BCI Minerals Limited

Career chronology

• From 21 November 2022: BCI Minerals — Managing Director. BCI Minerals welcomes David Boshoff as Managing Director (p.1 and Annexure A); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.18–19 leadership biographies)

• 2019–2022: Bravus Mining & Resources — Chief Operating Officer, then Chief Executive Officer. BCI Minerals welcomes David Boshoff as Managing Director (p.1)

• Before Bravus; dates not established: BHP — General Manager, Mt Arthur Coal and Daunia; earlier Caval Ridge ramp-up role. BCI Minerals welcomes David Boshoff as Managing Director (p.1)

Contributions and company outcomes

Carmichael reached first export milestone during his Bravus leadership

2019–2022; first shipment milestone 29 December 2021 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCI's 2022 appointment release says Boshoff led Carmichael's startup to full production during his 2019–2022 Bravus COO/CEO tenure. Bravus reported on 29 December 2021 that the first coal shipment had been assembled at the export terminal while he was CEO. Both sources are issuer statements and do not quantify his individual contribution to the wider mine economics.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. BCI and Bravus explicitly connect him to project leadership and the first shipment; no independent contribution or return analysis was found.

Relevance: Relevant large-project start-up exposure for a current development-stage CEO; self-reported project milestone.

BCI Minerals welcomes David Boshoff as Managing Director (p.1); Carmichael's First Export Ready to Sail (first export milestone)

Mardie advanced from pond filling to crystallised salt

FY26 to 30 September 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

BCI reported 49kt of crystallised salt and 85% construction progress at 30 June 2026, then 266kt and 90% progress at 30 September (87% including crystalliser lining). Available funding at September quarter-end was A$316m. This is meaningful commissioning progress, not a commercial shipment or evidence of personal causation.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Boshoff's MD tenure overlaps the milestones; the reports do not isolate his personal contribution.

Relevance: Core evidence of progress on the project he leads, while commercial production and shipment remain unproven.

BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.11–12 and 24–25); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–4 and 6)

Business failures and setbacks

First shipment moved beyond the prior December 2026 target

Target to 20 October 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

BCI's FY25 report and June 2025 quarterly said First Salt on Ship was targeted for the quarter ending 31 December 2026. By the 20 October 2026 quarterly, the pathway was described as CY2027 and timing remained weather/evaporation dependent. The disclosures support a schedule slip relative to the former target; they do not identify individual fault.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO role overlaps the schedule change, but the issuer attributes timing to natural evaporation and weather; personal causation is unproven.

Relevance: Material test of project delivery discipline and ramp-up planning.

BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (Mardie Salt project schedule); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–4)

Industrial safety

Safety rate improved after rising in FY26

June 2025–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCI reported TRIFR of 2.3 at June 2025, 4.4 at June 2026, then 2.7 at September 2026. FY26 reported zero fatalities and permanent disabling injuries. These are company-level lagging indicators and are not attributed to a personal act or omission.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO oversight overlaps the trend; BCI did not attribute the rate or any incident to Boshoff.

Relevance: Safety performance remains material during a construction-to-operations transition.

BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.44, 47–48 and 76); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–2)

Environmental record

Mardie had regulator-recorded environmental approval breaches during his tenure

2024–2025 · documented · high materiality

DCCEEW's register lists two paid 2024 Mardie infringements totalling A$37,560 for operations before required management plans were approved and one paid 2025 notice of A$19,800 concerning a marine-fauna stop-order condition. BCI's own MS 1211 report separately records a March 2025 piling incident and other reporting non-compliances. Payment of the EPBC notices is not a conviction; sources do not establish Boshoff's personal conduct or causation.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The events occurred during his CEO tenure, but the regulator notices name Mardie Minerals and no personal act, negligence or liability by Boshoff is established.

Relevance: Material oversight context for a project CEO; the 2025 notice and the March 2025 MS 1211 event are not assumed to be the same incident.

