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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Jane Macey

Chief Operating Officer

Career chronology

  • Appointed January 2026; exact effective day not disclosed: Arafura Rare Earths Limited — Chief Operating Officer. Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation (Page 28; COO appointment)

  • Issuer presentation describes more than 20 years across Tier 1 mining; specific role dates are not disclosed: BHP, OZ Minerals, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and Roy Hill — Senior operations, engineering and project roles. Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation (Page 28; career summary)

  • Listed by Arafura as a current NED in May 2026 presentation; appointment date not stated in the source reviewed: Genesis Minerals — Non-executive director. Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation (Page 28; current external board role)

Education and qualifications

Engineering qualification and company-director training reported

By 2026-05-22 · issuer reported · low materiality

Arafura's presentation reports a Bachelor of Engineering and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors credential. Independent verification was not performed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant to operational and project oversight responsibilities.

Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation (Page 28; qualifications)

Suitability for the current role

Mining operations and project experience is relevant; COO tenure is still short

January–November 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Arafura reports over 20 years across Tier 1 mining, including BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue, Roy Hill and OZ Minerals, with senior operational and project roles. The company appointed Macey COO in January 2026. Arafura was in early construction by the September 2026 quarter; these company milestones overlap her tenure but are not individually attributed, and the source bases are principally issuer biographies.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst role-fit judgment and does not attribute construction outcomes or prior employer results personally.

Relevance: Relevant to operations-readiness and execution at a development-stage rare-earth project.

Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation (Page 28; background, appointment and roles); Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B for period ending 30 September 2026 (Pages 1 and 3; early construction status)

Evidence gaps

  • Career chronology and exact commencement dates for prior roles are not publicly detailed in the reviewed primary sources.

  • The Genesis profile page was inaccessible; current board membership is supported only by Arafura's May 2026 issuer presentation.

  • The reviewed search scope did not locate person-specific adverse findings; it is not an exhaustive clearance.

  • Current Arafura tenure is under one year and no individual operational outcome is separately quantified.