Barton Gold Holdings Limited

Career chronology

• Before September 2009; exact dates not disclosed: Barclays Capital — Executive, Principal Investments Area. Barton Gold IPO Prospectus — Board, Management & Corporate Governance (Section 5.2, printed p.78; prior Barclays Capital role)

• September 2009 to February or March 2011; exact departure date not stated: Sigiriya Capital Pty Ltd — Manager / Investment Banking Executive, corporate advisory and natural-resources principal investments. Barton Gold IPO Prospectus — Board, Management & Corporate Governance (Section 5.2, printed p.78; Manager at Sigiriya Capital); Sigiriya Capital Pty Ltd v Scanlon [2013] NSWCA 401 (Factual background; employment from September 2009 and consensual end in February/March 2011)

• By February 2011 to 23 December 2011; exact commencement date not stated: Sirius Minerals Plc — Business Development Manager. Barton Gold IPO Prospectus — Board, Management & Corporate Governance (Section 5.2, printed p.78; Business Development Manager role); Sigiriya Capital Pty Ltd v Scanlon [2013] NSWCA 401 (Factual background; employed by Sirius after Sigiriya; termination letter dated 23 December 2011)

• After earlier banking roles and before Barton; exact dates not disclosed: Lusona Capital — Director, corporate advisory and principal investments in natural resources. Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography; Lusona Capital role)

• Before Barton; exact dates not disclosed: PARQ Capital Management — Managing Director. Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography; PARQ Capital role)

• Appointed May 2019; current at 2026-09-26: Barton Gold Holdings Limited — Founder; Managing Director & CEO. Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography; founder and current title)

Contributions and company outcomes

Barton’s resource growth, Tunkillia study and capital raising under Scanlon’s leadership

FY2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Barton’s FY2025 annual report records Tunkillia resource growth to 1.6Moz Au and 3.1Moz Ag, a May 2025 optimised scoping study, Tolmer discoveries and a $3m placement priced at a 25% premium to 20-day VWAP. In the 30 June 2026 quarterly report, Barton reported $31.9m cash, no debt, ongoing Challenger DFS work and Q1 CY2027 study targets; October 2026 releases report final Tunkillia Phase 2 assays with updated resources pending. These are issuer-reported exploration, financing and study milestones, not production or positive FY2025 earnings, and they do not isolate Scanlon’s contribution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Scanlon was founder/MD through the period; no claim is made that he alone caused exploration results or forecast economics.

Relevance: Relevant CEO evidence; the group remains without a producing operation and major development studies are incomplete.

Annual Report 2025 (Chair’s Letter, printed pp. 3–4; Directors’ Report, printed pp. 7–9; financial statements, loss after tax, printed p. 53); Tunkillia Pre-Feasibility Study Begins (Issuer release dated 21 June 2026, PFS commencement and target completion); Final Tunkillia Phase 2 assays (Issuer release dated 6 October 2026; Phase 2 final assays, update pending and PFS target); 30 June 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (30 June 2026 quarterly report; cash, no debt, DFS and PFS status)

Business failures and setbacks

Challenger-CGM DFS target moved from March 2026 to Q1 2027

October 2025–October 2026 · documented · medium materiality

Edison’s 3 October 2025 update expected the Stage 1 Challenger-CGM DFS by the end of March 2026. A May 2026 update said work was continuing with an H2 CY2026 target. Barton’s 30 June 2026 quarterly report then said the DFS remained ongoing and targeted publication during Q1 CY2027. It had not been reported complete by the 10 October 2026 cutoff. This is project schedule slippage during Scanlon’s CEO tenure; the evidence does not establish that he personally caused it.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Scanlon was MD/CEO during the schedule changes, but no source ties the delay to a decision or failure by him personally.

Relevance: Relevant to CEO execution oversight and project schedule credibility.