EPBC Act infringement notices register (2024 and 2025 register entries; payment/conviction explanation); MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2024–30 September 2025 (pp.27–29 and 50–51)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant mining and capital-project experience; Mardie delivery remains the central test

Assessment at cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI reports more than 20 years' mining leadership, Bravus and BHP operating roles, and an Executive MBA and mining-engineering master's degree. His prior project startup is relevant to Mardie, but the reviewed evidence is largely issuer-reported and current Mardie has not yet shipped product.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Experience and qualifications are issuer-reported; independent credential confirmation and comparable project-return analysis were not performed.

Relevance: Supports role fit while the delayed first-shipment target and pre-revenue status remain material.

BCI Minerals welcomes David Boshoff as Managing Director (p.1); Leadership (David Boshoff biography); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–4)

Evidence gaps

• Exact Bravus role commencement and departure dates and independently measured production, cost, safety and return outcomes are not established.

• Mardie's first commercial shipment and steady-state performance remain pending; personal contribution to the reported project progress is not quantified.

• No personal responsibility for BCI environmental notices or safety metrics was established; final corrective-action and regulator follow-up records were not comprehensively reviewed.

• Qualifications and professional standing were not independently checked, and no exhaustive criminal, sanctions or litigation search was performed.

Career chronology

• From 4 December 2023: BCI Minerals — Chief Financial Officer. Leadership (Steve Fewster biography); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.18 leadership biography)

• 2021–2023; exact departure date not established: APM Human Services International — Group Chief Financial Officer. APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021 (management experience table); Leadership (Steve Fewster biography)

• Almost six years; exact dates not established: Fortescue Metals Group — Multiple roles including procurement, planning and non-process infrastructure. APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021 (management experience table)

• Dates not established: WesTrac; iiNet; Southern Cross Electrical Engineering; EY — CFO/company-secretarial and corporate-finance roles. APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021 (management experience table)

Contributions and company outcomes

Mardie financing remained available through the commissioning phase

December 2023–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCI's syndicated facility was established before Fewster joined. During his BCI tenure, the company drew A$706m under the facility by September 2026 and reported A$316m of available funds. The funding position supports the project but does not establish Fewster's individual role in facility origination or project returns.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CFO tenure overlaps implementation and drawdowns; the reviewed documents do not attribute the facility or drawdowns specifically to him.

Relevance: Relevant financing and liquidity oversight while the project remains pre-revenue.

September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1 and 6–7); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.25 and 76)

Litigation and enforcement

Fair Work Full Bench granted permission to appeal a Fortescue dismissal decision he made

2016 dismissal; 13 October 2017 appeal-permission decision · documented · medium materiality

In 2017 the Fair Work Commission identified Fewster as Fortescue's group manager of procurement and decision-maker in an employee's termination one week into a six-week performance improvement plan. The Full Bench found an arguable error because he was unaware the employee had engaged with the plan and requested more time, and it granted permission to appeal. The reviewed decision is interlocutory; the final appeal result was not located. It is not a criminal or regulatory finding against Fewster.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The decision directly identifies his role in the termination and the procedural knowledge gap; it does not make a finding of personal dishonesty or professional misconduct.

Relevance: A relevant past judgment decision by a senior manager, with limited bearing on his current CFO remit and unresolved final disposition.

Etienne v FMG Personnel Services Pty Ltd [2017] FWCFB 3864 (paras. 11–16, 37–47 and order); APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021 (management experience table)

Suitability for the current role

Broad finance and resources-sector experience

Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI describes Fewster as CFO from December 2023, with finance oversight across accounting, treasury, investor relations, marketing and IT. APM's 2021 annual report lists earlier CFO/company-secretarial roles, Fortescue operational portfolios and EY corporate-finance experience; it reports a Bachelor of Business, applied-finance postgraduate diploma and Chartered Accountant status.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The source biographies are employer-reported; dates and credentials were not verified against independent registries.

