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2026-11-06
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Austral Resources Australia Ltd

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People, delivery and responsibility

Management background checks

Evidence through 2026-10-09

Research assessment

Executive team

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Austral’s leadership spans a consequential operational recovery after receivership and reported 2025 production rebound. The evidence supports relevant mining operations, finance and governance experience, but individual attribution to corporate outcomes is limited; several current management biographies are sparse.

Decision-relevant facts

Material summary

Individual involvement and employer context shown separately

Shane O’Connell

Chief Operating Officer

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and current remit

No formal education or professional qualifications were stated in the reviewed primary sources; the annual report describes aviation, safety and civil-construction experience. The prospectus also lists his aviation, safety, dangerous-goods, fire-management and civil-construction credentials; these are issuer-reported.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 · p. 25, COO profile and July 2019 joining date
Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management · Section 10.2(b), certificates and professional experience
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Operations during recovery and 2025 production rebound

Austral resumed and expanded copper operations after receivership, with 8,224 tonnes of copper sales in 2025 and the largest monthly output since receivership reported during the year. His COO tenure overlaps operational recovery; filings do not isolate his personal contribution.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · COO tenure overlaps the operating recovery; no source establishes sole or specific causation.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 · pp. 3–4, operating review and 2025 copper production/sales
Receivers retire; directors regain control · pp. 1–2, receivers retire and directors regain control
GovernanceIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Related-party payments to COO-associated earthmoving business

The 2024 annual report records payments to Rural Earthworx of A$851,817 in 2024 and A$1.111m in 2023. The issuer says transactions were at market rates on normal commercial terms and reports no amount outstanding. This is a related-party disclosure, not a finding of improper conduct.

Individual involvement documented · The annual report connects the transaction to the COO’s earthmoving business; it also states terms were at market rates.

Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 · p. 39, related-party transactions note
Company SuccessDocumented · High materiality

Operations exceeded Q4 guidance through extreme wet-season conditions

Industry reporting states Austral produced 2,643 tonnes of copper in Q4 2025 against 2,610 tonnes guidance; December output exceeded 910 tonnes. It records heavy rainfall, Rocklands access disruption and management’s mitigation statements. Shane O’Connell, as COO, described the operational response, making his role connection direct for the stated systems/mitigation, but the company production total remains collective.

Individual involvement documented · The report quotes O’Connell describing risk-management systems; it does not prove sole causation for guidance outperformance.

Austral beats Q4 copper guidance despite extreme weather · 7 January 2026, paragraphs on output, flooding and O’Connell statements; lines 106–129
Evidence gaps · 2
  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.
  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

Full background report

Shane O’Connell

Chief Operating Officer

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Operations during recovery and 2025 production rebound

2024–2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Austral resumed and expanded copper operations after receivership, with 8,224 tonnes of copper sales in 2025 and the largest monthly output since receivership reported during the year. His COO tenure overlaps operational recovery; filings do not isolate his personal contribution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. COO tenure overlaps the operating recovery; no source establishes sole or specific causation.

Relevance: Relevant to executive assessment; sources do not establish personal causation.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (pp. 3–4, operating review and 2025 copper production/sales); Receivers retire; directors regain control (pp. 1–2, receivers retire and directors regain control)

Operations exceeded Q4 guidance through extreme wet-season conditions

Q4 2025 / January 2026 report · documented · high materiality

Industry reporting states Austral produced 2,643 tonnes of copper in Q4 2025 against 2,610 tonnes guidance; December output exceeded 910 tonnes. It records heavy rainfall, Rocklands access disruption and management’s mitigation statements. Shane O’Connell, as COO, described the operational response, making his role connection direct for the stated systems/mitigation, but the company production total remains collective.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The report quotes O’Connell describing risk-management systems; it does not prove sole causation for guidance outperformance.

Relevance: Relevant evidence of operating and wet-season risk management under his operations remit.

