Aurum Resources Limited

Career chronology

• Appointed 21 Dec 2023; employment contract commenced 29 Jan 2024: Aurum Resources Limited — Managing Director. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report/Remuneration Report; appointment versus contract commencement)

• Founded in 2010; departed the MD role in May 2023: Tietto Minerals Limited — Founder and Managing Director. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report biography; Annual Report 2020 corporate directory / chair’s message)

• Earlier career in Australia, Canada and China; seven years China University of Mining and Technology and six years WASM/University of Alberta as reported: Mining engineering and academia — Mining engineer; lecturer/associate professor and research fellow/associate. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report biography, education and career)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

Dr Wang holds bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees in Mining Engineering and is reported as a Fellow of AusIMM; issuer disclosure was not independently confirmed with the universities or professional body.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 7; qualifications)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

At Tietto, Wang founded and led an explorer through ASX listing, a reported 3.8Moz Abujar discovery, construction and commercial production; a March 2023 dated release says first gold was delivered. AUE’s Boundiali resource grew to 3.22Moz and the June 2026 PFS reported a 1.21Moz probable reserve, but production remains a target, not delivered.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Tietto leadership period overlapped the discovery-to-mine milestones; AUE MD role overlaps the resource/PFS approvals and project decisions, but no personal credit for the full team result is established.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, biography; Tietto development-to-production background); Tietto has zero gold hedging and has delivered its first gold pour at Abujar (20 Mar 2023 release, first gold and Strizek’s departure after Abujar construction)

Governance and interests

Unresolved ASX continuous-disclosure query

30 Sep–7 Oct 2026 · documented · high materiality

On 30 September 2026, AUE issued a cleansing notice relating to 95,454,580 placement shares; assay information later released on 1 October was acknowledged by AUE as price-sensitive. The 7 October response said assessment and interpretation completed after the notice and defended validity. ASX correspondence asked questions but is not a finding of breach.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The query was addressed to the company; the director/company-secretary roles overlap with governance and disclosure oversight, but the correspondence does not connect any person to a deliberate or negligent breach.

Relevance: Material to listed-company disclosure controls and investor trust; remains unresolved at cutoff.

Aurum Resources Limited (AUE): Cleansing Notice – Aware Query (company response and ASX letter) (Company response dated 7 Oct 2026 and embedded ASX query dated 2 Oct 2026, pp. 1–6)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Mining-engineering education, 25 years’ reported mining/exploration experience and prior founder-led gold project build are highly relevant to an Ivorian gold developer; execution at Aurum has not yet been proven through construction/production.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, pp. 6–7 (lines 211–220 in text); director biography, education and dated prior appointments)

Evidence gaps

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

Career chronology

• Appointed 1 Feb 2024; employment contract commenced 1 Jun 2024: Aurum Resources Limited — Executive Director. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Remuneration Report contractual arrangements)

• Director since July 2017; executive director from Jan 2020; stepped down in March 2023: Tietto Minerals Limited — Executive Director / Non-Executive Director. Tietto has zero gold hedging and has delivered its first gold pour at Abujar (Appointment release and 20 Mar 2023 announcement re Abujar first gold and departure)

• Issuer states he served 2011–2019 and left following sale of Watershed for A$15m: Vital Metals Limited — Managing Director. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report / 2019 Tietto appointment release cites prior role and sale)

• Nearly 30 years’ reported cross-commodity experience; complete chronology and degree details not established: Resources industry — Geologist / exploration, feasibility and development executive. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report biography; limitations noted)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer reports a long geology career, but the reviewed issuer disclosures do not identify a degree or qualification; a social profile indexed ECU education without credential details and was not treated as verification.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 7; no degree listed; credential gap)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

At Tietto, Strizek held board/executive roles as Abujar expanded from exploration through construction to first gold, and a 2019 appointment release credited him with assisting technical development/marketing of the resource. At Aurum his board tenure overlaps the 2026 Boundiali resource/PFS milestones.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The dated issuer source ties him to Tietto project stewardship, but project-wide outcomes are not fully attributable to him; Aurum’s planned mine is not yet operating.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, biography; Tietto development-to-production background); Tietto has zero gold hedging and has delivered its first gold pour at Abujar (20 Mar 2023 release, first gold and Strizek’s departure after Abujar construction)

Governance and interests

Unresolved ASX continuous-disclosure query

30 Sep–7 Oct 2026 · documented · high materiality

As an executive director, Strizek held a board role during AUE’s 30 September 2026 cleansing notice and subsequent ASX aware query. AUE acknowledged the related assay information was price-sensitive and defended timing; no ASX conclusion or personal decision attribution was found.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The query was addressed to the company; the director/company-secretary roles overlap with governance and disclosure oversight, but the correspondence does not connect any person to a deliberate or negligent breach.

