Mark Lynch-Staunton

Career chronology

• From 2024-11-26: Benz Mining Corp. — Chief Executive Officer. 2026 annual report (Printed pp. ix–xi, leadership biographies and corporate directory)

Contributions and company outcomes

Reported exploration activity and annual loss

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Benz reported about 200,000 metres drilled at Glenburgh during FY2026 and a CAD40.43 million annual net loss, with exploration costs expensed. Drilling and exploration targets are not evidence of mine production or completed project delivery.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO tenure overlaps; individual responsibility for totals and financial outcome is not established.

Relevance: Shows scale and stage of current company delivery.

2026 annual report (Operations review and FY2026 statements)

Suitability for the current role

Issuer-reported feasibility and operating experience

Prior roles and 2024 appointment · analyst inference · medium materiality

Benz reports prior Barrick Africa and Middle East feasibility work including Bulyanhulu and Reko Diq, and the CEO appointment release credits him with shaping the Glenburgh and Mt Egerton transaction. Personal contributions and prior project dates have not been independently established.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. These are issuer descriptions, not independently verified operational outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant mining and development experience.

Benz appoints chief executive officer (pp.1–2 appointment and biography); 2026 annual report (Printed pp. ix–xi, leadership biographies and corporate directory)

Evidence gaps

• The individual and each material prior employer/project were not comprehensively searched across all required topics; topic-specific entries disclose recorded searches.

• Independent credential and prior-employer role, date, achievement and attribution verification remains incomplete.