Austral beats Q4 copper guidance despite extreme weather (7 January 2026, paragraphs on output, flooding and O’Connell statements; lines 106–129)

Governance and interests

Related-party payments to COO-associated earthmoving business

FY2023–2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The 2024 annual report records payments to Rural Earthworx of A$851,817 in 2024 and A$1.111m in 2023. The issuer says transactions were at market rates on normal commercial terms and reports no amount outstanding. This is a related-party disclosure, not a finding of improper conduct.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The annual report connects the transaction to the COO’s earthmoving business; it also states terms were at market rates.

Relevance: Relevant to conflict management and disclosure controls.

Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 (p. 39, related-party transactions note)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and current remit

Career record through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

No formal education or professional qualifications were stated in the reviewed primary sources; the annual report describes aviation, safety and civil-construction experience. The prospectus also lists his aviation, safety, dangerous-goods, fire-management and civil-construction credentials; these are issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

Relevance: Career background is relevant to the assigned leadership remit, with evidence limits.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 25, COO profile and July 2019 joining date); Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management (Section 10.2(b), certificates and professional experience)

Evidence gaps

  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.

  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

Matthew Beattie

Chief Financial Officer

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and current remit

Reviewed contemporaneous appointment reporting did not provide a verified degree or professional qualification.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

Austral Resources CFO change · Appointment effective 31 August 2026
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

CFO appointment and finance background

Appointment announcement describes prior finance and commercial roles, but his Austral tenure began only on 31 August 2026; no company outcome can yet be attributed to his tenure.

Individual involvement documented · Appointment and previous roles reported contemporaneously; tenure at Austral is too short to assess results.

Austral Resources CFO change · Appointment and career-history paragraphs
Our Story and Leadership · Leadership section, CFO
Evidence gaps · 2
  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.
  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

Full background report

Matthew Beattie

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and current remit

Career record through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Reviewed contemporaneous appointment reporting did not provide a verified degree or professional qualification.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

Relevance: Career background is relevant to the assigned leadership remit, with evidence limits.

Austral Resources CFO change (Appointment effective 31 August 2026)

CFO appointment and finance background

31 August 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Appointment announcement describes prior finance and commercial roles, but his Austral tenure began only on 31 August 2026; no company outcome can yet be attributed to his tenure.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Appointment and previous roles reported contemporaneously; tenure at Austral is too short to assess results.

Relevance: Relevant finance and commercial background; qualification and date detail remain thin.

Austral Resources CFO change (Appointment and career-history paragraphs); Our Story and Leadership (Leadership section, CFO)

Evidence gaps

  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.

  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

Angus Peterson

General Manager – Finance and Treasury

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and current remit

2025 annual report identifies a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Accounting and CAANZ membership; issuer-reported, not independently verified.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

CFO tenure overlapped receivership and liquidity distress

Austral entered administration/receivership in May 2024 after trading suspension in September 2023. Receivers retired on 13 May 2024 and directors regained control. These are company-level distress events during his CFO tenure; reviewed sources do not establish personal causation.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · The financial role overlapped corporate distress; no individual misconduct or causal responsibility is demonstrated.

Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

2025 operating recovery during finance tenure

For calendar 2025 Austral reported A$121.6m group revenue and 8,224 tonnes copper sales. The figures follow receivership and resumed production, but are issuer-level and not attributable solely to the former CFO.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · CFO tenure overlaps results; no specific individual contribution is isolated.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 · pp. 3–4 and 21, annual results and management context
Evidence gaps · 2
  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.
  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

Full background report

Angus Peterson

General Manager – Finance and Treasury

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

2025 operating recovery during finance tenure

2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

For calendar 2025 Austral reported A$121.6m group revenue and 8,224 tonnes copper sales. The figures follow receivership and resumed production, but are issuer-level and not attributable solely to the former CFO.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CFO tenure overlaps results; no specific individual contribution is isolated.