Relevance: Relevant breadth for a project-finance CFO, with no independent performance series for the prior finance roles.

Leadership (Steve Fewster biography); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.18); APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021 (management experience table)

Qualifications and listed-company finance work match the current remit

Assessment at cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI and APM report finance leadership in resources and listed companies; the APM report lists his qualifications and CA status. This supports functional fit but is not independent confirmation of credentials, capital-allocation outcomes, or audit-control performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role history and qualifications are issuer-reported; no detailed independent audit of prior-company outcomes was completed.

Relevance: Relevant finance fit; project execution and funding through first revenues remain the main current tests.

Leadership (Steve Fewster biography); APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021 (management experience table)

Evidence gaps

• The final disposition of the 2017 Fair Work Commission appeal after permission was granted was not located.

• Prior finance-role dates, independently measured capital outcomes and current professional registration were not verified.

• No comprehensive employer-by-employer safety, environment, litigation or governance record was established.

Career chronology

• From 20 January 2025: BCI Minerals — Chief Legal and Commercial Officer; Joint Company Secretary. BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.21); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.18)

• 2015–2022; acquisition and transition period: BHP / OZ Minerals — Head of Legal and Company Secretary at OZ Minerals; later acquisition legal strategy. OZ Minerals appoints Robert Mancini as Head of Legal and Company Secretary (p.1); OZ Minerals 2022 Annual Report and Sustainability Review (Company Secretaries)

• Before August 2015; exact dates not established: Forge Group; UGL Resources; Clough — Group General Counsel at Forge; General Manager Legal at UGL; Senior Legal Counsel at Clough. OZ Minerals appoints Robert Mancini as Head of Legal and Company Secretary (p.1)

Personal achievements

Issuer credits him with legal strategy for BHP's OZ Minerals acquisition

2022–2023 acquisition/transition; OZ Minerals tenure from 2015 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCI's current biography says Mancini played a key role in the successful acquisition of OZ Minerals by BHP and oversaw legal strategy through the transaction and post-acquisition phase. OZ Minerals/BHP's 2022 annual report reports his legal and corporate-compliance work during a seven-year OZ tenure. These are issuer descriptions and do not quantify his individual contribution.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. BCI explicitly attributes legal strategy; the company report provides role context, not independent assessment.

Relevance: Relevant listed-company transaction, compliance and post-acquisition experience for BCI's legal/commercial role.

Leadership (Robert Mancini biography); OZ Minerals 2022 Annual Report and Sustainability Review (Company Secretaries)

Business failures and setbacks

Forge Group entered administration and liquidation; personal responsibility and tenure overlap are unestablished

11 February–18 March 2014; Mancini's Forge dates unknown · documented · low materiality

KPMG's liquidator portal records Forge Group's administration from 11 February 2014 and liquidation from 18 March 2014. OZ Minerals' 2015 appointment release says Mancini had previously been Group General Counsel at Forge but does not give dates. The reviewed sources do not establish that he was employed there when the insolvency occurred or connect him to its causes.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No overlap or personal involvement is established; no adverse inference is made from the employer association.

Relevance: A due-diligence lead with weak attribution that limits, rather than supports, a personal negative conclusion.

Forge Group Limited creditor information (administration/liquidation appointment history); OZ Minerals appoints Robert Mancini as Head of Legal and Company Secretary (p.1)

Environmental record

Mardie regulator findings arose during his BCI legal, commercial and risk tenure

January–December 2025 · documented · high materiality

DCCEEW lists paid 2025 Mardie environmental infringement notices, including a December 2025 marine-fauna stop-order breach. BCI's 2024–25 MS 1211 report separately records a March 2025 piling incident and two late incident reports. Mancini joined in January 2025 and BCI states that he leads legal, commercial and risk functions; no source establishes that he controlled the specific field activity or caused the breaches.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Role and period overlap with legal/risk oversight; no personal involvement, negligent advice or culpability is demonstrated.

