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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Todd Hibberd

Chief Geologist

Career chronology

  • Current at roster date 2026-09-26: Ballard Mining Limited — Chief Geologist. Ballard Mining Half-Year Report 2026 (Executive roster / management listing; Todd Hibberd — Chief Geologist)

  • Prior to joining Ballard; exact dates not disclosed: Newmont Australia — Exploration, resource estimation, mine development, feasibility studies and production roles. High Grade Infill Results & Exploration Drilling Underway (Appointment release describes expertise at Newmont Australia but does not provide dates or job titles.)

Education and qualifications

Geology executive with Newmont experience; formal qualifications not established

Appointment and disclosures through 2026-10-09 · issuer reported · low materiality

Ballard’s appointment announcement says Hibberd held exploration, resource estimation, mine development, feasibility and production roles at Newmont Australia and identifies him as an AusIMM Competent Person for the Mt Ida Mineral Resource. It does not disclose his degrees or exact Newmont titles/dates. The LinkedIn profile surfaced in search results but was not opened, so no education or membership details are relied upon.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Appointment announcement is issuer-reported; education and professional-register status were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant to resource estimation, exploration management and technical disclosure.

High Grade Infill Results & Exploration Drilling Underway (Appointment and qualifications, pages 2 and 8); Ballard Mining Half-Year Report 2026 (Performance-rights note and KMP identity)

Contributions and company outcomes

Ballard expanded the Mt Ida resource during Hibberd’s tenure

2025-08 to 2026-03 · issuer reported · low materiality

Ballard reported a 10.3 Mt at 3.3 g/t Au, 1.1 Moz Mineral Resource in July 2025, shortly before Hibberd commenced on 4 August 2025. During his tenure Ballard continued exploration and its half-year report describes widespread mineralisation from regional drilling. The source set reviewed here does not confirm a mine reserve, completed feasibility study, construction or production attributable to Hibberd; a resource and exploration target are not delivered operating outcomes.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Hibberd commenced after the July 2025 baseline resource; subsequent exploration reporting identifies him as Competent Person, but project-level drilling results are not personal production outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant technical track record, while development and production delivery remain unproven.

High Grade Infill Results & Exploration Drilling Underway (Appointment begins 4 August 2025 and pre-appointment MRE, pages 2 and 8); Ballard Mining Half-Year Report 2026 (Operations review and regional exploration results, pages 5-7)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

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

Half-year report identifies exploration/technical role; company presentation reports prior geology roles, but primary credential/employment confirmation remains limited. This supports relevant disclosed experience for Chief Geologist, but does not establish attributable performance across the full tenure. Analyst assessment: role relevance is plausible; strength is unproven from reviewed public sources.

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

Relevance: Relevant to current Chief Geologist duties at Ballard Mining Limited.

Ballard Mining Half-Year Report 2026 (Exploration review / technical references)

Evidence gaps

  • Full prior-employer chronology and exact dates are not independently established beyond the cited issuer biographies.

  • Formal education, professional memberships and credentials have not been independently verified against awarding institutions or registers.

  • No exhaustive individual criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record search was performed; logged open-web checks are limited and are not a clearance.

  • For company-level operating outcomes, personal contribution is not established unless a source expressly attributes it.

  • Newmont job titles/dates, formal degree(s), and independent validation of the self-reported Dip. Bus. (FLM) and memberships are not established.