Relevance: Relevant to performance oversight and financial reporting.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (pp. 3–4 and 21, annual results and management context)

Business failures and setbacks

CFO tenure overlapped receivership and liquidity distress

September 2023–May 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Austral entered administration/receivership in May 2024 after trading suspension in September 2023. Receivers retired on 13 May 2024 and directors regained control. These are company-level distress events during his CFO tenure; reviewed sources do not establish personal causation.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The financial role overlapped corporate distress; no individual misconduct or causal responsibility is demonstrated.

Relevance: Material context for prior financial oversight, balanced against subsequent operating recovery.

ASX suspension and administration notice (ASX notice); Receivers retire; directors regain control (pp. 1–2); Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 (p. 30, financial overview)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and current remit

Career record through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

2025 annual report identifies a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Accounting and CAANZ membership; issuer-reported, not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

Relevance: Career background is relevant to the assigned leadership remit, with evidence limits.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 24, CFO profile and tenure)

Evidence gaps

  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.

  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

Jarek Kopias

Company Secretary

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and current remit

2025 annual report records Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), graduate diploma in corporate governance, CPA and Chartered Secretary credentials; issuer-reported.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 · p. 25, company secretary biography and joining date
Evidence gaps · 2
  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.
  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

Full background report

Jarek Kopias

Company Secretary

Career chronology

Governance and interests

Company-secretarial tenure spans receivership and relisting

2023–2025 · issuer reported · low materiality

Austral underwent receivership in May 2024 and returned to trading after restructuring. His company-secretarial tenure overlaps the events, but reviewed sources do not identify any personal breach or responsibility.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company secretary tenure overlaps the corporate events; individual responsibility is not established.

Relevance: Relevant to listed-company disclosure and governance oversight context.

Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 (pp. 30, 38–39); Receivers retire; directors regain control (pp. 1–2)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and current remit

Career record through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

2025 annual report records Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), graduate diploma in corporate governance, CPA and Chartered Secretary credentials; issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide the issuer-reported background; qualification verification and parts of chronology remain incomplete.

Relevance: Career background is relevant to the assigned leadership remit, with evidence limits.

Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 25, company secretary biography and joining date)

Evidence gaps

  • Open-source checks are not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator or credential check.

  • Earlier employment dates and independently verified qualifications were not established for all roles.

David Newling

Chair and acting CEO

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

Newling joined the board in June 2024; the issuer’s 29 September 2026 page says he currently fulfils the CEO role while chair. The effective date of the CEO remit was not disclosed in reviewed sources. Austral’s 2024 annual report lists BBus, MAppFin, FFin, AAusIMM, MIML and GAICD and identifies his Springwood Group CEO role; the credentials are issuer-reported.

Responsibility not applicable · Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 · p. 38, board appointment
Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 · p. 24, director biography and qualifications
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Board leadership during receivership exit and operating recovery

Newling joined the board on 30 June 2024; company records state receivers retired in May 2024 and the group later reported 8,224 tonnes copper sales in 2025. CEO remit is evidenced only on a 29 September 2026 issuer page; no individual causation is established.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Chair/board tenure overlaps recovery; CEO remit is recent/undated and no source attributes results to him individually.

Company SuccessDocumented · Medium materiality

Board leadership through Q4 weather and production performance

Austral’s Q4 2025 output was reported at 2,643 tonnes against guidance of 2,610 tonnes despite severe rainfall; the company’s mitigation included water and access management. The chairman credited management and staff collectively. This supports oversight context, not personal operational causation.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Board chair role overlapped the results; operational actions are attributed to management collectively.

Austral beats Q4 copper guidance despite extreme weather · 7 January 2026, Q4 output, weather response and chair comments; lines 106–124
Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 · p. 24, chair biography and board appointment
Evidence gaps · 2
  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.
  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.

