Boab Metals Limited

Career chronology

• Executive director during 2010; departed 14 February 2011: Groote Resources Ltd — Managing Director. Boab Metals Annual Report 2022 (Directors’ report, Simon Noon biography, p. 19; Groote Resources tenure); Groote down on board exodus (Report on 14 February 2011 board departures)

• Before acquisition by Boab Metals in 2013: West Rock Resources Ltd — Co-founder and Managing Director. Boab Metals Annual Report 2022 (Directors’ report, Simon Noon biography, p. 19; West Rock acquired in 2013)

• Appointed director 19 October 2013; CEO title start not separately verified: Boab Metals Limited — Director; current Managing Director & CEO per roster. Boab Metals Annual Report 2022 (Directors’ report, Simon Noon biography, p. 19; appointed 19 October 2013); Directors and Management (Simon Noon biography; Managing Director & CEO)

Education and qualifications

Professional memberships disclosed; formal education not located

Current at cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

Boab reports Noon as a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. The reviewed issuer biographies do not state an academic degree, and no credential-register or institution verification was located.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The membership designations are stated by the issuer; no independent register verification was completed.

Relevance: Relevant context for public-company leadership; formal education remains undocumented in reviewed sources.

Directors and Management (Simon Noon biography; memberships)

Contributions and company outcomes

Sorby Hills advanced through studies, approvals and financing

2018–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Boab reports that under Noon’s leadership Sorby Hills progressed through studies, approvals, financing and a December 2025 final investment decision. Its FY2026 annual report says construction began in March 2026; production remained a target for 2027, not a delivered operating result. The A$236 million loan reached contractual close but its drawdown remained subject to conditions.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer directly attributes project advancement and financing to the Managing Director; reported project progress is not equivalent to operating production.

Relevance: Capital raising, permitting and project development are core capabilities for leading a development-stage miner.

Directors and Management (Simon Noon biography; project advancement paragraph); Boab Metals Half-Year Report 2026 (Directors’ report / review of operations, FID and funding); Annual Report 2026 (Managing Director’s letter, pp. 5–8; funding and construction)

Environmental record

Groote seabed proposal faced traditional-owner opposition

2010–2013 · documented · medium materiality

In October 2010, Groote executive director Noon said the company wanted to engage the Anindilyakwa Land Council and obtain traditional-owner support before activity. ABC subsequently reported traditional owners opposed the company’s proposed seabed manganese exploration over cultural and environmental concerns. Noon left the board in February 2011; the company gave no reason. In 2013, after his departure, ABC reported a moratorium and continuing local opposition, while Northern Manganese said another community supported its applications. No personal misconduct or personal causation is established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Noon was a Groote executive at the time of its proposal and made the cited consultation statement; the later moratorium and continuing debate post-date his departure.

Relevance: Community engagement and project consent are relevant to project delivery.

Exploration and Traditional Owner Consultation (p. 2, Traditional Owner Consultation); Traditional owners fight sacred area exploration (Traditional owners’ opposition and sought response); Groote down on board exodus (Board departure and absence of reason); Traditional owners stand ground on seabed mining (Moratorium and company response after Noon departure)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant public-company and project-development experience disclosed; operating delivery remains prospective

2010s–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer biographies describe Noon’s earlier Groote Resources leadership, West Rock co-founding and nearly 13 years on Boab’s board by the 2026 half-year report. The issuer attributes Sorby Hills resource expansion, studies, approvals, offtake and financing to his leadership. This is relevant development and capital-markets experience; Sorby Hills had entered construction in March 2026, while commercial production remained future, so the track record does not yet demonstrate an operating mine delivered by Boab. The biography’s claim of Groote market-cap growth is issuer-reported and lacks independent performance attribution in the material reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment based on issuer biographies and a dated corporate report; market capitalisation is a company outcome, not proof of individual causation.

Relevance: Relevant to leading a development-stage miner toward construction and commissioning.

Boab Metals Annual Report 2022 (Directors’ report, Simon Noon biography, p. 19); Directors and Management (Simon Noon biography; Sorby Hills progress since 2018); Boab Metals Half-Year Report 2026 (Directors’ report, pp. 3–5; funding, FID and early works); Annual Report 2026 (Managing Director’s letter, pp. 5–8; construction status)

Evidence gaps

• Open-web adverse searches are scoped and not exhaustive; regulator, court, sanctions and criminal-record databases were not comprehensively searched.

