Chalice Mining Limited

Career chronology

• Appointed 13 November 2018; current through cutoff: Chalice Mining Limited — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 6)

• Prior to Chalice; exact dates not disclosed: McKinsey & Company — Specialist Consultant. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 6)

• Before Chalice; exact employers, titles and dates not disclosed: BHP and upstream oil and gas — Engineering roles; more than six years in upstream oil and gas. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 6)

Education and qualifications

Engineering and finance qualifications

As reported in 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Chalice reports Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Finance qualifications. Independent university credential verification was not completed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. No personal responsibility question applies.

Relevance: Technical and finance education is pertinent to the CEO role; credentials are issuer-reported rather than independently verified.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 6)

Industrial safety

FY26 safety outcomes included one high-potential near miss

FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer reported zero fatalities and zero LTIFR in FY26, but one high-potential incident: a bushfire believed to have been deliberately lit near the Gonneville site burned part of company-owned farmland. No workers were present, damage was minimal, and the fire did not spread beyond company land. The report assigns no cause or responsibility to Dorsch.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. As CEO during the reporting period, Dorsch held executive oversight, but the report does not connect him personally to the fire or any control failure.

Relevance: Relevant safety oversight evidence; reported injury outcomes were positive while the high-potential event warrants acknowledgment.

Annual Report 2026 (Health and Safety, pp. 43–44)

Governance and interests

ABC apologized for a right-of-reply failure in Traditional Owner coverage

25 October–9 December 2022 · documented · medium materiality

On 9 December 2022, the ABC acknowledged it failed to give Chalice a valid right of reply to certain claims in an article about Traditional Owner concerns and apologized to Chalice and CEO Alex Dorsch. The correction recited Chalice’s statement that it had an extensive Traditional Owner engagement program. The apology corrects the ABC’s process; it does not resolve the underlying community concerns or establish misconduct by Dorsch.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Dorsch was CEO and is named as an apology recipient; no personal wrongdoing or determination on the underlying heritage concerns is established.

Relevance: Relevant to social licence and stakeholder oversight for a CEO advancing a proposed mine; the correction narrows the reliability of the original media account but is not an independent finding about project performance.

Apology to Chalice Mining and Mr Alex Dorsch (ABC correction, lines 138–140); Annual Report 2026 (Community and stakeholder engagement, pp. 19–20)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant executive experience and a major discovery-to-study record

2018–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chalice reports Dorsch led the company from a junior explorer through the Gonneville discovery, feasibility and permitting stages, and participated in raising more than A$350 million. The company reports a completed PFS and a 17 Moz 3E resource, while construction remains unapproved and first production has not occurred. These are issuer-attributed management contributions and project milestones, not proof of personal causation or realized mine economics.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer directly attributes leadership and a role in fundraising to Dorsch; geological discovery was delivered by Chalice geologists and is not assigned solely to him.

Relevance: Relevant CEO-stage experience in discovery, capital raising and pre-development; delivery risk remains because the asset is not producing and approvals/FID remain outstanding.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 6; Company Overview and Gonneville project status, pp. 8–14)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates and delivered outcomes for BHP, McKinsey and upstream oil and gas roles are not established in the sources reviewed.

• University confirmation of qualifications and comprehensive professional membership or sanctions checks were not completed.

• No full court, ASIC, sanctions, criminal-record, or person-specific regulator-register check was performed.

• The ABC apology corrected a right-of-reply failure but does not resolve the underlying Traditional Owner concerns; later independent consultation evidence was not independently assessed.

• No benchmarked shareholder-return attribution or independent audit of the issuer’s project and fundraising contribution claims was completed.