Relevance: Relevant compliance-oversight question for his current remit, while company-level responsibility remains distinct.

Leadership (Robert Mancini role and remit); MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2024–30 September 2025 (pp.27–29 and 50–51); EPBC Act infringement notices register (2025 register entry)

Suitability for the current role

Legal, commercial and governance background matches the role

Assessment at cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI reports more than 20 years' experience across resources, construction and oil and gas; it lists BHP, OZ Minerals, Forge, UGL and Clough roles, and says he leads legal, commercial and risk functions. OZ Minerals reports his legal/compliance work. The review did not verify current admission status or independently measure prior outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The role history is supported by issuer sources; exact prior dates, current professional standing and attribution for outcomes remain unverified.

Relevance: Directly relevant legal and commercial experience; current compliance oversight is a material area to monitor.

Leadership (Robert Mancini biography); OZ Minerals appoints Robert Mancini as Head of Legal and Company Secretary (p.1); OZ Minerals 2022 Annual Report and Sustainability Review (Company Secretaries)

Evidence gaps

• Exact tenure at Forge Group and any overlap with its 2014 administration/liquidation are unknown; no involvement in the causes was established.

• Current admission status and individual contribution to the OZ Minerals transaction or BCI outcomes were not independently verified.

• The relationship between BCI's environmental findings and his specific legal/risk decisions is not established; no exhaustive litigation or discipline search was performed.

Career chronology

• Joined September 2021; joint secretary from May 2025: BCI Minerals — Senior Corporate Counsel; Joint Company Secretary from 1 May 2025. BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.21); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.17)

Contributions and company outcomes

Project financing was secured during her BCI corporate-counsel tenure

2023–2024 financing; before her May 2025 secretary appointment · issuer reported · low materiality

BCI reported that its A$981m syndicated debt facility for the salt-first project was secured before construction drawdowns began. Shaw had joined BCI as Senior Corporate Counsel before that transaction. The reviewed sources do not identify her personal work product or establish that she led the financing; the milestone is therefore company-level.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Her in-house counsel tenure overlaps the company financing, but no transaction-specific responsibility is established.

Relevance: Relevant project-finance context, not a personal success claim.

BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.21 role tenure); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (p.6 funding)

Governance and interests

Current secretary role is omitted from the undated senior-leadership page

As at cutoff · documented · medium materiality

BCI's current leadership webpage does not list Shaw, while the FY25 and FY26 annual reports list her as Joint Company Secretary. No cessation notice or superseding disclosure was found in the records reviewed; the selected roster is retained. This is a documentation/reconciliation gap rather than evidence that she left.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The reports support the appointment; the current webpage's omission does not prove cessation, and the exact current status was not independently reconfirmed by a dated notice.

Relevance: Material to dashboard roster reconciliation and document-governance confidence.

BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.21); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.17); Leadership (complete current leadership roster)

Suitability for the current role

Corporate-law and company-secretarial experience

September 2021–cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI's FY25 and FY26 annual reports describe Shaw as a corporate lawyer with more than 20 years' experience advising ASX-listed companies, joining BCI as Senior Corporate Counsel in September 2021 and becoming Joint Company Secretary on 1 May 2025. The FY25 report lists LLB, Bachelor of Economics and Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance. These are issuer-reported; admission and standing were not independently checked.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The company reports her role, experience and qualifications; no external professional-register check was completed.

Relevance: Relevant legal and continuous-disclosure background for a joint company-secretarial role; measurable legal outcomes are not disclosed.

BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.21); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.17)

Evidence gaps

• The current undated leadership page omits Shaw; the latest annual report supports her role, but no later dated continuation or cessation notice was located.

• Qualifications, professional admission status, exact prior-employer chronology and individual legal outcomes were not independently checked.