Developing apace: Barton Gold update note (Challenger-CGM section, printed p.4; DFS expected by end-March 2026); Delivering to plan and budget (May 2026 update; DFS ongoing, H2 CY2026 target); 30 June 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (30 June 2026 Quarterly Activities Report; DFS ongoing, Q1 CY2027 target)

Environmental record

Challenger’s 2021 compliance report disclosed evidence gaps and tailings monitoring issues

1 July 2020–30 June 2021; later issuer statement in FY2025 · documented · medium materiality

Barton’s statutory Challenger Annual Compliance Report for 1 July 2020–30 June 2021, prepared by Eco Logical Australia, said insufficient data or records were available to demonstrate compliance with some environmental outcomes and lease conditions because of a compliance-resourcing gap and/or incomplete records; 11 outcome criteria were recorded as unable to determine. The report also described minor tailings wind erosion and known dam-wall cracking under monitoring, with corrective work and a new PEPR planned. This documents a company compliance-evidence gap and site issues, not a regulator penalty, an adjudicated breach or proof of environmental harm. Barton’s FY2025 report later said it believed it had complied with environmental obligations subject to ongoing rehabilitation; a closure record for the 2021 gaps was not located by cutoff.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Scanlon was CEO during the reporting period, establishing oversight overlap only; the ACR does not identify personal responsibility or a decision by him.

Relevance: Relevant to CEO oversight of legacy mine compliance, monitoring and rehabilitation controls.

Challenger Gold 2021 Annual Compliance Report (Executive summary, printed p.1; compliance evidence; summary of corrective actions, printed pp.34–38; tailings monitoring entries); Annual Report 2025 (Environmental and rehabilitation statement, printed p.9; issuer’s later compliance position)

Litigation and enforcement

2013 Court of Appeal found breach of employee share-loan agreement

2010–2013 · documented · medium materiality

While Scanlon worked at Sigiriya Capital, he received a $47,500 employee loan to acquire shares. The NSW Court of Appeal held that his transfer of legal title to 7,499,850 Sirius Minerals shares breached the loan agreement and that the breach had not been promptly remedied; it ordered the shares transferred to Sigiriya and ordered Scanlon to pay costs at trial and on appeal. The judgment rejected one early-termination theory but enforced the separate default remedy. It is a civil contractual decision and contains no fraud or criminal finding.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The judgment directly identifies Scanlon, the transfer and the contractual breach. It does not find fraud or criminal conduct.

Relevance: Relevant prior professional legal outcome in his finance and investment career; it predates Barton and is not a Barton-tenure event.

Sigiriya Capital Pty Ltd v Scanlon [2013] NSWCA 401 (Court of Appeal judgment [2013] NSWCA 401; factual background, breach/default analysis and final orders); Barton Gold IPO Prospectus — Board, Management & Corporate Governance (Section 5.2, printed p.78; issuer profile links Barton CEO Alexander Scanlon to Sigiriya and Sirius roles)

Disputed WGCJV claims preceded Barton’s withdrawal from its minority interests

July–September 2023; later resolution not located by cutoff · disputed · medium materiality

In July 2023 Marmota and Half Moon said they intended to sue Barton and subsidiary Challenger 2 over the Western Gawler Craton Joint Venture, alleging issues including access, approvals and unpaid costs. Barton rejected the claims, said it had external legal advice and made settlement offers. Barton’s FY2023 annual report said no reply arrived before its deadline and recorded withdrawal from its legacy WGCJV and overlapping Sandstone JV positions, with an estimated 61,400oz Au reduction in group resources. Targeted searches through 10 October 2026 did not locate a later court determination or settlement notice. The underlying claims therefore remain disputed and unresolved in the evidence reviewed; no individual wrongdoing finding is established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Scanlon was MD/CEO and commented publicly, but the record does not establish that he personally caused the JV dispute or the counterparty’s allegations.

Relevance: Relevant to CEO oversight of joint-venture relationships, litigation exposure and asset/resource outcomes.