Career chronology

• Joined July 2020; CFO from March 2023; Joint Company Secretary from 20 February 2025: Chalice Mining Limited — Chief Financial Officer; Joint Company Secretary. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Executive Leadership Team Appointments (Executive Leadership Team Appointments, pp. 1–2); Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries (Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries, p. 1)

• Prior to Chalice; exact titles and dates not stated in issuer biographies: Carnarvon Petroleum and Australis Oil & Gas — Corporate finance and legal roles. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7)

• Prior to Carnarvon/Australis; exact dates not stated: Miro Advisors — Associate Director. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7)

• Prior to Miro Advisors; firm and dates not stated: National law firm — Legal practice. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7)

Education and qualifications

Law, accounting and applied finance qualifications

As reported in 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Chalice reports LLB, Certified Practising Accountant qualification and Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance; the degree is from the University of Western Australia and the diploma from Kaplan. Independent verification was not completed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. No personal responsibility question applies.

Relevance: Qualifications are relevant to CFO and statutory-disclosure responsibilities.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Executive Leadership Team Appointments (Executive Leadership Team Appointments, p. 1)

Industrial safety

Company-reported FY26 safety outcomes and near miss

FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

During FY26 Chalice reported no fatalities or lost-time injuries and one high-potential bushfire incident at Gonneville. The incident was described as likely deliberately lit near the site; no personnel were present and minimal damage occurred. No source reviewed connects MacKinnon personally to it.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. MacKinnon was CFO and KMP during FY26, but the disclosure does not assign him operational responsibility or individual causation.

Relevance: Limited governance/safety context only; no personal adverse inference is supported.

Annual Report 2026 (Health and Safety, pp. 43–44)

Suitability for the current role

Accountant and lawyer with resource-sector corporate finance experience

2020–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chalice reports MacKinnon’s progression from Business Development and Legal Manager (joined July 2020) to CFO in March 2023 and joint company secretary in February 2025. His earlier work included corporate finance and legal positions in energy and resources, investment banking and private legal practice. No independent employer-date verification was completed.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Appointment releases directly establish his role progression; prior employer details are issuer biographies.

Relevance: Experience and qualifications align with finance, disclosure and company-secretary responsibilities; the available chronology remains incomplete.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Executive Leadership Team Appointments (Executive Leadership Team Appointments, pp. 1–2); Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries (Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries, p. 1)

Evidence gaps

• Prior employer dates and full legal practice identity remain unspecified.

• CPA membership status and academic credentials have not been independently verified.

• The safety disclosure does not allocate responsibility to the CFO; no person-specific safety or environment check is exhaustive.

• Person-specific ASIC, court, sanctions, criminal-record and professional-disciplinary checks were not completed.

• No independent review of the company’s reported financial and project outcomes attributable to the CFO was conducted.

Career chronology

• Joined April 2010 as Finance Manager; Joint Company Secretary from 20 February 2025: Chalice Mining Limited — Finance Manager; Joint Company Secretary. Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 65); Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries (Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries, p. 1)

• Reported in Liontown Resources 2016 annual report; exact appointment and end dates not established: Liontown Resources Limited — Company secretary (concurrent service reported). Annual Report 2016 (Directors’ Report, p. 28)

Education and qualifications

Bachelor of Commerce and Chartered Accountant qualification

As reported in 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Chalice reports a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University, Chartered Accountant qualification and membership of the Governance Institute of Australia. Credential and membership standing were not independently checked.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. No personal responsibility question applies.

Relevance: Credentials are relevant to the finance and joint company-secretary roles.

Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 65); Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries (Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries, p. 1)

Industrial safety

Company-reported FY26 safety outcomes and near miss

FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

During FY26 Chalice reported zero fatalities and zero lost-time injuries, with one high-potential bushfire event at Gonneville. The issuer does not link Stevens personally to the event or operational safety responsibility.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Stevens served as finance manager and joint company secretary; no individual operational responsibility is established.

Relevance: Limited company-level context only; no person-specific safety conclusion follows.

Annual Report 2026 (Health and Safety, pp. 43–44)

Litigation and enforcement

Identical-name docket lead could not be resolved to the Chalice executive

Indexed as 2024; case status unknown at cutoff · alleged · low materiality

A commercial legal-index search returned “Harry Hammond v Leanne Stevens”, case number 2024/00414664, but its public page supplies no court, jurisdiction, case type, hearing dates, outline or outcome. No identifier connects the litigant to the Chalice finance executive. This is not an adverse finding against her; identity and case status remain unverified.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. The name-only index does not establish that the Chalice executive was a party; no conduct or liability is inferred.

