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2026-11-06
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Asara Resources Limited

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People, delivery and responsibility

Management background checks

Evidence through 2026-10-09

Research assessment

Executive team

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Asara has a Guinea-focused exploration team with prior Kiniero/Siguiri project experience and named geology, finance and governance qualifications. The 2026 placement and Kada resource/drilling progress support continued exploration and DFS work, but do not constitute construction or production delivery. Sharples has a dated issuer-attributed role in restarting exploration; Keita’s prior drill/discovery work and credentials are more specific but remain mainly issuer/profile reported. Independent individual outcome, credential and Guinea safety/environmental evidence remains incomplete.

Decision-relevant facts

Material summary

Individual involvement and employer context shown separately

Matthew Sharples

Managing Director and CEO

Current
Full background report for Matthew Sharples
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional background and role relevance

Issuer states degrees from Durham and Royal Holloway, London; fields and dates are not listed in reviewed company profile.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

About / Proven Team · Matthew Sharples biography
Corporate Presentation · leadership team p. 6
Personal SuccessIssuer Reported · High materiality

Kiniero resource growth and project sale experience

Asara says Sharples co-founded Sycamore Mining, expanded Kiniero Mine resources from 1.5 Moz to 3.5 Moz, and participated in its US$160m sale. The April 2026 presentation describes team advancement of Kiniero through DFS and sale; Micon records de Klerk’s geology role in the same project. Individual shares of resource growth, DFS and transaction work cannot be separated. In his current Asara tenure, the board says he helped restart and advance Kada exploration and expand Asara’s Guinea footprint; this is issuer-attributed leadership contribution, not a completed mine or production outcome.

Individual involvement documented · Issuer profile attributes co-founder role and Kiniero resource expansion/sale to Sharples, but does not quantify his personal contribution. Asara’s board separately credits his leadership with restarting/advancing exploration at Kada; no operating result is yet attributable.

About / Proven Team · Matthew Sharples biography
Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk · Kiniero development, DFS, financing and acquisition/sale context
Appointment of Matthew Sharples as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer · p. 1; board attribution for Kada restart/advancement and Guinea expansion
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

2025 Annual Report · material business risks, funding and cashflow
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter financing and activities
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

Full background report

Matthew Sharples

Managing Director and CEO

Career chronology

Personal achievements

Kiniero resource growth and project sale experience

2019–2023 · issuer reported · high materiality

Asara says Sharples co-founded Sycamore Mining, expanded Kiniero Mine resources from 1.5 Moz to 3.5 Moz, and participated in its US$160m sale. The April 2026 presentation describes team advancement of Kiniero through DFS and sale; Micon records de Klerk’s geology role in the same project. Individual shares of resource growth, DFS and transaction work cannot be separated. In his current Asara tenure, the board says he helped restart and advance Kada exploration and expand Asara’s Guinea footprint; this is issuer-attributed leadership contribution, not a completed mine or production outcome.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer profile attributes co-founder role and Kiniero resource expansion/sale to Sharples, but does not quantify his personal contribution. Asara’s board separately credits his leadership with restarting/advancing exploration at Kada; no operating result is yet attributable.

Relevance: Relevant prior Guinea gold development and transaction experience.

About / Proven Team (Matthew Sharples biography); Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk (Kiniero development, DFS, financing and acquisition/sale context); Appointment of Matthew Sharples as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (p. 1; board attribution for Kada restart/advancement and Guinea expansion)

Business failures and setbacks

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.

2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)

Suitability for the current role

Professional background and role relevance

Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer states degrees from Durham and Royal Holloway, London; fields and dates are not listed in reviewed company profile.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

Relevance: Experience and qualifications are relevant to the current functional remit, with evidence limitations.

About / Proven Team (Matthew Sharples biography); Corporate Presentation (leadership team p. 6)

Evidence gaps

  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.

  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.