• The project-finance role is company-level; no source reviewed establishes Shaw's specific work product or attributable outcome.

Career chronology

• April 2023 to cutoff; selected V8 roster records 1 April, public source only confirms month: BCI Minerals — Project Director. BCI Minerals 2023 Annual Report (executive management team); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.18)

• Before April 2023; exact dates not established: ACCIONA — Project Consortium Director and Joint Venture Director, East Rockingham Waste-to-Energy Project. BCI Minerals 2023 Annual Report (executive management team); The Big Move at Rockingham (Project Director attribution)

• Before ACCIONA; dates not established: Primero Group; Mineral Resources — Executive General Manager at Primero; General Manager, Major Projects at Mineral Resources. BCI Minerals 2023 Annual Report (executive management team)

Contributions and company outcomes

ACCIONA reported a safe, timely module move under his project-director role

24 June 2021 · issuer reported · medium materiality

ACCIONA identified Deighton as Project Director on East Rockingham during the June 2021 transport of large preassembled boiler modules. Its account says the move was completed safely and in a timely manner. This documents a project milestone during his role, not sole contribution or final plant economics.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His project-director role overlapped the milestone, but ACCIONA does not assign exclusive personal responsibility.

Relevance: A relevant example of complex-project execution, with limited outcome breadth.

The Big Move at Rockingham (24 June 2021 project update); BCI Minerals 2023 Annual Report (executive management team)

Mardie construction progressed to 90% while he led the project

April 2023–September 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

BCI reports Deighton as Project Director from April 2023. Mardie reached 85% construction completion by June 2026 and 90% by September (87% including liner works), with construction cost to date A$1.265bn and A$178m estimated cost to complete. These are issuer-reported progress figures; first shipment is pending.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Project oversight overlaps the reported construction progress; the reports do not isolate Deighton's personal contribution.

Relevance: Relevant delivery evidence, tempered by remaining work and first-shipment timing.

BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.24–25); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–4)

Business failures and setbacks

First shipment target shifted from December 2026 to calendar 2027

2025 target to 20 October 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

BCI previously targeted First Salt on Ship by the quarter ending 31 December 2026; its October 2026 quarterly described a CY2027 pathway, subject to weather and evaporation. The schedule change is relevant to the project director's remit but does not establish personal fault.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Role overlaps schedule management; BCI cites natural evaporation/weather and no individual causal finding.

Relevance: Material measure of project delivery risk before commercial shipment.

BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (Mardie Salt project schedule); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–4)

Suitability for the current role

Long project-delivery background matches Mardie's construction phase

Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI reports more than 25 years in construction, engineering and project management, including ACCIONA, Primero and Mineral Resources roles. The ACCIONA source documents one project milestone. Independent review of broader project budgets, safety outcomes and completion performance remains incomplete.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Experience is supported by issuer profiles and one employer project report; broader measurable individual outcomes are not established.

Relevance: Strongly relevant delivery background; the Mardie schedule and transition to production remain the practical test.

Leadership (Tim Deighton biography); BCI Minerals 2023 Annual Report (executive management team); The Big Move at Rockingham (24 June 2021 project update)

Evidence gaps

• The exact BCI commencement day and dates for ACCIONA, Primero and Mineral Resources roles are not established; the selected roster's 1 April 2023 date is unverified.

• No independent project-cost, safety, schedule or return series attributes Mardie performance to Deighton; first commercial shipment remains pending.

• No comprehensive prior-employer litigation, safety or environmental review was completed.

