Andrew Conover

Career chronology

• Appointed 20 July 2026; current: American Rare Earths — Chief Development Officer. Appointment of Andrew Conover as Chief Development Officer (appointment date and remit)

• Most recent role before ARR; exact dates not disclosed: Elko Mining Group / Origin Mining — Senior Director of Construction; brownfield copper-molybdenum mill restart. Appointment of Andrew Conover as Chief Development Officer (appointment release, prior role and project responsibility)

Contributions and company outcomes

Halleck Creek technical advancement remains pre-production

December 2025–September 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

ARR reported mixed rare earth oxide production from test work in the December 2025 quarter, before this executive joined; in the September 2026 quarter it reported completing feasibility-stage drilling and commencing ore crushing for its pilot program. No operating mine or commercial production has been delivered.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The 2025 milestone predates the executive’s appointment; subsequent issuer-reported company work is not individually attributed.

Relevance: Relevant to project execution; progress remains at study/pilot stage.

Quarterly Activities and Appendix 5B for September 2026 (pp. 1–3, September quarter operational update); Quarterly activities for December 2025 (pp. 1–2, mixed oxide test work)

Business failures and setbacks

Development-stage losses and no producing operation

Through 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

ARR remains a pre-revenue rare earth developer with no operating mine; financial reports describe continued exploration, studies, processing test work and capital needs. This is a company-stage limitation, not evidence of personal failure.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company performance overlaps current tenure for some executives; no individual causation demonstrated.

Relevance: Material context for delivery track record and capital stewardship.

Annual Report to shareholders, year ended 30 June 2025 (financial statements and going-concern/project sections); Half Yearly Report and Accounts, six months ended 31 December 2025 (financial statements and operations); Quarterly Activities Report for period ended 30 June 2026 (quarterly activities and cashflow)

Suitability for the current role

Background relevant to current remit

Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Appointment release describes approximately 20 years of mining project execution; formal education and professional memberships not specified in reviewed source.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography/appointment material provides this background; independent qualification and career verification are incomplete.

Relevance: Relevant to current role, with depth varying by available published evidence.

Appointment of Andrew Conover as Chief Development Officer (experience and education disclosure)

Issuer-reported role on a US$350m brownfield mill restart

Prior to July 2026; exact period not disclosed · analyst inference · medium materiality

American Rare Earths’ 20 July 2026 appointment release says Conover was accountable as Senior Director of Construction for restarting a brownfield copper-molybdenum mill, tailings and associated infrastructure with an approximately US$350m budget, reporting strong safety outcomes and disciplined execution. This is issuer-reported attribution; independent project-completion and safety records were not located in this review.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. ARR attributes accountability to Conover; independent completion, cost and safety evidence was not found, so no delivered result is inferred.

Relevance: Material development/construction experience for a project moving from studies toward feasibility.

Appointment of Andrew Conover as Chief Development Officer (20 July 2026 appointment, prior construction role and US$350m responsibility)

Evidence gaps

• Public profiles omit or incompletely date some prior roles and qualifications.

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

• No independent completion, cost, schedule or safety audit for the stated US$350m restart was located; claim remains based on appointment-release biography.

• The inherited 9 October topic-search history was not independently verifiable; the 31 October name-focused search was broad and did not establish exhaustive topic or jurisdiction coverage.