Relevance: Material to listed-company disclosure controls and investor trust; remains unresolved at cutoff.

Aurum Resources Limited (AUE): Cleansing Notice – Aware Query (company response and ASX letter) (Company response dated 7 Oct 2026 and embedded ASX query dated 2 Oct 2026, pp. 1–6)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Long geological, project-development and director experience is relevant to oversight of resource growth and a feasibility-stage gold mine; degree, role-by-role dates and individual capital-allocation outcomes remain thin.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 7; role and career experience, external directorships, and appointment/contract dates)

Evidence gaps

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

• The reviewed source set did not independently verify educational credentials or give a complete dated employer chronology.

Career chronology

• Appointed 1 Jul 2026; issuer management page describes current CFO role: Aurum Resources Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Note 27 subsequent events and KMP list)

• Prior CFO role stated in issuer biography; exact period not specified: Tietto Minerals Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Management Team (Ting Xu issuer biography, previous CFO role)

• Issuer biography reports senior finance roles; exact dates and responsibilities not published: Consolidated Minerals and IGO Limited — Senior finance roles. Management Team (Ting Xu issuer biography)

• Issuer biography reports prior corporate accounting role; dates/level not specified: Grant Thornton — Corporate accounting. Management Team (Ting Xu issuer biography)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

No degree, accounting qualification or membership was disclosed in the reviewed issuer profiles or FY2026 Annual Report. Her claimed nearly 20 years of mining/resource-sector finance experience is issuer reported, not an independently verified credential.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Management Team (Management Team, Ting Xu biography; credential gap)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Aurum appointed Xu after the Boundiali PFS and identifies her prior Tietto CFO role in a project that reached construction and first gold. She joined after the FY2026 year end; there is not yet a long-term CFO outcome at Aurum to assess.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Current financial oversight is directly relevant to funding a pre-production developer; no personal attribution to Abujar financing or Aurum PFS is established.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (17 June 2026 appointment release, relevant executive biography, pp. 1–3); Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (FY2026 Annual Report, Chairman’s Message / operations)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Mining-sector CFO experience and prior West African gold project exposure are directly relevant to development financing; appointment is recent, and qualifications and financing track record remain insufficiently detailed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, 30 Sep 2026 KMP list and Note 27; appointment effective 1 Jul 2026; CEO/Chairman and management biography sections)

Evidence gaps

• The selected roster and July quarterly appointment list Ting Xu as CFO, while a board resolution in that quarterly report uses Ting Liu; the FY2026 Annual Report names Ting Xu as appointed CFO on 1 July 2026. Ting Xu is retained, with the unresolved document-level discrepancy noted.

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

• AUE appointment occurred after the Boundiali PFS; current-company operating, construction and production outcomes are not yet available to assess.

Career chronology

• Appointed June 2026; exact start day not established: Aurum Resources Limited — General Manager Mining. Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (Appointment release, 17 June 2026, pp. 1–2)

• Issuer says co-founder/director; dates not published: Junction Contract Mining & Consultancy — Founder and Director. Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (Appointment release, p. 2, career biography)

• Issuer lists roles but not individual dates: Mineral Resources, Capricorn Metals, Downer EDI, Consolidated Minerals, Glencore, Iluka, Sons of Gwalia — Mining/technical and project leadership roles. Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (Appointment release, p. 2; issuer management page lines 47–49)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

The sources reviewed describe more than 25 years’ operational and technical experience but do not identify a degree or professional credential.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (Appointment release, p. 2; credential gap)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Issuer profile says Edginton led mine planning, fleet selection, tenders, project development and operational support, and has a track record improving productivity/reducing costs; no independent project-specific benchmark was located. At Aurum he joined after PFS and before the planned DFS/construction.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The duties and claimed delivery record are role-linked by his employer, though exact projects/outcomes are unspecified; Aurum mine delivery is prospective.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (17 June 2026 appointment release, relevant executive biography, pp. 1–3); Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (FY2026 Annual Report, Chairman’s Message / operations)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

25+ years of operational/technical leadership and listed gold/lithium mine roles fit a developer preparing to transition into construction; supporting performance claims lack project/date metrics.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, key management appointments and detailed biography; Management Team page, biography)

Evidence gaps

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

• AUE appointment occurred after the Boundiali PFS; current-company operating, construction and production outcomes are not yet available to assess.

