Full background report

Jarek Kopias

Company Secretary

Career chronology

July 2021–current: Austral Resources — Company Secretary. Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 25, company secretary biography and joining date); Jarek Kopias profile (Biography, current roles and tenure)
Earlier; dates not reported: Olympic Dam / WMC, Newmont, Stuart Petroleum — Accounting and company-secretarial roles. Austral Resources Holdings Pty Ltd Annual Report 2025 (p. 25, professional biography)
As reported on issuer profile; dates not reported: Resolution Minerals, Core Lithium and Iron Road — Concurrent company secretary / finance roles. Jarek Kopias profile (Current other listed-company roles)
Five years, exact dates not provided: WMC Resources / Olympic Dam — Finance and company-secretarial roles. Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management (Section 10.1(d), career history)
Five years, exact dates not provided: Newmont Mining — Australian corporate office roles. Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management (Section 10.1(d), career history)
Five years before merger with Senex Energy: Stuart Petroleum — Finance and company-secretarial roles. Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management (Section 10.1(d), career history)
Reported as current in prospectus; status should be rechecked against cutoff-day issuer disclosures: Resolution Minerals / Core Lithium / Iron Road — Concurrent company secretary and finance/governance appointments. Austral Resources Prospectus, Section 10 Directors and Management (Section 10.1(d), concurrent roles)

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.