Relevance: An unresolved name-only lead creates an evidence limitation for litigation screening, not a professional suitability finding.

Harry Hammond v Leanne Stevens, case 2024/00414664 (Commercial legal-index case page, case number and blank court/status fields)

Suitability for the current role

Long-tenured finance and governance professional

2010–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chalice reports Stevens joined in April 2010 as Finance Manager and became Joint Company Secretary in February 2025. The 2025 ASX appointment release says she has over 20 years of financial accounting and over 12 years of company-secretarial experience. A 2016 Liontown annual report also identifies her as Chalice company secretary.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer appointment and annual-report disclosures directly identify her roles; earlier career employers and complete dates remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevant experience and CA/BCom qualifications fit finance and listed-company governance; history is incomplete.

Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 65); Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries (Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries, p. 1); Annual Report 2016 (Directors’ Report, p. 28)

Evidence gaps

• The name-only docket lead could not be checked against a court registry or associated with this executive; official court, jurisdiction, pleadings and disposition are unavailable in the indexed page.

• Prior employers, exact education dates and complete concurrent directorship or company-secretary history are incomplete.

• The person-specific fraud, regulator, criminal, sanctions and professional-disciplinary search is not exhaustive.

• Professional membership status and degree were not independently verified.

Career chronology

• Commenced 3 March 2025; ceased 19 December 2025: Chalice Mining Limited — Chief Operating Officer. Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer (Appointment announcement, p. 1); Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 65 and KMP chronology, p. 60)

• Most recent role before Chalice; approximately three years, exact dates not established: Evolution Mining — General Manager Projects. Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer (Appointment announcement, p. 1)

• Before Evolution; led US$1.3bn expansion; exact dates not established: Barrick Gold — Project Manager / Expansion Manager, Pueblo Viejo. Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer (Appointment announcement, p. 1); Senior Executive Appointments (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2)

• Earlier career; eight years reported, exact dates not established: Newcrest Mining — Project Manager, major capital projects. Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer (Appointment announcement, p. 1); Senior Executive Appointments (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2)

• Commenced 16 February 2026: Felix Gold Limited — Vice President, Development & Operations. Senior Executive Appointments (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2)

Education and qualifications

Civil engineering qualification

As reported 4 February 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Felix Gold reports Brearley holds Civil Engineering qualifications from the University of Southern Queensland. The university record was not independently checked.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. No personal responsibility question applies.

Relevance: Relevant to project delivery and construction responsibilities.

Senior Executive Appointments (Senior Executive Appointments, p. 1)

Industrial safety

Chalice reported one FY26 high-potential near miss

FY2026; COO tenure through 19 December 2025 · issuer reported · low materiality

Chalice reported zero fatalities and zero lost-time injuries during FY26 but one high-potential bushfire near the Gonneville site. Brearley’s KMP tenure ended in December 2025 during FY26; no source links him to the incident or its cause.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. He held a project-executive role during part of FY26 but is not attributed responsibility for the reported fire.

Relevance: Relevant to role-period safety oversight, with no individual conduct established.

Annual Report 2026 (Health and Safety, pp. 43–44; KMP cessation, p. 65)

Suitability for the current role

Project-delivery background; Chalice tenure ended in December 2025

March–December 2025 at Chalice; new role from February 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chalice appointed Brearley COO effective 3 March 2025 to lead Gonneville studies and development. Its 2026 annual report says he ceased KMP on 19 December 2025. Felix Gold’s 4 February 2026 ASX release states he commenced as VP Development & Operations on 16 February 2026, reports his prior Evolution, Barrick and Newcrest project work, and identifies civil-engineering qualifications from the University of Southern Queensland.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Appointment and cessation dates are directly documented; previous-project contributions are issuer-attributed by Chalice and Felix Gold. No cause for his Chalice departure is stated in the reviewed reports.

Relevance: Project construction and delivery experience is relevant, but the brief Chalice tenure means major Gonneville outcomes cannot be attributed to him.

