Antony Sage

Career chronology

• Current role; start date not stated in selected roster: CuFe Ltd — Executive Chairman. Annual Report 2026 (Management Team / corporate directory; named role as at 2026-09-26)

• Since December 2000, as reported in FY2025: Cyclone Metals Limited — Director. CuFe Annual Report 2025 (CuFe Annual Report 2025: profile / appointment biography)

• Since September 2016, as reported in FY2025: European Lithium Limited — Director. CuFe Annual Report 2025 (CuFe Annual Report 2025: profile / appointment biography)

• Since February 2024, as reported in FY2025: Critical Metals Corp. — Director. CuFe Annual Report 2025 (CuFe Annual Report 2025: profile / appointment biography)

Education and qualifications

Disclosed qualifications

As reported by issuer · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer profile/report lists BCom, FCPA, CA and FTIA. The credential is recorded as issuer-reported; no independent credential-register verification is included.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer identifies the qualification as belonging to this executive; independent primary credential verification was not performed.

Relevance: Relevant to the role-specific experience record.

CuFe Annual Report 2025 (CuFe Annual Report 2025: qualifications in executive biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Expected settlement no later than 30 November 2026 subject to Helix shareholder approval

2026-09-15 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer reported expected settlement no later than 30 november 2026 subject to helix shareholder approval: 2026-11-30. This records an employer-level event; the reviewed evidence does not attribute the event to Antony Sage individually.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The event occurred at the issuer level during the documented period; no source establishes this executive’s individual contribution or causal responsibility.

Relevance: Context for delivery and oversight in the current role; do not treat it as personal performance evidence.

Sale of Non-Core Tenement Package (p. 1)

Litigation and enforcement

Cape Lambert ATO assessment settled without admission

2012–2014 · issuer reported · medium materiality

During Sage’s tenure as Cape Lambert executive chairman, the company disclosed an amended ATO assessment of approximately A$95.8 million, including tax, penalties and interest; its objection was disallowed in February 2014. The company reported an out-of-court settlement in July 2014 for a final payment of A$2.465 million, on a without-admission basis, in full and final resolution. This was a corporate tax dispute and the settlement did not establish personal liability or wrongdoing by Sage.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The filings directly link the dispute to Cape Lambert during Sage’s executive chair tenure, but do not assign personal conduct or liability to him.

Relevance: Relevant historical legal/governance context for a current chair with prior listed-company executive roles.

Quarterly Activities Report and Cape Lambert tax settlement (Tax note; amended assessment, objection and settlement)

AFP search/seizure and privilege litigation; underlying allegations unresolved in reviewed judgment

2012 (judgment 2021) · documented · medium materiality

In a 2021 privilege/access judgment, the Federal Court described AFP warrants executed in 2012 as part of Operation Lemans and identified Antony Sage among clients whose material was seized. The judgment addressed access and legal professional privilege; it did not determine the truth of any underlying suspected offences. A secondary dossier surfaced allegations concerning bribery, secret commissions, insider trading and tax fraud, but this review did not locate a primary charging decision or final finding for Sage, so those allegations are not stated as established facts.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The court record directly identifies Sage in relation to seized material but decides privilege/access issues only; it is not a finding of criminal conduct.

Relevance: Material legal context that warrants careful distinction between investigation, allegation and adjudicated fact.

Okewood Pty Ltd v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (No 3) [2021] FCA 2 ([267] and following; Operation Lemans and named client; judgment scope)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit cannot be assessed from the disclosed profile

As of 2026-09-26 · analyst inference · low materiality

The current role is supported by the issuer roster, and the cited profile documents relevant previous roles for Antony Sage. Those biographies are largely issuer supplied and lack complete dated chronology or independent performance corroboration, so fit can be assessed only in relation to the disclosed prior experience.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-limited analyst judgment, not an adverse claim about the executive.

Relevance: Role-specific experience and credentials are central to assessing the current position; the available record is insufficient for a positive or negative conclusion.

Annual Report 2026 (Management Team / corporate directory; named role as at 2026-09-26); CuFe Annual Report 2025 (CuFe Annual Report 2025: executive biography)

Evidence gaps

• Prior roles, exact tenure, education and professional qualifications are not established by the selected evidence.

• The reviewed Federal Court judgment addresses privilege and access, not the underlying Operation Lemans suspected conduct. This search did not establish whether any investigation ended in a charge, prosecution or formal closure; no inference of guilt or exoneration is supported.