Brightstar Resources Limited

Career chronology

• Appointed 12 January 2023: Brightstar Resources Limited — Managing Director. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Directors’ report, Managing Director biography)

• Nine years before joining Brightstar; exact dates not disclosed: Canaccord Genuity — Investment banker, metals and mining sector. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Directors’ report, Managing Director biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Brightstar delivered gold sales and committed to Goldfields construction during FY2026

FY2026 ended 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Brightstar’s FY2026 annual report reports 24koz gold recovered under its ore-purchase agreement, A$138m gross sales proceeds, no lost-time injuries, and a May 2026 final investment decision with full-scale construction of the Laverton plant underway. Rovira was Managing Director throughout FY2026 and Rich was Executive Director – Operations from May 2024. These are company outcomes and role overlap only; the source does not isolate either executive’s causal contribution. The company also reported FY26 operating costs above its stated $3,800/oz STI threshold and an absolute TSR hurdle not met.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Both held senior roles overlapping the reporting period; no personal attribution to the production, financing, construction or cost outcomes is demonstrated by the annual report.

Relevance: Relevant evidence of organizational delivery for senior operating leadership, balanced by the missed cost and TSR measures; forward production remains targeted, not delivered.

Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Chair’s letter and Review of Operations, annual-report lines 157–165 and 308–324); Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Audited remuneration report, STI outcomes and company KPIs, lines 972–1004)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

BSc (Geology), BCom (Corporate Finance) and Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance; nine years in metals and mining investment banking before appointment. This is relevant capital-markets and geology experience for a developer, while the reviewed material does not isolate individual delivery outcomes from group results.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Appointed 31 May 2024: Brightstar Resources Limited — Executive Director – Operations. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Directors’ report, Executive Director – Operations biography)

• Before Brightstar; exact dates not disclosed: Linden Gold Alliance Limited — Managing Director; led mining and corporate functions. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Directors’ report, Executive Director – Operations biography)

• Led three underground projects from construction into production; individual project dates are not specified: Westgold Resources; Ramelius Resources; Linden Gold Alliance — Mining engineer / underground project leadership. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Directors’ report, Executive Director – Operations biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Brightstar delivered gold sales and committed to Goldfields construction during FY2026

FY2026 ended 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Brightstar’s FY2026 annual report reports 24koz gold recovered under its ore-purchase agreement, A$138m gross sales proceeds, no lost-time injuries, and a May 2026 final investment decision with full-scale construction of the Laverton plant underway. Rovira was Managing Director throughout FY2026 and Rich was Executive Director – Operations from May 2024. These are company outcomes and role overlap only; the source does not isolate either executive’s causal contribution. The company also reported FY26 operating costs above its stated $3,800/oz STI threshold and an absolute TSR hurdle not met.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Both held senior roles overlapping the reporting period; no personal attribution to the production, financing, construction or cost outcomes is demonstrated by the annual report.

Relevance: Relevant evidence of organizational delivery for senior operating leadership, balanced by the missed cost and TSR measures; forward production remains targeted, not delivered.

Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Chair’s letter and Review of Operations, annual-report lines 157–165 and 308–324); Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Audited remuneration report, STI outcomes and company KPIs, lines 972–1004)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Mining engineering degree; 15+ years in mining engineering and underground management, and three underground projects led from construction into production at Westgold, Ramelius and Linden. These are relevant operating credentials, though the issuer does not quantify his personal contribution or project benchmarks.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Joined July 2024; CFO through FY2026: Brightstar Resources Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27; joined Brightstar July 2024); Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Remuneration report, FY2026 KMP and contract arrangements)

• Previously; exact dates not stated: Pilbara Minerals Limited — Head of Finance. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27)

Contributions and company outcomes

FY2026 finance leadership overlapped with audited capital and operating disclosures

FY2026 ended 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

The FY2026 audited annual report identifies Martin as CFO for the full year and documents the company’s production, A$193m equity raise, US$120m senior secured bond, and Goldfields construction decision. These are company outcomes during her tenure; no source reviewed assigns her individual responsibility for the transactions or results.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CFO role overlapped the reporting period, but individual transaction or operating contributions are not separately identified.

Relevance: Provides issuer-level evidence of finance function context, not a personal CFO performance measure.

Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Corporate directory and operating highlights, lines 308–315)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality

Brightstar reports prior Head of Finance experience at Pilbara Minerals and experience building finance teams at emerging producers. The reviewed sources do not establish academic or professional qualifications, exact prior dates, or measurable finance outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Current at 30 September 2026; initial appointment date not stated: Brightstar Resources Limited — Company Secretary. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Corporate directory and company secretary biography)

• Three years; dates not stated: BHP Nickel West — Finance/accounting professional. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Company secretary biography)

• Five years; dates not stated: ASX-listed company audit practice — Auditor. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Company secretary biography)

• More recently as described in the FY2026 annual report; exact dates not stated: Rubix Resources Limited; Estrella Resources Limited — Company Secretary. Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Company secretary biography)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

The FY2026 annual report describes him as a Chartered Secretary and Chartered Accountant, with three years at BHP Nickel West, five years auditing ASX-listed companies, and company-secretarial roles at Rubix and Estrella. This background directly matches listed-company finance and secretarial responsibilities; certificates and dates were not independently checked.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Appointment announced 4 November 2025; current directory lists the role: Brightstar Resources Limited — Project Director. Brightstar strengthens leadership to drive project development and mining operations (Leadership appointments, Daniel Jolley – Project Director); Corporate Directory (Other Key Officers & Management)

• Most recent prior experience at the Hemi Gold Project; exact employer and role dates not specified: Northern Star Resources / De Grey Mining — Project delivery / processing plant delivery. Brightstar strengthens leadership to drive project development and mining operations (Leadership appointments, Daniel Jolley – Project Director)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Brightstar reports 20+ years in engineering, feasibility studies and project execution, including recent work at Northern Star/De Grey’s Hemi project. The 4 November 2025 appointment announcement assigned him leadership for Laverton plant execution and the Sandstone PFS. This is directly relevant development experience; no individual delivery metrics were verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing); Brightstar strengthens leadership to drive project development and mining operations (Leadership appointments biography)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Joined May 2023; resigned 12 September 2025: Brightstar Resources Limited — Chief Development Officer. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27; joined May 2023); Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Remuneration report, former KMP disclosure; resignation date); Golden Horse appoints Chief Operating Officer (Appointment notice, lines 7–20)

• Commenced 20 October 2025: Golden Horse Minerals Limited — Chief Operating Officer. Golden Horse appoints Chief Operating Officer (Appointment notice, lines 7–20)

• Issuer presentation describes prior open-pit development and operating roles; exact dates not available: Calidus Resources; KCGM; PNP — Mining / development leadership. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27); Golden Horse appoints Chief Operating Officer (Appointment notice, lines 10–20)

Governance and interests

Brightstar resignation preceded Golden Horse commencement

12 September–20 October 2025 · documented · medium materiality

Brightstar’s annual report identifies Vallve as former KMP and states he resigned on 12 September 2025. Golden Horse’s 15 October 2025 appointment announcement states that he would commence there on 20 October 2025. The former employer’s notice identifies the resignation date; the successor’s notice corroborates the subsequent transition. No adverse reason for departure is stated in these sources.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The dates establish a role transition and do not establish a performance or conduct issue.

Relevance: Corrects the selected roster’s current-status label and is material to current team composition.

Brightstar Resources 2026 Annual Report (Remuneration report; former KMP table states resigned 12 September 2025); Golden Horse appoints Chief Operating Officer (Appointment notice, lines 7–9)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Brightstar and Golden Horse describe mining engineering/geology qualifications, an MBA and First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate, with open-pit development and operational experience. His Brightstar service ended 12 September 2025; Golden Horse appointed him COO from 20 October 2025. Qualifications remain issuer-reported and unverified with awarding bodies.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing); Golden Horse appoints Chief Operating Officer (Appointment notice, lines 10–20)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

• The selected roster still includes Dean Vallve, but the annual report records his resignation on 12 September 2025; Brightstar’s post-resignation successor for Chief Development Officer is not identified in the reviewed sources. His reasons for leaving are not disclosed.