• The public-record date for his initial CEO appointment is not resolved: annual reports confirm director appointment on 19 October 2013, while one secondary profile displays CEO/MD from August 2013; the role-title start was left null.

• A comprehensive record of the Groote proposal’s consultation and approval outcomes during Noon’s tenure was not established.

• Historical search logs from the prior companion could not be independently verified; this refresh records only the searches and source reviews actually performed. Targeted regulator/court database searches by topic remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• Current at selected roster date 2026-10-30: Boab Metals Limited — Company Secretary. Directors and Management (Jerry Monzu biography; Company Secretary)

• Appointed company secretary 23 April 2019; S&P Capital IQ reports resignation as joint secretary effective 30 September 2026: Zinc of Ireland NL — Company Secretary. Zinc of Ireland company secretary appointment (p. 1, appointment and concurrent Pacifico role); Zinc of Ireland announces resignation of joint secretary (Resignation report, 30 September 2026)

• Earlier career; exact dates unavailable: Woodside Petroleum / Normandy Mining / North West Shelf Venture — Senior management positions; Joint Venture Manager at North West Shelf Venture. Balamara Resources Annual Report 2012 (p. 20, secretary biography, Woodside and Normandy roles); Sunbird Energy Financial Report 2012 (Directors’ report, company-secretary biography, North West Shelf joint venture role)

• 8 March 2023 to 23 March 2026: Zinc of Ireland NL — Non-executive director. Zinc of Ireland director appointment (p. 1, appointment); Zinc of Ireland announces director resignation (23 March 2026 report, departure and continuing secretary role)

Education and qualifications

Accounting and governance qualifications are issuer-disclosed

Qualification reported in issuer filings by 2012; current designations at cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

Balamara’s 2012 annual report calls Monzu’s Curtin qualification a Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Finance; Zinc of Ireland’s 2019 appointment release instead calls it a Bachelor of Commerce. Both sources report CPA affiliation. The award title and professional status were not independently verified.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The filing expressly reports the qualification and memberships; this is not independent verification.

Relevance: Relevant to finance and company-secretarial responsibilities.

Balamara Resources Annual Report 2012 (Historical company-secretary biography; Curtin BBus and professional memberships); Boab Metals Annual Report 2025 (Directors’ report, Jerry Monzu biography, p. 18); Zinc of Ireland company secretary appointment (p. 1, qualification and affiliations)

Suitability for the current role

Governance and finance experience is disclosed, with limited dated chronology

Earlier career through current Company Secretary role · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer reports more than 30 years in governance, finance and accounting, service as company secretary/CFO/director, and senior roles in multinational mining/oil-and-gas companies. Older listed-company material identifies Woodside and Normandy Mining and says he graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Finance) from Curtin University, is a CPA Australia member and Chartered Secretaries Australia member. Specific job dates and independent credential-register checks were not found.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The sources establish disclosed experience and qualifications, but not exact individual performance at prior employers.

Relevance: Relevant to ASX disclosure controls, financial reporting and corporate governance.

Directors and Management (Jerry Monzu biography); Boab Metals Annual Report 2025 (Directors’ report, Jerry Monzu biography, p. 18); Balamara Resources Annual Report 2012 (p. 20, secretary biography; Woodside, Normandy, Curtin qualification); Sunbird Energy Financial Report 2012 (Directors’ report, company-secretary biography; North West Shelf Venture role)

Evidence gaps

• Open-web adverse searches are scoped and not exhaustive; regulator, court, sanctions and criminal-record databases were not comprehensively searched.

• Prior employers are named in company filings but job titles, exact service periods and any individual accountability for company outcomes are not established.

• Issuer sources conflict on whether the Curtin degree is Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Commerce; independent award verification was unavailable.

• The original ASX announcement for Monzu’s 30 September 2026 Zinc of Ireland company-secretary resignation was not located; a dated secondary report is cited.

• Dates and individual accountability for the North West Shelf Venture, Woodside and Normandy roles are not established in the reviewed biographies.

