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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Simon L. Dorling

Exploration Manager

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.