Paul Brown

Career chronology

• Since 2026-03-02: Core Lithium Ltd — Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer. Core Lithium 2026 Annual Report to Shareholders (Management Team / corporate directory; named role as at 2026-09-25)

• More than 25 years’ experience reported: Mineral resources industry — Operations, project development, studies and corporate leadership. Board and Management Updates (Board and Management Updates: profile / appointment biography)

Education and qualifications

Disclosed qualifications

As reported by issuer · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer profile/report lists Mining engineer, with over 25 years’ resources-industry experience. 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.

Board and Management Updates (Board and Management Updates: qualifications in executive biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Finniss steady-state production target

2026-07-15 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer reported finniss steady-state production target: mid-2028. This records an employer-level event; the reviewed evidence does not attribute the event to Paul Brown 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.

Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report (Managing Director commentary and BP33, pages 2 and 4)

Finniss restart approved and fully funded

2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Core’s FY2026 annual report describes board approval of the Finniss restart FID and a fully funded restart package in March 2026. Brown was MD and CEO from 2 March 2026; the evidence shows role overlap and issuer-level outcome, not that he alone delivered it.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive held the CEO/MD role during the reported decision and restart; no sole-causation inference is made.

Relevance: Directly relevant to delivery and capital allocation oversight in a project restart.

Core Lithium Annual Report 2026 (MD and CEO letter; Finniss restart and funding section)

First concentrate produced as Finniss restart commissioning continued

2026-09 to 2026-10-14 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Core reported first spodumene concentrate produced at Finniss during the September 2026 quarter, within six months of the March FID. The plant remained in commissioning and optimisation, and first shipment was targeted for the December quarter. Brown’s CEO/MD commentary describes team progress; the filing does not establish his individual causal contribution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Brown held the MD/CEO role during the milestone and commented on it. The source describes an issuer/team outcome and does not isolate his personal contribution.

Relevance: Current operating context for delivery; commissioning and shipment remained outstanding at cutoff.

September Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report (Highlights and MD commentary, pp. 1-2; Processing, p. 3)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit cannot be assessed from the disclosed profile

As of 2026-09-25 · analyst inference · low materiality

The current role is supported by the issuer roster, and the cited profile documents relevant previous roles for Paul Brown. 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.

Core Lithium 2026 Annual Report to Shareholders (Management Team / corporate directory; named role as at 2026-09-25); Board and Management Updates (Board and Management Updates: executive biography)

Evidence gaps

• Targeted independent searches of regulator, court, safety and environmental records were not completed for this individual; the logged source review does not support a clearance conclusion.

• Core FY2024 disclosures describe MinRes and Fortescue roles and prior CEO roles at Hastings Technology Metals and Technology Metals Australia, but do not give complete dates or quantified individual outcomes; role overlap with project milestones does not establish sole causation.