Full background report

David Newling

Chair and acting CEO

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Board leadership during receivership exit and operating recovery

2024–2025; current CEO remit at cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality

Newling joined the board on 30 June 2024; company records state receivers retired in May 2024 and the group later reported 8,224 tonnes copper sales in 2025. CEO remit is evidenced only on a 29 September 2026 issuer page; no individual causation is established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Chair/board tenure overlaps recovery; CEO remit is recent/undated and no source attributes results to him individually.

Relevance: Relevant board leadership in a corporate recovery, with limited attribution evidence.

Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 (p. 38, appointment); Receivers retire; directors regain control (pp. 1–2); Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (pp. 3–4, 2025 operating outcome); Our Story and Leadership (leadership section)

Board leadership through Q4 weather and production performance

Q4 2025 / January 2026 reporting · documented · medium materiality

Austral’s Q4 2025 output was reported at 2,643 tonnes against guidance of 2,610 tonnes despite severe rainfall; the company’s mitigation included water and access management. The chairman credited management and staff collectively. This supports oversight context, not personal operational causation.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Board chair role overlapped the results; operational actions are attributed to management collectively.

Relevance: Relevant to crisis/risk oversight during the transition out of restructuring.

Austral beats Q4 copper guidance despite extreme weather (7 January 2026, Q4 output, weather response and chair comments; lines 106–124); Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 (p. 24, chair biography and board appointment)

Suitability for the current role

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

At cutoff 9 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Newling joined the board in June 2024; the issuer’s 29 September 2026 page says he currently fulfils the CEO role while chair. The effective date of the CEO remit was not disclosed in reviewed sources. Austral’s 2024 annual report lists BBus, MAppFin, FFin, AAusIMM, MIML and GAICD and identifies his Springwood Group CEO role; the credentials are issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Relevance: Relevant to executive assessment; sources do not establish personal causation.

Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 (p. 38, board appointment); Austral Resources Annual Report 2024 (p. 24, director biography and qualifications)

Evidence gaps

  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.

  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.

Michael Jones

General Manager, Western Hub

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

The dated issuer leadership page identifies Jones as Western Hub general manager; no start date or attributable outcome was established.

Responsibility not applicable · Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Our Story and Leadership · Leadership section, Western Hub
Evidence gaps · 3
  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.
  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.
  • Targeted search for a dated public career biography, qualifications and prior operating record returned no reliable attributable profile; only Austral’s current Western Hub title/remit was established.

Full background report

Michael Jones

General Manager, Western Hub

Career chronology

  • Current at 29 September 2026; start date not reported: Austral Resources — General Manager, Western Hub. Our Story and Leadership (Leadership section, Western Hub)

Suitability for the current role

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

At cutoff 9 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The dated issuer leadership page identifies Jones as Western Hub general manager; no start date or attributable outcome was established.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Relevance: Relevant to executive assessment; sources do not establish personal causation.

Our Story and Leadership (Leadership section, Western Hub)

Evidence gaps

  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.

  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.

  • Targeted search for a dated public career biography, qualifications and prior operating record returned no reliable attributable profile; only Austral’s current Western Hub title/remit was established.

Nick Baker

General Manager, Eastern Hub

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

The dated issuer leadership page identifies Baker as Eastern Hub general manager; no start date or attributable outcome was established. An October 2025 industry profile also describes processing-operations experience and leadership of the Rocklands site restart; a separate secondary profile reports earlier electrical apprenticeship, MBA and technical diplomas, not independently verified.

Responsibility not applicable · Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Our Story and Leadership · Leadership section, Eastern Hub
New life for North-West Qld mine and manager · 20 October 2025, current SSE and restart responsibilities
Nick Baker executive biography · profile biography, employer-attributed; MBA and technical diplomas
FailureDocumented · Medium materiality

Rocklands predecessor entered administration before Austral takeover

Industry Queensland reports that Copper Resources Australia entered administration in 2024 after failing to deliver planned higher-grade ore from Crusader; Austral acquired the subsidiary in 2025. Rocklands then went on care and maintenance for plant upgrades and mine-feed planning, with Baker named as site senior executive leading the restart. The article does not link Baker to the predecessor’s failure; his role is reported in the post-acquisition restart phase.

