John Turney

Career chronology

• Multi-decade career; exact dates not stated: Homestake Mining Company / Barrick Gold Corporation — Mining/milling operations, project development, project leadership. Directors and Management (John Turney profile; prior employers)

• Before Bannerman; dates not stated: Bateman Engineering — General Manager Leaching. Directors and Management (John Turney profile; prior role)

• Company biography states successful development of projects; roles/dates vary and are not detailed: Cowal / Tulawaka / Eskay Creek projects — Project development leadership. Directors and Management (John Turney profile; project outcomes)

• Current at cutoff; start date unknown in current profile: Bannerman Energy Ltd — Project Advisor – Etango. Directors and Management (John Turney profile; current role)

• Appointed 31 August 2009; later issuer profile lists Project Advisor–Etango, but title-transition date is not established: Bannerman Resources Limited — Project Director, Etango. Bannerman Resources Annual Report 2010 (printed pp. 19–20; term of office and Etango responsibility); Directors and Management (Current issuer profile; Project Advisor–Etango title)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and professional designations disclosed by issuer

As reported in FY2026 annual report/current issuer profile · issuer reported · low materiality

BEng (Chemical), MSc (Metallurgical Engineering), FAusIMM. The annual report and issuer biography report these qualifications; no direct verification with awarding institutions or professional registers was completed.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer sources state the credentials; independent verification has not been completed.

Relevance: Qualifications are relevant to the executive’s disclosed function.

Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026 (Directors and executives; individual biography; biography and role terms); Directors and Management (Individual leadership profile)

Industrial safety

Etango recorded its first lost-time injury after a 16-year incident-free period

2026-09-02; status checked through 2026-11-02 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Bannerman’s 29 September 2026 update says a contractor employee operating a compactor suffered a hairline fracture to his left foot on 2 September 2026. It was the project’s first lost-time injury and first in more than 16 years. The FY2026 annual report separately says there were no LTIs during the year ended 30 June 2026 and reports one million LTI-free hours in May 2026; those statements are period-consistent because the injury occurred after year end. The issuer called it a “reset” and said it would reinforce personal safety; no regulator investigation, prosecution, corrective-action finding or later medical outcome was located by the 2 November 2026 cutoff. Turney’s project-advisory role overlapped with the Etango project; no personal or supervisory link to the contractor’s task was disclosed. The 29 October quarterly report restated the 2 September incident and the company’s safety-leadership response; no later regulator or corrective-action disposition was located by the 2 November cutoff.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Turney’s project-advisory role overlapped with the Etango project; no personal or supervisory link to the contractor’s task was disclosed.

Relevance: Safety leadership and contractor controls are material as Etango shifts from early works to full construction.

Etango Construction Early Works Update – September 2026 (Workforce and safety; incident date, contractor task and injury); Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ report, pp. 19–20; no FY2026 LTI and one million LTI-free hours by May 2026); Quarterly Activities Report for period ended 30 September 2026 (p. 4; 2 September contractor LTI and injury details)

Suitability for the current role

Long Etango project leadership is documented, while later responsibilities remain less specific

Project Director from 2009-08-31; current Project Advisor listed in 2026; title transition date unknown · analyst inference · low materiality

Bannerman’s 2010 Annual Report lists Turney as Project Director from 31 August 2009 and says he had overall responsibility for Etango development, reporting to the CEO. The current issuer profile lists him as Project Advisor–Etango but does not give the title-change date or detail his later responsibilities. The issuer also describes more than 40 years in resources, operating and development roles at Homestake and Barrick, prior General Manager Leaching at Bateman Engineering, and successful development work at Cowal, Tulawaka and Eskay Creek. This experience is relevant to Etango, but the reviewed materials do not attribute specific later project outcomes to him.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a limited analyst inference about role relevance, not a claim of personal contribution or responsibility.

Relevance: Project Advisor – Etango supports the company’s operations and governance.

Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026 (Directors and executives; individual biography; biography and role terms); Directors and Management (Issuer leadership profile; individual biography); Bannerman Resources Annual Report 2010 (printed pp. 19–20; role commencement and Etango responsibility)

Evidence gaps

• Logged open-web searches are scoped rather than exhaustive; no comprehensive criminal, sanctions, court, regulator, professional-discipline or credential-register search was completed.

• The 2010 annual report dates Turney’s Etango Project Director appointment to 31 August 2009; the transition date to his current Project Advisor title and details of later responsibilities are not established.