Marmota to commence Supreme Court Proceedings against Barton (13 July 2023 pre-action notice; Marmota/Half Moon claims, PDF pp.1–3); Barton Gold response to Marmota Limited announcement (13 July 2023 company response; claims rejected and legal advice noted); Barton Gold response to Marmota Limited claims (3 August 2023 detailed rebuttal and settlement offer); Barton Gold Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2023 (FY2023 Annual Report, printed p.43; settlement offer, withdrawal and estimated 61,400oz Au reduction)

Governance and interests

FY2025 report disclosed a related-party royalty interest

FY2025 · issuer reported · low materiality

Barton’s FY2025 audited annual report says controlled subsidiaries were party to a private royalty agreement with Australis Royalties Pty Ltd; Scanlon was an Australis director and associated entities held relevant interests in the royalty. The report records $19,255 in FY2025 payments ($107,603 in FY2024), states the terms were normal commercial terms and market rates, and identifies no other KMP transactions that year. This is disclosed conflict-of-interest context, not evidence of improper conduct.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The audited report explicitly names Scanlon’s directorship and associated entities’ interest; it reports no finding of misconduct.

Relevance: Relevant to CEO related-party disclosure and board oversight.

Annual Report 2025 (KMP related-party disclosure, printed p.21; Note 26 related-party transactions and terms, printed pp.49–50)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

2025 annual report records BSc Finance (Hons), BSc Economics (Hons), MSc Financial Economics and MPhil Management. Issuer profile identifies Santa Clara University, Oxford and Cambridge; institution-side confirmation was not located. Role-fit inference: the documented background is relevant to the current role, but the evidence does not establish a full attributable performance record.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer duties at Barton Gold Holdings Limited.

Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography, education and career credentials)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and independent corroboration for several prior-employer roles are not disclosed in the cited public biographies.

• Degrees, professional memberships and licences are issuer-reported; direct awarding-institution and register verification was not completed.

• The documented name/employer searches and reviewed filings are not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record checks; no clearance is implied.

• Company exploration, finance and project milestones are not personally attributable absent the role limits stated in each finding.

• For the MD, the earlier March 2026 Challenger-CGM DFS target was not evidenced as met by cutoff; the latest reviewed May 2026 schedule moved the target to H2 2026.

• The FY2026 annual report was announced as released on 29 September 2026, but the full report could not be retrieved and read by the cutoff; no claim is based on its contents.

• The 2013 Court of Appeal judgment is reproduced by CaseChat; an official NSW Caselaw copy was not located. The case is a civil contractual breach, not a fraud or criminal finding.

• No later court determination or settlement notice for the disputed 2023 WGCJV matter was located in targeted searches through 10 October 2026; the reviewed record shows Barton’s withdrawal and resource reduction, not a legal resolution.

• The Challenger 2021 ACR’s corrective actions were not traced to a later closure record. Barton’s FY2025 report states its belief that environmental obligations were met subject to ongoing rehabilitation.

Career chronology

• 1998–2007: Normandy Mining / Newmont Australia — Manager, Business Development and Investor Relations. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (CFO appointment release; prior Normandy/Newmont role and dates)

• 2009–2020: Beach Energy — Senior Commercial Advisor. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (CFO appointment release; Beach Energy role and dates)

• Most recent disclosed role before Barton appointment; dates not stated: KPMG Australia — Associate Director, Government Incentives and Grants. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (CFO appointment release; most recent role)

• Appointed effective 24 June 2024; current at 2026-09-26: Barton Gold Holdings Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (CFO appointment effective 24 June 2024)

Contributions and company outcomes

Finance leadership during fund-raising and project advancement

FY2025–2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Barton’s 2025 annual report documents a $3m placement priced at a 25% premium to prior 20-day VWAP, additional project progress and a $1.839m FY2025 net loss; the FY2026 PFS announcement confirms ongoing development. The sources do not identify Frazer as the individual negotiator or attribute the capital raise personally.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Frazer is CFO; disclosed role creates oversight overlap with financing/reporting, but sources do not attribute specific transactions to her.

Relevance: Relevant finance context; accounting results remained loss-making and project funding/execution risks persisted.

Annual Report 2025 (Directors’ Report, printed pp. 7–9; financial statements, printed p. 53); Tunkillia Pre-Feasibility Study Begins (Issuer release dated 21 June 2026)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer states Bachelor of Economics (Accounting), University of Adelaide; GradDip Applied Finance & Investment, Securities Institute of Australia (now FINSIA); Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand fellow and Chartered Accountant. Independent award/register verification was not performed. Role-fit inference: the documented background is relevant to the current role, but the evidence does not establish a full attributable performance record.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current Chief Financial Officer duties at Barton Gold Holdings Limited.

Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography; education and professional credentials); Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (24 June 2024 CFO appointment; CA status and career history)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and independent corroboration for several prior-employer roles are not disclosed in the cited public biographies.

• Degrees, professional memberships and licences are issuer-reported; direct awarding-institution and register verification was not completed.

• The documented name/employer searches and reviewed filings are not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record checks; no clearance is implied.

• Company exploration, finance and project milestones are not personally attributable absent the role limits stated in each finding.

• The FY2026 annual report was announced as released on 29 September 2026, but the full report could not be retrieved and read by the cutoff; no claim is based on its contents.

• No individual adverse finding was established in the documented searches; the open-web review is not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory check.

Career chronology

• Earlier career; exact dates not disclosed: Normandy Mining / Newmont — Exploration geologist. Barton Gold initiation report (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Earlier career; exact employers and dates not fully disclosed: Junior exploration companies — Exploration Manager. Barton Gold initiation report (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Prior to Barton; dates not disclosed: Geological Survey of South Australia — Senior Principal Geoscientist. Barton Gold initiation report (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Employee by 15 November 2021; current at roster date 2026-09-26: Barton Gold Holdings Limited — General Manager Exploration. Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography; current exploration leadership title); Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (Competent Person table, printed p.2; Twining named as Barton employee for exploration results after 15 November 2021)

• Earlier career, before joining Rex Minerals in 2010; dates not disclosed: Iluka Resources Limited — Exploration role; exact title not stated. Rex Minerals Annual Report 2011 (Rex Minerals FY2011 Annual Report; Twining biography, prior Iluka experience)

Personal achievements

Prior-employer biography credits Twining with exploration discoveries in South Australia

Earlier career, before 2010 · issuer reported · low materiality

Rex Minerals’ FY2011 annual report says that before joining Rex in 2010, Twining had worked at Normandy/Newmont and Iluka and had played a lead role in discovering several new deposits and advancing prospects in South Australia’s Eucla Basin. The biography names no deposits, reports no attributable resources or production, and is a prior-employer statement rather than independent technical verification.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The prior-employer annual-report biography directly credits Twining with a lead discovery role, but does not quantify or identify the projects.

Relevance: Relevant historical exploration experience for the current General Manager Exploration role; evidence is qualitative.

Rex Minerals Annual Report 2011 (FY2011 Annual Report; Marc Twining biography, printed p.4)

Contributions and company outcomes

Tunkillia resource growth and Tolmer gold-silver discoveries

FY2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Barton’s 2025 annual report attributes resource growth at Tunkillia and dual high-grade gold/silver discoveries at Tolmer to company programs. Marc Twining held the exploration leadership role, but the report does not individually credit him for discovery decisions or assays. Results are exploration achievements rather than reserves or production.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Twining led exploration; individual technical authorship/responsibility is not established by the cited annual report.

Relevance: Directly relevant to exploration leadership; geological results have not yet been translated into operating cash flow.

Annual Report 2025 (Chair’s Letter, printed pp. 3–4; Directors’ Report, printed pp. 7–9); Barton Gold initiation report (Company management biography, Marc Twining section); Final Tunkillia Phase 2 assays (Issuer release dated 6 October 2026; Phase 2 final assays, update pending and PFS target)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer states BSc Geology (Honours), University of Adelaide; Graduate Certificate of Finance, Macquarie University; AusIMM, Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Society of Economic Geologists memberships. Institution/member-register confirmation was not completed. Role-fit inference: the documented background is relevant to the current role, but the evidence does not establish a full attributable performance record.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current General Manager Exploration duties at Barton Gold Holdings Limited.

Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography, education and career credentials)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and independent corroboration for several prior-employer roles are not disclosed in the cited public biographies.

• Degrees, professional memberships and licences are issuer-reported; direct awarding-institution and register verification was not completed.

• The documented name/employer searches and reviewed filings are not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record checks; no clearance is implied.