Career chronology

• May 2025 to cutoff; selected roster records 1 May, public source confirms month: BCI Minerals — General Manager Operations. BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.23); Leadership (Mhairi Cameron biography)

• Before May 2025; exact dates for Dampier role not established: Rio Tinto — Operations leadership at Dampier Port; earlier Amrun Operations Manager and fixed-plant roles. Leadership (Mhairi Cameron biography); New perspectives: how Mhairi Cameron is changing the face of mining from within (3 March 2023 profile); Salt of the Earth: Mhairi Cameron (career interview)

• More than 15 years, dates/employers incomplete: Earlier geology and mining roles — Geology, fixed plant, maintenance and port logistics; BCI reports earlier international roles. Salt of the Earth: Mhairi Cameron (career interview)

Personal achievements

Prior operations-leadership experience at Rio Tinto

By March 2023–May 2025 · self reported · medium materiality

A 2023 UNSW interview identified Cameron as Rio Tinto's Amrun Operations Manager leading more than 400 people across mine, plant, port and mobile equipment. BCI later reported that she managed Dampier Port Operations, a 150Mtpa facility, before joining Mardie. The 2023 interview's performance claims are self-reported and no independent safety or productivity series was reviewed.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The sources identify her as manager and describe responsibilities; they do not independently measure her personal contribution.

Relevance: Relevant operating exposure for a new solar-salt operation moving from commissioning toward production.

New perspectives: how Mhairi Cameron is changing the face of mining from within (3 March 2023 profile); BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.23); Salt of the Earth: Mhairi Cameron (career interview)

Contributions and company outcomes

Salt crystallisation advanced during her operating leadership

May 2025–September 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

Cameron joined BCI in May 2025. BCI reported 49kt crystallised by June 2026 and 266kt by September 2026, with 12 crystalliser cells commissioned. The report says winter crystallisation was lower than forecast due to prioritised brine transfer; the salt pavement is not yet a commercial shipment.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Operations leadership overlaps the ramp-up, but no personal causal contribution is quantified.

Relevance: Directly relevant progress for an operations leader; first harvest and shipment remain ahead.

BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (p.23); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.11–12 and 24–25); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–4)

Business failures and setbacks

First shipment is now targeted in calendar 2027

2025 target to 20 October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The FY25 target was First Salt on Ship by the quarter ending 31 December 2026. By October 2026, BCI described a CY2027 pathway with timing dependent on weather and evaporation. Cameron's operations tenure overlaps the ramp-up but sources do not assign individual fault.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Operations role overlaps the schedule shift; weather and evaporation are identified as key drivers, and no personal cause is established.

Relevance: Material execution risk for a new operational leader.

BCI Minerals FY25 Annual Report (Mardie Salt project schedule); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–4)

Industrial safety

Project safety indicators fluctuated during the construction-to-operations transition

June 2025–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCI reported TRIFR of 2.3 at June 2025, 4.4 at June 2026 and 2.7 at September 2026. These company-level figures overlap Cameron's operations tenure; the reviewed sources do not identify an individual safety event or act by her.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The Operations remit overlaps site performance; no personal causation or violation is established.

Relevance: Relevant to operational leadership as commissioning and mobilisation continue.

BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.44, 47–48 and 76); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (pp.1–2)

Suitability for the current role

Operational breadth spans geology, fixed plant, maintenance and port logistics

Assessment at cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI and the UNSW profile describe more than a decade of mining-sector roles, culminating in large operations leadership at Rio Tinto. The evidence is primarily issuer/interview biography and does not include independently verified qualifications or an exposure-adjusted operating record.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career breadth is documented in company/interview profiles; credentials and performance claims remain unverified independently.

Relevance: Relevant operating fit; results at Mardie are still at commissioning/ramp-up stage.

Leadership (Mhairi Cameron biography); New perspectives: how Mhairi Cameron is changing the face of mining from within (3 March 2023 profile)

Evidence gaps

• Exact BCI start day and detailed prior employment chronology are not established; formal qualifications were not independently verified.

• Mardie's production, safety and schedule indicators are company-reported and no individual operating contribution or causal responsibility is measured.

• No comprehensive prior-employer legal, safety or environment review was performed.

