Mandjou Keita

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.