• Company exploration, finance and project milestones are not personally attributable absent the role limits stated in each finding.

• The FY2026 annual report was announced as released on 29 September 2026, but the full report could not be retrieved and read by the cutoff; no claim is based on its contents.

• No individual adverse finding was established in the documented searches; the open-web review is not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory check.

Career chronology

• Before 2024; exact dates not disclosed: PCF Capital / Argonaut — Associate Director, due diligence and project financing. Corporate Ladder: weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia (InDaily executive appointments profile, 29 July 2024; prior role/employer chronology); Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Before 2024; exact dates not disclosed: Pilbara Minerals — Manager, Technical Services; Pilgangoora feasibility/implementation. Corporate Ladder: weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia (InDaily executive appointments profile, 29 July 2024; prior role/employer chronology); Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Before 2024; exact dates not disclosed: Harmony Gold — Manager, Technical Services. Corporate Ladder: weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia (InDaily executive appointments profile, 29 July 2024; prior role/employer chronology); Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Most recent role before Barton appointment in July 2024: Rex Minerals — Head of Mining Operations, Hillside Project. Corporate Ladder: weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia (InDaily executive appointments profile, 29 July 2024; prior role/employer chronology); Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Appointed 22 July 2024; current at 2026-09-26: Barton Gold Holdings Limited — General Manager Development. Corporate Ladder: weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia (InDaily executive appointments profile, 29 July 2024; prior role/employer chronology); Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

Contributions and company outcomes

Tunkillia study development and engineering milestones

2024-07–2026-10 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Barton published a May 2025 Tunkillia Optimised Scoping Study and started a PFS in June 2026, with GR Engineering appointed and Q1 CY2027 completion targeted. The issuer describes Russell as hired to lead project studies and development. Study economics are modeled results at stated commodity assumptions and do not establish delivered construction, commissioning or production.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Russell leads development studies; no source assigns him sole responsibility for engineering or study outcomes.

Relevance: Highly relevant to project-development role; PFS and mining approvals remain incomplete at cutoff.

Annual Report 2025 (Directors’ Report, printed p. 7, 22 July 2024 appointment and project timeline); Optimised Scoping Study / Tunkillia (Optimised Scoping Study section and assumptions); Tunkillia Pre-Feasibility Study Begins (Issuer release dated 21 June 2026); Final Tunkillia Phase 2 assays (Issuer release dated 6 October 2026; Phase 2 final assays, update pending and PFS target); Corporate Ladder: weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia (InDaily appointment profile; appointed to lead Tunkillia development studies)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer states Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), First Class Honours, University of South Australia; FINSIA Graduate Diploma and Master’s Degree of Applied Finance & Investment; First Class Underground Manager’s Certificate and Mutual Recognition for Mine Managers Certificate. Independent institution/certificate verification was not performed. Role-fit inference: the documented background is relevant to the current role, but the evidence does not establish a full attributable performance record.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current General Manager Development duties at Barton Gold Holdings Limited.

Management and Technical Team (Management and Technical Team biography, education and career credentials); Corporate Ladder: weekly guide to executive appointments in South Australia (InDaily appointment profile; mining-engineering and prior role experience)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and independent corroboration for several prior-employer roles are not disclosed in the cited public biographies.

• Degrees, professional memberships and licences are issuer-reported; direct awarding-institution and register verification was not completed.

• The documented name/employer searches and reviewed filings are not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record checks; no clearance is implied.

• Company exploration, finance and project milestones are not personally attributable absent the role limits stated in each finding.

• The FY2026 annual report was announced as released on 29 September 2026, but the full report could not be retrieved and read by the cutoff; no claim is based on its contents.

• No individual adverse finding was established in the documented searches; the open-web review is not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory check.