• Historical search logs from the prior companion could not be independently verified; this refresh records only the searches and source reviews actually performed. Targeted regulator/court database searches by topic remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• Prior career; exact dates unavailable: BHP — Senior executive/project leadership roles; titles and dates not disclosed. Appointment of Project Director for Sorby Hills Silver-Lead-Zinc Project (Appointment announcement; career summary)

• Prior career; exact dates unavailable: Peabody Energy — Senior executive/project leadership roles; titles and dates not disclosed. Appointment of Project Director for Sorby Hills Silver-Lead-Zinc Project (Appointment announcement; career summary)

• Prior career; exact dates unavailable: Mineral Resources, Downer Mining, Thiess — Senior executive/project leadership roles; individual titles and sequence not stated. Appointment of Project Director for Sorby Hills Silver-Lead-Zinc Project (Appointment announcement; career summary)

• 29 November 2022 to 2 September 2025; executive director from 18 September 2024: Aspire Mining Limited — Non-executive director then executive director. Aspire Mining Annual Financial Report 2024 (Directors’ report, Taylor biography and service agreement); Aspire Mining Annual Financial Report 2025 (Directors’ report and note 30, p. 53)

• Appointed 12 September 2025; responsible for project delivery through commercial production: Boab Metals Limited — Project Director, Sorby Hills. Appointment of Project Director for Sorby Hills Silver-Lead-Zinc Project (Appointment release; role and qualification statement)

Education and qualifications

Mine-planning engineering master’s degree and AICD course reported

As reported 12 September 2025 · issuer reported · low materiality

The appointment release reports a master’s degree in engineering science (Mine Planning and Design) from Curtin University and graduation from the Australian Institute of Company Directors course. The degree and course were not independently verified.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The source expressly identifies the qualifications; no independent institution check was completed.

Relevance: Relevant to mine planning, project delivery and governance responsibilities.

Appointment of Project Director for Sorby Hills Silver-Lead-Zinc Project (Appointment announcement; qualifications paragraph)

Governance and interests

Aspire performance-rights award was not approved

2024–2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Aspire reported that two million performance rights issued to Taylor on his 2024 executive appointment were subject to shareholder approval, which was not obtained at the May 2025 AGM, and were forfeited. It reported his resignation on 2 September 2025 and forfeiture of a further 500,000 existing rights. Aspire’s June release described a transition towards an in-country execution team. These facts do not establish wrongdoing by Taylor.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer specifically names Taylor in its award and resignation disclosures; the record does not establish personal misconduct.

Relevance: Relevant to prior board governance and executive-transition history.

Aspire Mining Annual Financial Report 2025 (note 30, p. 53, share-based payments); Executive Management Changes (p. 1, executive transition and rationale)

Suitability for the current role

Project execution experience and engineering qualification align with Sorby Hills remit

Appointment 12 September 2025–cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Boab’s 12 September 2025 appointment release describes Taylor as having 28+ years in large-scale mine development and operations, with leadership roles at BHP, Peabody, Mineral Resources, Downer Mining and Thiess. It reports a Curtin master’s degree in engineering science (Mine Planning and Design) and AICD course graduation, and assigns him responsibility for Sorby Hills delivery through commercial production. This supports a strong role match, but the source does not establish his exact prior project chronology or outcomes; the short tenure is not evidence that Sorby Hills has been delivered.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The appointment release expressly states his remit and qualifications; no specific Sorby delivery outcome is attributed to him.

Relevance: Directly relevant to planning and delivery of a mine project through construction and commercial production.

Appointment of Project Director for Sorby Hills Silver-Lead-Zinc Project (Appointment announcement; experience, qualifications and project remit); Boab Metals Half-Year Report 2026 (Directors’ report, p. 4; appointment and remit)

Evidence gaps

• Open-web adverse searches are scoped and not exhaustive; regulator, court, sanctions and criminal-record databases were not comprehensively searched.

• The 2025 appointment release provides Taylor’s engineering master’s degree and AICD course, but exact prior employer dates, project names and role-specific outcomes remain unavailable.

• Most prior employer assignments, site-level responsibility and dates remain unavailable, limiting historic safety and environmental assessment.

• Historical search logs from the prior companion could not be independently verified; this refresh records only the searches and source reviews actually performed. Targeted regulator/court database searches by topic remain incomplete.