Career chronology

• Appointed June 2026; exact commencement day not established: Aurum Resources Limited — Project Director. Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (Appointment release, 17 June 2026, pp. 1–2)

• Issuer reports more than 20 years in the gold sector and 15+ projects; dates by employer not given: Lycopodium Minerals, Primero and Ausenco — Principal process engineer, study/project management, engineering/site/commissioning management and technical director roles. Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (Appointment release, pp. 2–3; issuer management page lines 55–57)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

No degree, metallurgical qualification or professional membership was specified in the reviewed company materials; issuer describes him as an accomplished metallurgical professional.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (Appointment release, pp. 2–3; qualification gap)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer states Stacey delivered more than 15 projects from feasibility through execution, including the Goulamina design role, the 28.5Mtpa KCGM upgrade and Kobada. No project close-out records or independent attribution were reviewed. His Aurum appointment came after the PFS; Boundiali first gold remains a target.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Role history fits the project delivery remit but project-specific contribution and measured results are not independently documented.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Aurum bolsters Boundiali Gold Project development team with key appointments (17 June 2026 appointment release, relevant executive biography, pp. 1–3); Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (FY2026 Annual Report, Chairman’s Message / operations)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Study, design, construction, commissioning and West African project exposure align closely with Project Director responsibilities; employer-reported project count and contribution remain uncorroborated, and the current project has not reached execution.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Directors’ Report, key management appointments; Management Team page, biography lines 50–57)

Evidence gaps

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

• AUE appointment occurred after the Boundiali PFS; current-company operating, construction and production outcomes are not yet available to assess.

Career chronology

• Listed as Country Manager in issuer April 2026 presentation; latest located explicit role listing; precise start and cutoff-day continuation not disclosed: Aurum Resources Limited — Country Manager. Corporate Overview Presentation (10 April 2026) (Corporate overview, p. 4; title as presented)

• Named as country manager in FY2020 annual report; exact service dates not provided: Tietto Minerals Limited — Côte d’Ivoire Country Manager. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2020 (Chairman’s Message, p. 3)

• Professional biography, education and prior employment chronology not established from cutoff-eligible issuer material: Aurum/Tietto project origination — Vendor / local project and stakeholder role. Corporate Overview Presentation (10 April 2026) (Corporate overview, p. 4; limited role evidence)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

No education or professional qualification was disclosed in the reviewed cutoff-eligible issuer sources; detailed biography is unavailable.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Corporate Overview Presentation (10 April 2026) (Management roster, p. 4; credential and chronology gap)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

A 2020 Tietto annual report says Yao led its in-country management and helped execute operations, while the April 2026 Aurum presentation lists him as Country Manager. Attributing later Boundiali resource growth to him individually is not supported by reviewed records.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The country role implies oversight of local operations and stakeholders; specific personal contribution, role dates and outcomes remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2020 (Chairman’s Message, p. 3, in-country Country Manager); Corporate Overview Presentation (10 April 2026) (Corporate overview, p. 4)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Local-country management experience at Tietto and a current Aurum country-manager listing are relevant to Côte d’Ivoire execution; personal history, local stakeholder outcomes and the latest role status after April 2026 are thinly documented.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Corporate Overview Presentation (10 April 2026) (Corporate overview, p. 4, management roster; FY2020 Tietto Annual Report, Chairman’s Message, p. 3, country manager passage)

Evidence gaps

• The latest dated explicit role listing located is the issuer presentation dated 10 April 2026. No later dated appointment/continuation notice or detailed biography/education record was located by cutoff.

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

Career chronology

• Appointed 13 Feb 2024; role also listed in 10 Apr 2026 presentation: Aurum Resources Limited — Exploration Manager Côte d’Ivoire. Aurum appoints Exploration Manager as Côte d’Ivoire field program accelerates (Appointment release, pp. 1–2; April presentation p. 4)

• Approximate 2017–Jan 2024 chronology from secondary profile; company appointment release independently describes Abujar exploration leadership from 2016 to 2023: Tietto Minerals Limited — Project Geologist, Senior Exploration Geologist, Exploration Superintendent (reported secondary profile). Aurum appoints Exploration Manager as Côte d’Ivoire field program accelerates (Appointment release, p. 1; date detail only on secondary profile)

• Profile reports early positions, not independently verified: B&F Minerals / ESBTP — Exploration geologist / geology professor (secondary profile only). Aurum appoints Exploration Manager as Côte d’Ivoire field program accelerates (Detailed chronology not independently established)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer confirms MAusIMM in its 2026 presentation and appointment release, but does not state degrees. A LinkedIn/third-party profile lists geology study and a PhD in progress, which was not treated as an awarded credential.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Corporate Overview Presentation (10 April 2026) (Corporate overview, p. 18; appointment release p. 1; degree verification gap)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Aurum’s 2024 appointment release credits Ouattara with overseeing and leading Abujar resource discovery from 0.7Moz in 2016 to 3.8Moz in 2023; Tietto’s FY2020 annual report also names its Ivorian geology team under Ouattara as growing resources. These are issuer-reported team contributions.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Exploration leadership is directly relevant to a resource-growth company; issuer sources connect him to discovery, but no independent technical audit of individual contribution was located.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Aurum appoints Exploration Manager as Côte d’Ivoire field program accelerates (13 Feb 2024 appointment release, pp. 1–2); Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2020 (Chairman’s Message, p. 3)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

