration interests. The reviewed material does not establish individual delivery or causal contribution; suitability beyond title alignment remains unassessed. Issuer material documents relevant prior experience: Legal, research, governance and media law roles. This supports role relevance only and does not prove an outcome in this role.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a limited role-scope inference from the issuer-documented position; it is not an outcome or personal-performance claim.

Relevance: The role is pertinent to oversight or execution of the company’s disclosed business; evidence on individual effectiveness is limited.

2025 Annual Report and ESG Report (2025 Annual Report pp. 16–17, Melinda Shiell biography)

Evidence gaps

• Education, professional memberships and credentials require person-specific primary or independent verification where not detailed in the cited issuer source.

• Individual attribution for company outcomes was not established; company results must not be read as personal achievements.

• The previous report cited an environmental authority for a different mine; the independent current status of Capricorn Copper enforcement orders and compliance with the undertakings is unresolved.

• Prior-employer outcomes, exact chronology and credentials have not been independently corroborated.

• The current-session audit did not conduct comprehensive person-specific court, regulatory, fraud and prior-employer searches; no clearance is implied.