Full background report

Yaya Ouattara

Exploration Manager

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.