Angus Peterson

Career chronology

• March 2021–current; title changed 31 August 2026: Austral Resources — CFO; then General Manager – Finance and Treasury. Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 24, CFO profile and tenure); Austral Resources CFO change (Role transition effective 31 August 2026); Appointment of Interim CFO (interim CFO appointment, 22 August 2023)

• Earlier; dates not reported: KPMG — Professional services; including Houston experience. Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 24, biography)

• Earlier; dates not reported: TerraCom — Financial Reporting Manager. Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 24, biography)

• March 2021–August 2023: Austral Resources — Finance Manager; Interim CFO from 22 August 2023. Appointment of Interim CFO (appointment notice: employed since March 2021; interim CFO effective 22 August 2023)

• Over nine years; dates not reconciled across records: KPMG — Auditor, energy and natural resources focus; Houston oil and gas clients. Appointment of Interim CFO (appointment notice, career history)

• Two years before Austral; dates not specified: TerraCom Resources — Financial Reporting Manager. Appointment of Interim CFO (appointment notice, career history)

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.