Chalice Appoints Dan Brearley as Chief Operating Officer (Appointment announcement, p. 1); Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, p. 65; KMP chronology p. 60); Senior Executive Appointments (Senior Executive Appointments, pp. 1–2)

Evidence gaps

• No reason for the 19 December 2025 cessation was established in the annual report reviewed.

• Dates for Evolution, Barrick and Newcrest roles and project-specific delivery benchmarks remain incomplete.

• No targeted employer-specific legal, safety or environmental regulator records were reviewed for past projects.

• No exhaustive court, regulator, sanctions, criminal-record or professional-register check was performed.

Career chronology

• Joined 20 July 2026: Chalice Mining Limited — Gonneville Project Director. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Paul De Ponte appointment announcement (issuer post) (Chalice appointment post, lines 27–30)

• Before July 2026; exact dates not disclosed: Rio Tinto — Senior operational and project leadership roles; General Manager Cape Lambert Port and Operational Readiness and Approvals. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Paul De Ponte appointment announcement (issuer post) (Chalice appointment post, lines 27–30)

• Dates and positions not specified in Chalice annual report: CleanTeQ (now Sunrise Metals) — Executive leadership roles. Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7)

Education and qualifications

Chemical engineering and MBA qualifications

As reported in 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Chalice reports an MBA and Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) with Honours. Independent credential verification was not completed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. No personal responsibility question applies.

Relevance: Relevant technical and business preparation for a large project-director role.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7)

Suitability for the current role

Major-project and operational-readiness experience

Before 2026; Chalice appointment 20 July 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chalice reports more than 25 years in mining and heavy industry and prior leadership roles at Rio Tinto and CleanTeQ, including Cape Lambert Port and operational readiness/approvals. In its 2026 appointment announcement, Chalice says he led operational readiness and ramp-up of the A$2.5bn Cape Lambert Port Expansion, delivered ahead of schedule and under budget. This is an issuer-reported prior-project result, not independently benchmarked.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The appointment issuer explicitly attributes the Cape Lambert leadership and result to De Ponte; exact employment dates and independent project verification are absent.

Relevance: Relevant experience for a project director overseeing feasibility, engineering, execution planning and operational readiness; too early to assess Gonneville delivery.

Annual Report 2026 (Our Leadership, p. 7); Paul De Ponte appointment announcement (issuer post) (Chalice appointment post, lines 27–30)

Evidence gaps

• Exact dates, outcomes and individual responsibilities across Rio Tinto and CleanTeQ roles remain incomplete.

• Project Director tenure is recent at cutoff, with no Gonneville delivery outcome yet attributable to him.

• Education and professional standing were not independently verified.

• Person-specific court, regulator, safety, environmental and governance-register checks were not exhaustive.

Career chronology

• Commenced 1 September 2026: Chalice Mining Limited — General Manager Corporate Affairs. Tim Langmead appointment announcement (issuer post) (Issuer appointment post, lines 34–37); Annual Report 2026 (FY26 highlights, p. 3)

• Prior to September 2026; exact dates not established in primary materials reviewed: Beach Energy Limited — General Manager Corporate Affairs. Tim Langmead appointment announcement (issuer post) (Issuer appointment post, lines 34–37)

• Joined January 2013; Director External Relations January 2014; later Director Community, Environment and Government; end date not established: Fortescue Metals Group — Group Manager Corporate Affairs; Director External Relations; Director Community, Environment and Government. Fortescue Annual Report 2018 (Leadership biographies, p. 19); Tim Langmead appointment announcement (issuer post) (Issuer appointment post, lines 34–37)

• Prior to Fortescue; exact employers and dates not specified in reviewed primary biography: Australian Government ministerial offices — Senior staff/adviser roles. Fortescue Annual Report 2018 (Leadership biographies, p. 19)

• Career began in journalism; exact employer and dates not specified: Agribusiness journalism — Journalist. Fortescue Annual Report 2018 (Leadership biographies, p. 19)

Litigation and enforcement

Same-name fraud and contract dispute remains an unverified lead

Indexed 2026; settlement/award reported as 4 February and 7 April 2026; identity unresolved · alleged · medium materiality