A dated appointment, current 2026 title and AusIMM membership plus substantial West African exploration history fit the role; degree, detailed chronology and independent attribution of discoveries remain limited.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Corporate Overview Presentation (10 April 2026) (Corporate overview, p. 4, management roster; issuer appointment release, 13 Feb 2024, pp. 1–2)

Evidence gaps

• Degree titles and award status are not verified; the issuer confirms MAusIMM, while third-party profile education dates and PhD-in-progress claims were not treated as a credential check.

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

Career chronology

• Named as company secretary in FY2026 report; issuer FY2023 report says appointed 25 May 2021: Aurum Resources Limited — Company Secretary. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2023 (FY2023 Annual Report, corporate directory and biography; FY2026 directory)

• Issuer says seven years at ASX; precise period and duties not given: Australian Securities Exchange — Company secretarial / market operations experience. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2023 (FY2023 Annual Report, Directors’ Report, p. 4)

• FY2023 issuer report says he began career in Perth assurance division; years not given: Ernst & Young Perth — Assurance. Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2023 (FY2023 Annual Report, Directors’ Report, p. 4)

• Current service-provider roles are described in issuer/independent company profiles; exact client chronology incomplete: Mirador Corporate and public-company clients — Corporate advisory, company secretarial and financial management. Management Team (Annual report role disclosure; management page and 2023 annual report professional summary)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and credential evidence

Qualifications disclosed by cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

Aurum’s FY2023 Annual Report says Piccini is a Chartered Accountant, member of the Governance Institute of Australia and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Taxation; credential claims were not separately confirmed with issuers.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer disclosures state the listed credentials; no independent verification with universities/professional bodies was completed.

Relevance: Qualifications support stated technical/governance fit, subject to credential verification gaps.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2023 (Directors’ Report, p. 4; professional qualifications)

Contributions and company outcomes

Selected delivery record

Historic employer milestones and AUE progress to 30 Sep 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The company secretary role has continued since Aurum’s May 2021 appointment through multiple filings and the 2026 ASX response. This establishes role continuity and filing responsibility, not a specific personal business success.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His position is relevant to continuous disclosure, statutory filings and governance; no individual contribution to project/resource outcomes is evidenced.

Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s current remit; employer and team results do not prove sole personal causation.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2023 (Directors’ Report, p. 4; role since May 2021); Aurum Resources Limited (AUE): Cleansing Notice – Aware Query (company response and ASX letter) (7 Oct 2026, pp. 1–3, signed response by Company Secretary)

Governance and interests

Unresolved ASX continuous-disclosure query

30 Sep–7 Oct 2026 · documented · high materiality

As Company Secretary, Piccini signed AUE’s 7 October response to the ASX aware query concerning the 30 September cleansing notice and 1 October release of price-sensitive assays. Signing/responding does not establish that he controlled the earlier notice timing or acted improperly; ASX made no finding in the released correspondence.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The query was addressed to the company; the director/company-secretary roles overlap with governance and disclosure oversight, but the correspondence does not connect any person to a deliberate or negligent breach.

Relevance: Material to listed-company disclosure controls and investor trust; remains unresolved at cutoff.

Aurum Resources Limited (AUE): Cleansing Notice – Aware Query (company response and ASX letter) (Company response dated 7 Oct 2026 and embedded ASX query dated 2 Oct 2026, pp. 1–6)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit and evidence limits

Current role and career to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chartered-accountancy, governance and seven years’ ASX experience are directly relevant to listed-company secretarial work; the 2026 disclosure query increases the importance of controls, but correspondence does not establish personal fault.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-based role-fit judgment, not an outcome attribution.

Relevance: Experience fits the company's development/exploration stage and role as described; individual delivery in current role remains to be demonstrated.

Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2026 (Corporate Directory, p. 3; FY2023 Annual Report, Directors’ Report biography, p. 4; 7 Oct 2026 response, pp. 1–3)

Evidence gaps

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court, insolvency, regulator, safety or environmental database screening was completed; documented open-web searches do not establish clearance.

• The ASX correspondence reviewed does not determine compliance or personal responsibility; any later regulator outcome after 7 October was not identified at cutoff.