Career chronology

• Joined June 2024; current at the date of corporate directory accessed 9 October 2026: Brightstar Resources Limited — Corporate Development Officer. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27; joined June 2024); Corporate Directory (Other Key Officers & Management)

• Before Brightstar; exact dates not specified: Linden Gold Alliance Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27)

• Employer dates and titles other than prior Linden CFO not specified: PCF (now Argonaut); mining companies — Corporate finance, transactions and commercial mining roles. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality

Brightstar reports prior CFO experience at Linden and commercial, corporate/project finance, M&A and mining transactions experience, including PCF/Argonaut. These are relevant to corporate development; exact chronology, credentials and attributed transactions were not established.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Appointment announced 4 November 2025; date of commencement not stated: Brightstar Resources Limited — General Manager Mining. Brightstar strengthens leadership to drive project development and mining operations (Leadership appointments, John Croall – General Manager Mining)

• Prior senior operational and leadership roles; exact dates not disclosed: Regis Resources; Evolution Mining; Ora Banda Mining; Saracen Mineral Holdings — Mine Manager / Senior Site Executive. Brightstar strengthens leadership to drive project development and mining operations (Leadership appointments, John Croall – General Manager Mining)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Brightstar reports 30+ years across underground/open-pit operations and mine establishment, expansion, construction and commissioning, with prior senior roles at Regis, Evolution, Ora Banda and Saracen. His mining leadership background is relevant to operating a gold portfolio; personal delivery records were not separately measured.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing); Brightstar strengthens leadership to drive project development and mining operations (Leadership appointments biography)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are substantially incomplete unless specifically noted in cited evidence.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed for this executive.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Current role listed on corporate directory accessed 9 October 2026; appointment date not stated: Brightstar Resources Limited — Chief Human Resources Officer. Corporate Directory (Other Key Officers & Management)

• Brightstar introduction states more than two decades’ sector experience; prior employers and exact chronology not provided by the material reviewed: Mining, manufacturing and transport sectors — Senior human-resources leadership. Corporate Directory (Other Key Officers & Management)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality

Brightstar lists Hughes as CHRO and states 20+ years across mining, manufacturing and transport with executive-level people-strategy experience. This is relevant to a growing workforce, but the available source is an issuer introduction and names no prior employers, qualifications, or independent outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are unverified.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Joined May 2024; current in company directory accessed 9 October 2026: Brightstar Resources Limited — General Manager – Geology. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27; joined May 2024); Corporate Directory (Other Key Officers & Management)

• Before Brightstar; exact dates not stated: Musgrave Minerals Limited — Exploration Manager. Brightstar Diggers and Dealers Presentation, 5 August 2025 (Appendix 1, p.27)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality

Brightstar reports 15+ years in Western Australian gold geology, with production, resource definition and exploration experience, and prior Exploration Manager work at Musgrave Minerals. This is relevant to geology leadership; specific discovery/resource outcomes and credentials were not established.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are unverified.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.

Career chronology

• Current in company directory accessed 9 October 2026; start date not established: Brightstar Resources Limited — Environment & Approvals Manager. Corporate Directory (Other Key Officers & Management); Sustainability (Environment section; names Bow as environmental team lead)

• Previous positions as summarized in Brightstar material; exact dates and scope not independently verified: Atlas Iron Limited; HanRoy — Manager – Environmental & Approvals. Sustainability (Environment section); Corporate Directory (Other Key Officers & Management)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience is documented; delivery attribution remains limited

Career through 2026-10-09; role status assessed at evidence cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality

Brightstar lists Bow as Environmental & Approvals Manager and environmental team lead, with over 20 years in WA mining; issuer material identifies previous environmental/approvals roles at Atlas Iron and HanRoy. This role history is relevant to permitting and compliance, but individual approvals/outcomes were not independently assessed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are biographical facts reported by the issuer or employer; individual contribution to aggregate company outcomes is only attributed where a source explicitly links it.

Relevance: The experience is relevant to the current or most recent stated role, subject to the evidence and verification limits described.

Corporate Directory (Current corporate directory and management role listing)

Evidence gaps

• Career chronology, prior positions, dates, qualifications and memberships are unverified.

• No company-outcome attribution or benchmark-adjusted shareholder-return analysis was performed.

• Person-specific fraud, litigation, sanctions, safety, environmental and governance searches were not performed; no clearance or negative finding is implied.

• Searches of criminal, court, regulator and professional registers were not exhaustive or, for this pass, generally performed.