Full background report
Andrew Finch
Geology Manager; competent person for mineral resources
Career chronology
- Evidence reviewed through 2026-10-31: Catalyst Metals — Geology Manager; competent person for mineral resources. Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (PDF p.154, JORC statement)
Personal achievements
Issuer credits Finch’s resource work
November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality
In its 2025 AGM address, Catalyst’s CEO said Finch led the exploration team during growth in the Trident resource and a doubling of reserves.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The CEO explicitly credited Finch and his team; this is a company statement, not independent verification of his share of the result.
Relevance: A documented statement of role and delivery.
2025 Annual General Meeting address (p.8, managing director’s address)
Suitability for the current role
Disclosed role and relevant experience
Before and during Catalyst role · analyst inference · medium materiality
Catalyst’s resource statement identifies Finch as full-time geology manager, BSc and AIG member and names him as the competent person compiling the Plutonic mineral-resource estimates. His underlying degree and membership were not independently verified.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role relevance is an analytical inference from the cited disclosures; it is not independent credential verification or a demonstrated personal performance assessment.
Relevance: Helps assess role relevance, subject to evidence limits.
Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (PDF p.154, JORC competent-person statement)
Evidence gaps
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Separate person-specific searches for each topic, comprehensive employer histories, court and regulator checks, and independent qualification verification remain incomplete.
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No assertion of criminal or regulatory clearance follows from this limited public-source screening.