A search surfaced an HKEX-indexed 2026 disclosure snippet describing a Camper & Nicholsons International claim against “Tim Langmead” for fraud and service-agreement breach, followed by a €435,000 settlement agreement dated 4 February and a final arbitral award dated 7 April 2026. The HKEX PDF could not be opened in this review. A January 2024 Camper & Nicholsons yacht-sales catalogue lists a Tim Langmead as a broker and supplies a company email; Fortescue and Chalice records identify a separate career profile in Australian resources and government affairs, but no source directly establishes or excludes identity overlap. Do not treat the claim as proven or attribute it to the Chalice executive.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. Identity cannot be resolved from the inaccessible disclosure and secondary-index extracts. A settlement and award are not proof of fraud; no admission or terms were reviewed.

Relevance: Material diligence limitation because the allegation is serious and cutoff-relevant, but it cannot support a personal adverse conclusion absent identity and primary-record verification.

Central Agency Listings, January 2024 (January 2024 company catalogue, p. 13, Tim Langmead broker contact); Fortescue Annual Report 2018 (Leadership biographies, p. 19)

Suitability for the current role

Government-relations and approvals background fits corporate affairs

2013–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Chalice announced Langmead’s 1 September 2026 start, citing senior roles at Beach Energy and Fortescue and experience in government relations, regulatory approvals and stakeholder engagement. Fortescue’s 2018 report documents his progression from Group Manager Corporate Affairs (January 2013) to Director External Relations (January 2014) and later Director Community, Environment and Government. The precise Beach Energy tenure and pre-Fortescue employer dates are not established here.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The disclosed appointments and role progression directly identify him; no specific project approval result was attributed to him in the sources reviewed.

Relevance: Directly relevant to a proposed mine’s government, heritage and community approvals, although outcome evidence remains limited.

Tim Langmead appointment announcement (issuer post) (Issuer appointment post, lines 34–37); Fortescue Annual Report 2018 (Leadership biographies, p. 19)

Evidence gaps

• The HKEX disclosure letter, referenced settlement and final arbitral award could not be opened; the alleged party’s full identity, employer, case reference, terms, any admission, and disposition are not independently verified.

• The identical-name yacht-broker record has no direct identifier tying it to or separating it from the Australian corporate-affairs executive; exact-name continuity alone is inadequate.

• Beach Energy tenure dates, earlier corporate-affairs employer names and education or professional memberships are not established.

• No comprehensive court, sanctions, criminal, regulator or professional-body register check was performed.

Career chronology

• Company role evidenced by 2024–2026 Chalice announcements; start date not established: Chalice Mining Limited — General Manager Corporate Development. Annual Report 2026 (FY2026 company report, key appointments and corporate enquiries); Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries (Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries, p. 1)

• A 2025 Chalice presentation search result described 15+ years of resource-sector commercial and technical experience; the underlying PDF was not accessible for this review: Earlier resources-sector roles — Investor relations, corporate development and commercial/technical roles (employers and dates incomplete). Annual Report 2026 (FY26 overview, pp. 2–3)

Suitability for the current role

Corporate-development experience is documented only at a high level

Current role as disclosed 2024–2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Chalice materials identify Goldbloom as General Manager Corporate Development and issuer contact. An FY2025 investor-presentation search result described 15+ years of resources-industry commercial and technical experience, but its PDF could not be opened; this report therefore does not adopt specific prior-employer claims surfaced in secondary profiles.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer releases directly identify his title; detailed responsibility and historic outcomes were not established.

Relevance: Corporate-development role is relevant, but role fit and delivered transaction outcomes remain incompletely assessed.

Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries (Appointment of Joint Company Secretaries, p. 1); Annual Report 2026 (FY26 overview, pp. 2–3)

Evidence gaps

• Specific prior employers, qualifications, membership status, dates and transaction contributions were not established from primary sources read.

• The 2025 company presentation surfaced in search but could not be opened; no claims from it were relied on.

• No attributable capital-markets or transaction outcome analysis was completed.

• Person-specific adverse-record, safety, environmental, litigation, sanctions and regulator checks are incomplete.