Career chronology

• Six years preceding appointment in May 2026; exact dates not stated: Consentium — Executive Director, corporate affairs/PR. Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Prior career; exact dates/sequence not disclosed: South Australian Government — Corporate affairs, communications and government relations roles including Office of the Premier and environment/natural resources department. Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Prior roles across defence, energy, resources and consulting; chronology not disclosed: BAE Systems Australia, ElectraNet, Beach Energy, JBS&G — Corporate affairs / communications / sustainability roles. Management and Technical Team (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

• Appointed effective 4 May 2026: Barton Gold Holdings Limited — Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability. New Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability (Issuer biography or dated appointment record; see source notes)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer appointment release and biography report 25 years in corporate affairs and sector experience; reviewed sources did not disclose a degree or professional credential. Exact employment chronology beyond the six-year Consentium tenure was unavailable. Role-fit inference: the documented background is relevant to the current role, but the evidence does not establish a full attributable performance record.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability duties at Barton Gold Holdings Limited.

New Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability (Appointment release; career sectors); Sylvia Rapo appointment coverage (Telum Media report, 8 May 2026)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and independent corroboration for several prior-employer roles are not disclosed in the cited public biographies.

• Degrees, professional memberships and licences are issuer-reported; direct awarding-institution and register verification was not completed.

• The documented name/employer searches and reviewed filings are not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record checks; no clearance is implied.

• Company exploration, finance and project milestones are not personally attributable absent the role limits stated in each finding.

• The FY2026 annual report was announced as released on 29 September 2026, but the full report could not be retrieved and read by the cutoff; no claim is based on its contents.

• No individual adverse finding was established in the documented searches; the open-web review is not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory check.

Career chronology

• Before Source; exact dates not disclosed: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand — Governance/company-secretarial role in Sydney. Jade Cook profile (Jade Cook profile, lines 78–88)

• Before joining Source; exact dates not disclosed: Ravenscroft Holdings Limited / Ipes — Governance and company-secretarial roles in Guernsey. Jade Cook profile (Jade Cook profile, line 78)

• Before joining Source; exact dates and title not disclosed: State Street — Prior corporate services role. Jade Cook profile (Jade Cook profile, line 78)

• At the time of employer profile, before/concurrent with Barton company-secretarial work; exact dates not disclosed: Source Legal Australia — Senior Company Secretary. Jade Cook profile (Jade Cook profile, lines 53–78)

• Appointed effective 29 November 2024; current at roster date 2026-09-26: Barton Gold Holdings Limited — Company Secretary. Appointment of Company Secretary (ASX appointment effective 29 November 2024)

Governance and interests

Company-secretarial transition and governance responsibility

2024-11-29 to cutoff · documented · low materiality

Barton announced Cook’s company secretary appointment effective 29 November 2024 following Shannon Coates’ retirement on the same date. The company designated Cook the person responsible for ASX communications under Listing Rule 12.6. This establishes governance duties but no governance breach or individual failure was identified in the reviewed sources.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The appointment release expressly identifies Cook’s role and ASX communications responsibility; it reports no adverse event.

Relevance: Directly relevant to continuous disclosure and board/company secretarial controls.

Appointment of Company Secretary (Issuer appointment release dated 29 November 2024)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

Source Legal Australia identifies BA (Business Management), Bath Spa University; MSc (Corporate Governance), Bournemouth University; earlier roles at State Street, Ipes and Ravenscroft Holdings in Guernsey and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in Sydney. Barton appointed Cook Company Secretary effective 29 November 2024. Employer-profile claims were reviewed, but award records and professional memberships were not independently checked. Role-fit inference: relevant experience is evidenced, though exact prior-role dates and outcomes remain limited.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current Company Secretary duties at Barton Gold Holdings Limited.

Jade Cook profile (Jade Cook profile, lines 72–95); Appointment of Company Secretary (Appointment effective 29 November 2024; Company Secretary / ASX contact role)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and independent corroboration for several prior-employer roles are not disclosed in the cited public biographies.

• The documented name/employer searches and reviewed filings are not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record checks; no clearance is implied.

• Company exploration, finance and project milestones are not personally attributable absent the role limits stated in each finding.

• Jade Cook’s employer profile names Bath Spa University and Bournemouth University, but institutional award confirmation and professional membership-register verification were not performed.

• The FY2026 annual report was announced as released on 29 September 2026, but the full report could not be retrieved and read by the cutoff; no claim is based on its contents.

• No individual adverse finding was established in the documented searches; the open-web review is not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory check.