Career chronology

• Graduated 1991: University of Bonn — MSc, Geology. Directors and Management (Simon Dorling biography; education)

• Awarded 1995: University of Western Australia — PhD, Economic Geology. Directors and Management (Simon Dorling biography; education)

• CSA Global employment documented in 2014; complete dates and other employers unavailable: CSA Global Pty Ltd and other exploration/mining employers — Geological consultant; 2014 Regal filing identifies CSA Global employment. Kalongwe Maiden Resource Estimate (p. 27, identifies Dorling as CSA Global employee and Regal non-executive director); Directors and Management (Simon Dorling biography, prior consulting career)

• 2012–25 November 2016: Regal Resources Limited (subsequently Nzuri Copper) — Non-executive technical director. Kalongwe Maiden Resource Estimate (p. 9, competent person statement and technical-director role); Nzuri Copper Annual Report 2017 (Directors report; resignation 25 November 2016)

• Current at roster date 2026-10-30: Boab Metals Limited — Exploration Manager. Directors and Management (Simon Dorling biography; Exploration Manager)

Education and qualifications

Geology MSc and economic geology PhD disclosed

1991 and 1995 · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer reports an MSc in Geology from the University of Bonn (1991) and PhD in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia (1995). No direct university alumni verification was found.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer expressly reports the degrees; independent institutional verification was not completed.

Relevance: Directly relevant to exploration-management duties.

Directors and Management (Simon Dorling biography; education); Amended Drilling Announcement (Compliance Statement; AIG membership and Competent Person qualification)

Litigation and enforcement

Former employer faced contested Eucalyptus royalty claim

2016; outcome not located · disputed · medium materiality

In June 2016 Regal disclosed that Eucalyptus Gold Mines sued it over alleged contractual, reporting and security-bond failures connected to a mining lease. Regal said it intended to defend the claim. Contemporary press identified Dorling among Regal’s directors. The later 2017 annual report confirms he left the board in November 2016, but the outcome of the Eucalyptus proceeding was not located. The sources reviewed do not establish that Dorling was personally liable or even a named defendant.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Dorling was on Regal’s board when the company claim was disclosed; the company disclosure names Regal as defendant and does not assert personal fault by Dorling.

Relevance: Prior board oversight and unresolved litigation are relevant contextual evidence.

Eucalyptus Gold Mines Claim Update (p. 1, claim and defence); Prospector takes on Regal over IPO (2016 report, company directors and dispute); Nzuri Copper Annual Report 2017 (Directors report, resignation)

Suitability for the current role

Economic-geology qualifications and exploration experience fit the role

1991–current role · analyst inference · medium materiality

Boab states Dorling graduated with an MSc in Geology from the University of Bonn in 1991 and earned a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia in 1995. It describes more than three decades in exploration and resource evaluation, with most of his career at a Perth geological consultancy and expertise in sediment-hosted base/precious-metal systems and structural geology. A 2014 Regal filing names him as an exploration-results Competent Person and identifies his work with CSA Global, while a different person accepted responsibility for the mineral-resource estimate. A Boab release separately identifies him as Competent Person for exploration results. These sources support technical relevance but leave most employer chronology and independent credential verification incomplete.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The issuer bio and technical filings identify his qualifications and professional technical responsibilities; no independently verified career timeline was located.

Relevance: Directly relevant to geological exploration evaluation and JORC technical disclosure.

Directors and Management (Simon Dorling biography; education and technical specialisms); Amended Drilling Announcement (Compliance Statement; Competent Person qualifications, membership and consent); Kalongwe Maiden Resource Estimate (pp. 9 and 27, Competent Person responsibilities and CSA role)

Evidence gaps

• Open-web adverse searches are scoped and not exhaustive; regulator, court, sanctions and criminal-record databases were not comprehensively searched.

• A 2014 Regal disclosure identifies CSA Global as an employer, but most prior consulting clients and exact employment dates remain unverified.

• The outcome of the Eucalyptus Gold Mines v Regal proceeding and any personal party status were not established from the available company disclosures or a broad web search.

• Historical search logs from the prior companion could not be independently verified; this refresh records only the searches and source reviews actually performed. Targeted regulator/court database searches by topic remain incomplete.