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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Richard Jones

Exploration Manager

Career chronology

Education and qualifications

Profile lists university attendance but no awarded degree

Self-reported profile entry, 2006–2009 · self reported · low materiality

The self-reported LinkedIn profile lists the University of Birmingham and dates 2006–2009, but no degree, subject or award is stated. No qualification is inferred.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an education entry only; no degree or credential claim is made.

Relevance: A specific education credential could not be assessed from the accessible profile.

Richard Jones – Astral Resources professional profile (Education section)

Contributions and company outcomes

Resource, drilling and financing progress at Astral

FY2026; latest reported July–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Astral reported that FY2026 Mandilla resources reached 54 Mt at 1.1 g/t Au for 1.74 Moz, group resources reached 62 Mt for 2.07 Moz, approximately 84 km was drilled across its projects, and a $65 million equity raising was completed. The company remained in exploration/development; these company-level results do not establish this executive’s individual contribution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Exploration Manager overlapped the reported company period, but no source identifies individual causation or gives this person sole credit for the resource, drilling or financing outcomes.

Relevance: Useful context for the company’s development progress; it is not evidence of gold production or an individually attributable success.

Astral Resources NL Annual Report 2026 (Review of Operations, pp. 4–5 (FY2026 resource, drilling and project status)); Astral Resources NL Annual Report 2026 (Placement, p. 33; quarterly activities and cashflow report, June 2026 quarter)

Environmental record

Issuer-reported environmental status

At 25 September 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Astral’s FY2026 annual report says that, as at the report date, the Group was not aware of any significant breaches of applicable environmental requirements. This is an issuer statement about the company, not an independent regulator check or a finding about this person; the report also identifies environmental, heritage and native-title risks.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Exploration Manager was part of the current management roster, but the annual report does not attribute environmental compliance decisions to this individual.

Relevance: Environmental compliance is relevant to project development and approvals; the issuer statement does not establish a clean personal or company record.

Astral Resources NL Annual Report 2026 (Environmental Regulation, p. 44; Environmental and Heritage, Native Title and Community Risks, pp. 30–31)

Suitability for the current role

Exploration experience is relevant; public chronology is thin

Current role; earlier profile entries undated · analyst inference · medium materiality

The 14 October issuer presentation identifies Jones as Exploration Manager and reports a prior senior Egan Street exploration-team position, without exact dates or title. His self-reported profile describes nickel exploration management and locations including Mount Marion, Mount Morgans and Fraser Range. Analyst inference: this reported background is relevant to an exploration-management position, but sources do not establish individual delivery or a complete chronology.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The career details are self-reported and incomplete; no independent employment dates or referee confirmation were located.

Relevance: Relevant to AAR exploration, but limited chronology reduces confidence in prior track-record assessment.

Diggers and Dealers Conference Presentation (slide 9); Richard Jones – Astral Resources professional profile (About, Experience and identity sections); Australian Gold Conference Presentation (Slide 9, Richard Jones biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Astral names a prior senior Egan Street exploration role, but its exact title and dates and the degree or subject associated with the University of Birmingham profile entry remain unresolved.

  • No individual AAR exploration discovery or project result was attributed to Jones in the sources reviewed; the resource and drilling figures are company-level.

  • Many people share this name; identity was restricted to the Astral/Perth exploration profile. No exhaustive employment-reference, criminal, sanctions, litigation or regulator check was completed.

  • Earlier named-person and topic search records were inherited from the 10 October report and were not independently reconstructed. The 31 October search was broad; complete employer-by-employer and topic-by-topic verification remains incomplete.