Andrew de Klerk

Career chronology

• Returned June 2023; prior employment before Sept 2019: Micon International — Principal Geologist and Project Manager. Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk (employment chronology)

• 2019–2023; exact role boundaries not independently dated: Sycamore Mining / Robex Resources — Geology Director / Kiniero project geology. Growing the Micon Team: Andrew de Klerk (prior experience)

• At cutoff; start date not verified: Asara Resources — VP of Exploration. About / Proven Team (Andrew de Klerk biography); Corporate Presentation (team slide)

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.