  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

Aurelien Douyere

Chief Financial Officer

Current
Full background report for Aurelien Douyere
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional background and role relevance

Asara’s 18 May 2026 appointment announcement identifies Douyere as a CPA with 15+ years in senior finance roles and names him as CFO of Sahara Natural Resources immediately before Asara. Asara’s profile describes finance transformation, business improvement, operations, control/system implementation and English/French fluency. The reviewed public material does not provide dated role chronology, specific audited outcomes, or independent confirmation of prior titles.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

Asara appoints a Chief Financial Officer · appointment announcement, background and prior Sahara CFO role
About / Proven Team · Aurelien Douyere biography; finance remit and languages
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter resource/drilling and funding update
Corporate Presentation · Kada project/team
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

2025 Annual Report · material business risks, funding and cashflow
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter financing and activities
Evidence gaps · 4
  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.
  • Prior CFO tenure and individual finance outcomes at Sahara Natural Resources are not dated or independently corroborated in the reviewed public sources.

Full background report

Aurelien Douyere

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Relevance: Relevant to exploration-stage execution; no operating mine or production outcome yet.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter resource/drilling and funding update); Corporate Presentation (Kada project/team)

Business failures and setbacks

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.

2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)

Suitability for the current role

Professional background and role relevance

Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Asara’s 18 May 2026 appointment announcement identifies Douyere as a CPA with 15+ years in senior finance roles and names him as CFO of Sahara Natural Resources immediately before Asara. Asara’s profile describes finance transformation, business improvement, operations, control/system implementation and English/French fluency. The reviewed public material does not provide dated role chronology, specific audited outcomes, or independent confirmation of prior titles.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

Relevance: Experience and qualifications are relevant to the current functional remit, with evidence limitations.

Asara appoints a Chief Financial Officer (appointment announcement, background and prior Sahara CFO role); About / Proven Team (Aurelien Douyere biography; finance remit and languages)

Evidence gaps

  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.

  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.

  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

  • Prior CFO tenure and individual finance outcomes at Sahara Natural Resources are not dated or independently corroborated in the reviewed public sources.

Joanna Kiernan

Company Secretary

Current
Full background report for Joanna Kiernan
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional background and role relevance

Asara’s current profile reports 18+ years administering listed companies, chiefly in resources, across ASX, AIM and SGX issuers, and concurrent company-secretary roles at Asara and Marvel Gold. The 2026 presentation confirms this governance remit. Public biographies reviewed do not disclose education, a full prior-company chronology, or the Asara appointment date; no claim is made about governance outcomes at former issuers without tenure-specific evidence.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

About / Proven Team · Joanna Kiernan biography
Corporate Presentation · board and corporate governance, p. 5
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter resource/drilling and funding update
Corporate Presentation · Kada project/team
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

2025 Annual Report · material business risks, funding and cashflow
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter financing and activities
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

Full background report

Joanna Kiernan

Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Current at cutoff; start date not established: Asara Resources — Company Secretary. 2025 Annual Report (directors/company secretary); About / Proven Team (corporate directory)

  • Concurrent role reported by issuer; dates not stated: Marvel Gold — Company Secretary. About / Proven Team (Company secretary profile)

Contributions and company outcomes

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Relevance: Relevant to exploration-stage execution; no operating mine or production outcome yet.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter resource/drilling and funding update); Corporate Presentation (Kada project/team)

Business failures and setbacks

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.

2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)

Suitability for the current role

Professional background and role relevance

Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Asara’s current profile reports 18+ years administering listed companies, chiefly in resources, across ASX, AIM and SGX issuers, and concurrent company-secretary roles at Asara and Marvel Gold. The 2026 presentation confirms this governance remit. Public biographies reviewed do not disclose education, a full prior-company chronology, or the Asara appointment date; no claim is made about governance outcomes at former issuers without tenure-specific evidence.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

Relevance: Experience and qualifications are relevant to the current functional remit, with evidence limitations.

About / Proven Team (Joanna Kiernan biography); Corporate Presentation (board and corporate governance, p. 5)

Evidence gaps

  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.

  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.