Employer context; no individual link established · The administration preceded the documented post-sale site leadership; no personal responsibility or overlap is established.

New life for North-West Qld mine and manager · 20 October 2025, paragraphs 114–140: administration, sale and restart strategy
Evidence gaps · 2
  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.
  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.

Full background report

Nick Baker

General Manager, Eastern Hub

Career chronology

  • Current at 29 September 2026; start date not reported: Austral Resources — General Manager, Eastern Hub. Our Story and Leadership (Leadership section, Eastern Hub)

  • Publicly documented by October 2025; exact start date not established: Austral Resources / Rocklands — Site Senior Executive; current Eastern Hub General Manager. New life for North-West Qld mine and manager (20 October 2025, site executive and Rocklands restart role); Our Story and Leadership (29 September 2026, current Eastern Hub remit)

Business failures and setbacks

Rocklands predecessor entered administration before Austral takeover

2024–2025 · documented · medium materiality

Industry Queensland reports that Copper Resources Australia entered administration in 2024 after failing to deliver planned higher-grade ore from Crusader; Austral acquired the subsidiary in 2025. Rocklands then went on care and maintenance for plant upgrades and mine-feed planning, with Baker named as site senior executive leading the restart. The article does not link Baker to the predecessor’s failure; his role is reported in the post-acquisition restart phase.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The administration preceded the documented post-sale site leadership; no personal responsibility or overlap is established.

Relevance: Context for the Eastern Hub’s restart and asset history, not an adverse individual finding.

New life for North-West Qld mine and manager (20 October 2025, paragraphs 114–140: administration, sale and restart strategy)

Suitability for the current role

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

At cutoff 9 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The dated issuer leadership page identifies Baker as Eastern Hub general manager; no start date or attributable outcome was established. An October 2025 industry profile also describes processing-operations experience and leadership of the Rocklands site restart; a separate secondary profile reports earlier electrical apprenticeship, MBA and technical diplomas, not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Relevance: Relevant to executive assessment; sources do not establish personal causation.

Our Story and Leadership (Leadership section, Eastern Hub); New life for North-West Qld mine and manager (20 October 2025, current SSE and restart responsibilities); Nick Baker executive biography (profile biography, employer-attributed; MBA and technical diplomas)

Evidence gaps

  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.

  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.

Dr Nathan Chapman

Exploration Manager

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

The dated issuer leadership page identifies Chapman as Exploration Manager; no start date or attributable exploration outcome was established. A July 2025 ASX statement names him as a Competent Person and identifies him as a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists; the issuer states he compiled and consented to exploration results. A degree was not established from that source.

Responsibility not applicable · Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Our Story and Leadership · Leadership section, exploration
Rocklands Resource / exploration announcement, competent person statement · p. 11, Competent Person statement, role and AIG membership
Evidence gaps · 2
  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.
  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.

Full background report

Dr Nathan Chapman

Exploration Manager

Career chronology

Suitability for the current role

Leadership role reconciled to cutoff-date issuer page

At cutoff 9 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The dated issuer leadership page identifies Chapman as Exploration Manager; no start date or attributable exploration outcome was established. A July 2025 ASX statement names him as a Competent Person and identifies him as a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists; the issuer states he compiled and consented to exploration results. A degree was not established from that source.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer leadership roles establish current functional scope, but career chronology and attributable outcomes are not adequately disclosed.

Relevance: Relevant to executive assessment; sources do not establish personal causation.

Our Story and Leadership (Leadership section, exploration); Rocklands Resource / exploration announcement, competent person statement (p. 11, Competent Person statement, role and AIG membership)

Evidence gaps

  • The issuer leadership page supplies no start date or full biography for this role.

  • No independently attributable company outcome or comprehensive adverse-record check was established.