Career chronology

• From June 2024; exact day not established: BCI Minerals — Head of People and External Affairs. Leadership (Tammie Miller biography); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.19)

• Before June 2024; dates not established: Minderoo Foundation — Senior external-affairs role. Leadership (Tammie Miller biography)

• Almost 12 years, dates not established: BHP — Government relations and communications roles. Leadership (Tammie Miller biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

BCI reported people and community indicators during her tenure

FY26 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCI's FY26 report says 33% of employees were women at year end, compliance training completion was 99%, no new community grievances were lodged, and no grievance investigations remained open. The report also says no whistleblower submissions were received. These are company-reported indicators, not independently verified and not attributed personally to Miller.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Her people/external-affairs remit overlaps these indicators; the company report does not establish her individual contribution or explain whether the lack of reports reflects awareness/access.

Relevance: Relevant to workforce and stakeholder stewardship; process quality and worker experience were not independently assessed.

BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.44–45)

Suitability for the current role

Long resources-sector experience in external affairs and government relations

Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI reports more than 25 years in external affairs, strategic communications and government relations, including almost 12 years at BHP and senior work with Minderoo. It lists BCom, public-relations graduate certificate, investor-relations diploma and leadership-coach credentials. The profile is issuer-reported and credentials were not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Prior responsibilities and credentials are reported by BCI; employer outcomes and professional standing were not independently checked.

Relevance: Relevant stakeholder, government and people remit for a project exposed to approval and community issues.

Leadership (Tammie Miller biography); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.19)

Stakeholder and communications background fits a high-scrutiny project

Assessment at cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Her reported BHP and Minderoo roles and BCI remit align with the project's government, community and workforce interfaces. No independent assessment of outcomes, campaign practices or stakeholder trust was located in this limited review.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The fit judgment is based on issuer-reported prior roles and current responsibilities; it is not a finding about conduct.

Relevance: Role relevance is clear; objective stakeholder outcomes remain thinly documented.

Leadership (Tammie Miller biography); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (pp.44–45)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and outcomes from BHP, Minderoo and consulting roles are not established; listed qualifications were not independently verified.

• BCI's workforce, grievance and training indicators are issuer-reported; no independent employee or community assessment was reviewed.

• No whistleblower submissions reported by the company do not establish the absence of concerns; no exhaustive legal or regulator search was performed.

Career chronology

• From March 2024; exact day not established: BCI Minerals / Mardie Minerals — Head of Environment and Heritage; current BCI page says Head of Approvals and Heritage. BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.19); Leadership (Shaun Meredith biography); MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2023–18 October 2024 (authorised signature)

• 2019–February 2023 in EPA/DWER; exact sub-role dates limited: WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation / EPA Services — Environmental assessment and executive roles; Executive Director of Green Energy from February 2023. Estimates and Financial Operations Committee hearing, 15 June 2023 (committee response)

• 2017–2019: WA Minister for Environment's office — Ministerial adviser. Estimates and Financial Operations Committee hearing, 15 June 2023 (committee response)

Environmental record

BCI's compliance report records a marine-fauna piling non-compliance during his tenure

25 March–1 April 2025 · issuer reported · high materiality

BCI's MS 1211 report says piling recommenced on 25 March 2025 before observers had confirmed a manta ray had moved outside the exclusion zone. The report marked the condition non-compliant and says the incident was reported to DWER and DCCEEW on 1 April but not DBCA. The report separately marks a marine-fauna reporting condition non-compliant. Meredith joined BCI in March 2024 and the company later lists him as its environmental/approvals leader; no source connects him to the field decision.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Role and period overlap in environmental approvals, but field action was not attributed to Meredith; no personal violation or negligence is established.

Relevance: Material to his current oversight remit; subsequent monitoring and corrective actions are company-reported.

MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2024–30 September 2025 (pp.27–29); Leadership (current role); BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.19)

DCCEEW recorded paid Mardie environmental infringements

2024–15 December 2025 · documented · high materiality

The Department's register lists two paid 2024 Mardie notices for operations before required plans were approved and a paid December 2025 notice for violating a marine-fauna stop-order condition. The 2024 events include conduct before Meredith's March 2024 appointment; the later event followed his appointment. Payment of the unwithdrawn notices does not constitute conviction. The reviewed sources do not link him personally to the conduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company/project notices overlap only in part with his tenure; no individual enforcement action or causation is established.

Relevance: Material regulatory context for the executive responsible for approvals/environmental processes.

EPBC Act infringement notices register (2024 and 2025 register entries; payment/conviction explanation); Leadership (current role)

Earlier possible algal-mat impacts were not explicitly closed out in the reports reviewed

2024–2025 CARs · disputed · medium materiality

BCI's 2023–24 CAR identified potential non-compliance after algal-mat habitat near the temporary access track was impacted and reported to DWER. The 2024–25 CAR later marked related boundaries compliant and said no long-term loss of algal mat had been identified, but the sources reviewed did not expressly state that the earlier potential finding was formally closed by a regulator.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The possible impact was reported during Meredith's tenure, but the 2024–25 CAR indicates later compliant boundaries; no personal act is established.

Relevance: Preserves the unresolved closure status of a material environmental issue in the function he leads.

MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2023–18 October 2024 (p.18; benthic community outcomes); MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2024–30 September 2025 (pp.23–25; benthic outcomes)

Governance and interests

He signed a delegated annual compliance assessment

CAR signed 18 January 2025; report filed 19 January 2025 · documented · medium materiality

The 2023–24 MS 1211 CAR says it was signed by Dr Meredith, who was authorised by BCI's CEO to sign. It reported a December 2023 seawater release before approval, which preceded his March 2024 BCI appointment, and potential environmental issues during the later period. His signature documents the reporting/delegation role; it does not show involvement in the underlying December 2023 release.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The source connects him to the act of signing the report, not to the pre-appointment incident; a later CAR's reporting findings are company-reported.

Relevance: Shows delegated compliance-accountability responsibilities and the need to distinguish reporting from operational responsibility.

MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2023–18 October 2024 (signature and pp.18–19; reporting condition)

Current website and selected roster use different titles

FY26 report to 1 November 2026 · documented · medium materiality

The selected V8 roster lists Head of Environment and Heritage; the current BCI leadership page lists Head of Approvals and Heritage. The FY26 annual report uses the earlier title. No dated appointment/title-change notice was located, so the effective date and exact title transition remain unknown.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a title/documentation discrepancy; it is not an adverse conduct finding.

Relevance: Relevant to current role reconciliation and accountability mapping.

BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report (p.19); Leadership (current Shaun Meredith title)

Suitability for the current role

Environmental assessment background and scientific qualifications match the approvals role

Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCI reports more than 20 years' experience across state government, research and universities, a PhD developed with CSIRO and QUT, a master's degree and undergraduate/honours degrees. WA Parliament records his ministerial adviser and EPA/DWER history. Qualifications and professional standing were not verified directly with institutions or employers.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. BCI and Parliament records support the roles/qualifications described; this review did not assess the quality of individual regulatory decisions.

Relevance: Directly relevant experience for approvals, heritage and environmental-risk oversight.

Leadership (Shaun Meredith biography); Estimates and Financial Operations Committee hearing, 15 June 2023 (committee response)

Evidence gaps

• The effective date and documentation for the title change from Head of Environment and Heritage to Head of Approvals and Heritage are unknown.

• The final regulator closure status for the earlier potential algal-mat finding and the complete corrective-action records for marine-fauna non-compliances were not located.

• No source connects Meredith personally to the field piling decision or the 2025 EPBC infringement; his responsibilities for those events are not established beyond role overlap and a documented delegated report signature.

• Degrees and professional standing were not independently verified; no exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court or regulator-history search was performed.