  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

Andrew de Klerk

VP of Exploration

Current
Full background report for Andrew de Klerk
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional background and role relevance

Micon gives BSc (Hons), Pr.Sci.Nat. and SAIMM membership; 2017 competent-person report identifies Rhodes University geology and environmental science degrees and additional qualifications.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk · professional biography
About / Proven Team · Andrew de Klerk profile
Corporate Presentation · leadership team p. 6
Company SuccessDocumented · High materiality

Kiniero resource growth and development exposure

Micon reports de Klerk worked as Geology Director at Sycamore/Robex and was involved in Kiniero through resource growth, deposit discoveries, studies, fundraising and project development. These are team/company outcomes, not independently attributable solely to him.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · His geology leadership overlapped the work; no source establishes sole individual causation.

Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk · employment and Kiniero project record
Corporate Presentation · leadership team p. 6
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

2025 Annual Report · material business risks, funding and cashflow
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter financing and activities
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

Full background report

Andrew de Klerk

VP of Exploration

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Kiniero resource growth and development exposure

2019–2023 · documented · high materiality

Micon reports de Klerk worked as Geology Director at Sycamore/Robex and was involved in Kiniero through resource growth, deposit discoveries, studies, fundraising and project development. These are team/company outcomes, not independently attributable solely to him.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His geology leadership overlapped the work; no source establishes sole individual causation.

Relevance: Relevant West African gold exploration and project-development track record.

Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk (employment and Kiniero project record); Corporate Presentation (leadership team p. 6)

Business failures and setbacks

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.

2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)

Suitability for the current role

Professional background and role relevance

Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Micon gives BSc (Hons), Pr.Sci.Nat. and SAIMM membership; 2017 competent-person report identifies Rhodes University geology and environmental science degrees and additional qualifications.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

Relevance: Experience and qualifications are relevant to the current functional remit, with evidence limitations.

Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk (professional biography); About / Proven Team (Andrew de Klerk profile); Corporate Presentation (leadership team p. 6)

Evidence gaps

  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.

  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.

  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

Andre Bezuidenhout

Principal Geologist

Current
Full background report for Andre Bezuidenhout
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional background and role relevance

Asara reports more than 15 years across geology, mining, exploration, consulting and project development, particularly in West Africa. Its April 2026 presentation assigns him the Principal Geologist role. Reviewed public material does not identify his employers, dates, degrees, professional registration or quantified prior project outcomes; these remain specific evidence gaps.

Responsibility not applicable · Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

About / Proven Team · Andre Bezuidenhout biography
Corporate Presentation · leadership team, p. 6
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter resource/drilling and funding update
Corporate Presentation · Kada project/team
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

2025 Annual Report · material business risks, funding and cashflow
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter financing and activities
Evidence gaps · 4
  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.
  • A 2014 South African High Court search hit named an Andre Bezuidenhout in a Department of Correctional Services accounting-store fraud case; the primary judgment could not be opened in this review, and no employer, occupation, birth detail or other identifier links that respondent to Asara’s geologist. Identity and final disposition were therefore not independently resolved, and no allegation is attributed to this executive.

Full background report

Andre Bezuidenhout

Principal Geologist

Career chronology

  • Current at cutoff; start date not stated: Asara Resources — Principal Geologist. Corporate Presentation (leadership team p. 6); About / Proven Team (management team)

  • Over 15 years reported; employers/dates not disclosed: Mining/geology consulting — Exploration, consulting and project development. Corporate Presentation (leadership team p. 6)

Contributions and company outcomes

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Relevance: Relevant to exploration-stage execution; no operating mine or production outcome yet.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter resource/drilling and funding update); Corporate Presentation (Kada project/team)

Business failures and setbacks

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.

2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)

Suitability for the current role

Professional background and role relevance

Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Asara reports more than 15 years across geology, mining, exploration, consulting and project development, particularly in West Africa. Its April 2026 presentation assigns him the Principal Geologist role. Reviewed public material does not identify his employers, dates, degrees, professional registration or quantified prior project outcomes; these remain specific evidence gaps.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.

Relevance: Experience and qualifications are relevant to the current functional remit, with evidence limitations.

About / Proven Team (Andre Bezuidenhout biography); Corporate Presentation (leadership team, p. 6)

Evidence gaps

  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.

  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.

  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

  • A 2014 South African High Court search hit named an Andre Bezuidenhout in a Department of Correctional Services accounting-store fraud case; the primary judgment could not be opened in this review, and no employer, occupation, birth detail or other identifier links that respondent to Asara’s geologist. Identity and final disposition were therefore not independently resolved, and no allegation is attributed to this executive.

Mandjou Keita

Geology Manager

Current
Full background report for Mandjou Keita
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional background and role relevance

CEGA’s profile identifies Keita as Asara’s Director of Geology and states that he earned a Guinean geological-engineering degree in 2003 and a Mines Paris MIRIS specialized master in open-pit and underground mining in 2024. An undated professional profile reports prior SEMAFO Kiniero/Kouroussa exploration and mine-geology work (2003–09) and SAG mineral-resource work beginning in 2009, including drilling, geochemistry, hydrology, ore/dilution control and geological database duties. The profile’s “2009–present” SAG line conflicts with later Asara biographies and is not treated as proof of continuous employment.

Responsibility not applicable · Degree and work history are reported by a local professional organization and a profile page; dates and individual discovery attribution are not independently corroborated.

Mandjou Keita – CEGA staff biography · Mandjou Keita entry; education and Asara role
Almamy Mandjou KEITA professional profile · career and education sections
Corporate Presentation · leadership team, p. 6; Guinea/Kiniero exploration responsibilities
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

Asara’s April 2026 leadership presentation states that Keita was a principal in discovering the Maniantou deposit and growing the Saraya/Silakoro pit complex during prior SAG work, and that as Kiniero Exploration Manager he executed more than 150 km of drilling and discovered Sabali South and Mansounia. These are issuer-attributed project/team achievements; no independent source in this review isolates his share of deposit discovery or later project economics. Asara’s current Kada drilling/resource work remains exploration-stage, with no production delivered.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Corporate Presentation · leadership team, p. 6; prior-project track record
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter resource/drilling update
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

2025 Annual Report · material business risks, funding and cashflow
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter financing and activities
Evidence gaps · 4
  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.
  • Professional profile chronology for SAG is stale or internally inconsistent (“2009–present” despite subsequent Kiniero/Sycamore and Asara roles); exact departure dates and third-party employment verification are unavailable.

Full background report

Mandjou Keita

Geology Manager

Career chronology

  • November 2003–August 2009 (self-reported profile; no independent employment confirmation): SEMAFO Guinea, Kiniero/Kouroussa — Geological Engineer; exploration and mine geology duties reported. Almamy Mandjou KEITA professional profile (career lines 87–103 and employer history 127–129)

  • Current at cutoff; start date not stated: Asara Resources — Geology Manager / Director of Geology. Corporate Presentation (leadership team, p. 6); Mandjou Keita – CEGA staff biography (Mandjou Keita entry; Director of Geology)

  • From September 2009; end date unclear and profile is undated: SAG Mine — Geological engineer, Mineral Resource Management; profile reports drilling, soil geochemistry, hydrogeology, structural mapping and drill planning. Almamy Mandjou KEITA professional profile (career lines 75–85 and employer history 123–129)

Contributions and company outcomes

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s April 2026 leadership presentation states that Keita was a principal in discovering the Maniantou deposit and growing the Saraya/Silakoro pit complex during prior SAG work, and that as Kiniero Exploration Manager he executed more than 150 km of drilling and discovered Sabali South and Mansounia. These are issuer-attributed project/team achievements; no independent source in this review isolates his share of deposit discovery or later project economics. Asara’s current Kada drilling/resource work remains exploration-stage, with no production delivered.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Relevance: Relevant to exploration-stage execution; no operating mine or production outcome yet.

Corporate Presentation (leadership team, p. 6; prior-project track record); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter resource/drilling update)

Business failures and setbacks

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.

2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)

Suitability for the current role

Professional background and role relevance

Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

CEGA’s profile identifies Keita as Asara’s Director of Geology and states that he earned a Guinean geological-engineering degree in 2003 and a Mines Paris MIRIS specialized master in open-pit and underground mining in 2024. An undated professional profile reports prior SEMAFO Kiniero/Kouroussa exploration and mine-geology work (2003–09) and SAG mineral-resource work beginning in 2009, including drilling, geochemistry, hydrology, ore/dilution control and geological database duties. The profile’s “2009–present” SAG line conflicts with later Asara biographies and is not treated as proof of continuous employment.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Degree and work history are reported by a local professional organization and a profile page; dates and individual discovery attribution are not independently corroborated.

Relevance: Geology qualifications and Siguiri/Kiniero exploration experience align closely with the current Guinea exploration remit.

Mandjou Keita – CEGA staff biography (Mandjou Keita entry; education and Asara role); Almamy Mandjou KEITA professional profile (career and education sections); Corporate Presentation (leadership team, p. 6; Guinea/Kiniero exploration responsibilities)

Evidence gaps

  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.

  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.

  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

  • Professional profile chronology for SAG is stale or internally inconsistent (“2009–present” despite subsequent Kiniero/Sycamore and Asara roles); exact departure dates and third-party employment verification are unavailable.

Souleymane Saadi

Country Manager

Current
Full background report for Souleymane Saadi
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional background and role relevance

Asara describes Saadi as an established Guinean entrepreneur with local networks and complex-project experience but publishes no named prior employers, projects, education or dates. A 18 September 2026 report on the Chambre des Mines de Guinée identifies him as Asara Country Manager and reports that he represented Asara as it joined the sector association, including a public statement about industry coordination and local expectations. This corroborates his current country-facing role, not the broader “proven track record” claim.

Responsibility not applicable · Current title and association representation are independently reported; claimed prior complex-project delivery is issuer-reported without named projects or attributable outcomes.

About / Proven Team · Souleymane Saadi biography
2nd CMG Board session: 2025 accounts, governance revision and new members · paragraphs 21–30; association membership and Saadi statement
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter resource/drilling and funding update
Corporate Presentation · Kada project/team
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

2025 Annual Report · material business risks, funding and cashflow
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 · June quarter financing and activities
Evidence gaps · 4
  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.
  • The issuer’s description of prior complex-project delivery is not supported by named employers, projects, dates or independent outcome evidence in the sources reviewed.

Full background report

Souleymane Saadi

Country Manager

Career chronology

  • Current at cutoff; start date not stated: Asara Resources — Country Manager. About / Proven Team (management team); Corporate Presentation (leadership team p. 6)

  • Prior/current background, without dates or employer names: Guinean business/community roles — Entrepreneur; complex project delivery. About / Proven Team (Souleymane Saadi profile)

Contributions and company outcomes

Kada resource and exploration growth under current team

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.

Relevance: Relevant to exploration-stage execution; no operating mine or production outcome yet.

Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter resource/drilling and funding update); Corporate Presentation (Kada project/team)

Business failures and setbacks

Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine

2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.

Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.

2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)

Suitability for the current role

Professional background and role relevance

Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Asara describes Saadi as an established Guinean entrepreneur with local networks and complex-project experience but publishes no named prior employers, projects, education or dates. A 18 September 2026 report on the Chambre des Mines de Guinée identifies him as Asara Country Manager and reports that he represented Asara as it joined the sector association, including a public statement about industry coordination and local expectations. This corroborates his current country-facing role, not the broader “proven track record” claim.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Current title and association representation are independently reported; claimed prior complex-project delivery is issuer-reported without named projects or attributable outcomes.

Relevance: A locally based country role can support stakeholder coordination in Guinea, but published evidence of prior delivery and controls is thin.

About / Proven Team (Souleymane Saadi biography); 2nd CMG Board session: 2025 accounts, governance revision and new members (paragraphs 21–30; association membership and Saadi statement)

Evidence gaps

  • Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.

  • Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.

  • Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.

  • The issuer’s description of prior complex-project delivery is not supported by named employers, projects, dates or independent outcome evidence in the sources reviewed.