Elevra Lithium Limited

Career chronology

• 3 July 2024–current: Elevra Lithium — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, term of office); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• 14 February 2024–3 July 2024: Sayona Mining — Non-Executive Director. Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, term of office)

• April 2018–July 2020 (CEO; later board role, end date not stated): Adani Mining / Adani Australia — Chief Executive Officer; later non-executive director. 2019 Central Regional Forum program: Lucas Dow biography (2019 forum program, Lucas Dow biography); Adani boss abruptly quits, with mine still a year away (10 July 2020 report, paragraphs 2-5)

• Before April 2018: BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance and South32 — CEO / Asset President BMA; VP Operations and Director South32 (sequence and dates not independently resolved). 2019 Central Regional Forum program: Lucas Dow biography (2019 forum program, Lucas Dow biography)

• Earlier career; dates not stated: BHP and other coal operations — Early operational and management roles; employer chronology not stated. 2019 Central Regional Forum program: Lucas Dow biography (2019 forum program, Lucas Dow biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Carmichael approvals and early construction during Adani tenure

2018–2020 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Adani told The New Daily that Dow's leadership reshaped the project, achieved final approvals and completed its first critical 12 months of construction. The same report states he left in July 2020 while the mine remained about a year from production. The project was therefore not an operating outcome delivered during his CEO tenure.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The report quotes the former employer's statement and independently describes project timing; it does not establish Dow's share of the result beyond the CEO role.

Relevance: Shows project-permitting and construction-stage experience; operating delivery after his exit is not attributed to him.

Adani boss abruptly quits, with mine still a year away (10 July 2020, paragraphs 4-8)

Business failures and setbacks

FY26 production and cost scorecard was below target

FY26 ended 30 June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Elevra's Board scorecard says NAL production of 197,967 dmt was 2.5% below its business target and average unit operating cost per tonne sold was 3.1% higher than target. The same scorecard reports US$19m annualised merger synergies and completion of the project development strategy. These are company outcomes during Dow's CEO tenure; the Board separately assessed his individual outcome at 100%.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Dow was CEO; the Board scorecard reports business performance but does not assign specific operational causes to him.

Relevance: Relevant to CEO accountability; Board incentive assessment is disclosed as an issuer judgment and is not independent proof of personal contribution.

Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF pp.72-73, FY26 business scorecard and STI outcomes)

Industrial safety

Recordable injuries rose in the first FY27 quarter

September 2026 quarter · issuer reported · medium materiality

The September 2026 quarterly report records six recordable injuries, including a number of musculoskeletal injuries; the company found no common causal factor and said it was reinforcing coaching, visible field leadership and critical-risk controls. Dow was CEO during the quarter, but no injury or causal failure is linked to him personally.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO tenure overlaps; operational safety response is described at site/company level, with no person-specific causal finding.

Relevance: Current leadership risk indicator after FY26 safety improvement; not an individual misconduct finding.

September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (PDF pp.3-4, management commentary and Health and Safety)

Governance and interests

Queensland Parliament allegation about Carmichael job estimates

March–October 2019 · alleged · medium materiality

A member alleged that Dow misled a parliamentary committee about projected jobs. Dow proactively supplied an explanation and supporting material. The Speaker concluded the explanation was adequate and did not refer the matter to the Ethics Committee. This is an allegation with a stated non-referral outcome, not a finding of misconduct.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Dow was Adani CEO and was named as the witness; the Speaker's ruling did not find deliberate misleading and closed the issue at that stage.

Relevance: Relevant to candour and disclosure judgment in an executive public hearing, with the formal outcome preserved.

Queensland Parliament Hansard — Speaker's ruling on alleged misleading of committee (PDF pp.3090-3091, Speaker's ruling)

Public discussion of Carmichael capacity differed from the 10Mt construction plan

2019 · documented · medium materiality

ABC reported a video of Dow at a 2019 political fundraiser saying Adani was permitted to export up to 60Mt and could expand. Adani said it was building a 10Mt-per-year mine while approvals allowed 60Mt and the railway's initial capacity was 40Mt. This is a documented public communications issue; the article does not establish a breach or unlawful conduct.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The article identifies Dow as Adani CEO and quotes him, while also presenting Adani's response and the approved-versus-planned distinction.

Relevance: Relevant to transparency and stakeholder trust; context is the divergence between permitted capacity and then-current build plan.

Adani executive Lucas Dow talks up bigger coal mine in leaked video at LNP fundraising event (19 March 2020 report, paragraphs 4-12)

Suitability for the current role

Mining engineering and operating leadership background

Current; prior roles before July 2024 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The annual report records a mining engineering honours degree and hands-on mining and renewables experience. A 2019 Engineers Australia program describes earlier BMA CEO/asset-president and South32 operations/director roles. Relevant background is supported, though the career chronology and degree were not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The issuer supplies the current biography; the Engineers Australia event program supplies earlier role descriptions, not independent employment verification.

Relevance: Relevant operating and project leadership experience for a North American lithium producer and developer.

Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, qualifications and experience); 2019 Central Regional Forum program: Lucas Dow biography (2019 forum program, Lucas Dow biography)

Evidence gaps

• No independent verification of university qualification, complete employment dates, references, or full operational outcomes at BHP, BMA, South32 or Adani was located.

• FY26 individual performance score is a Board assessment; it is not an independent measure of personal causality.

• Public searches were indexed-web and selected government records, not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, or regulatory-register check.

Career chronology

• 20 October 2025–current: Elevra Lithium — Chief Financial Officer. Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, term of office); Resignation and Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (p.1, appointment effective date)

• Before October 2025; dates not stated: Arcadium Lithium — Chief Integration and Transformation Officer; led integration of Livent and Allkem. Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, experience); Christian Cortes — leadership biography (profile, prior roles)

• Before Arcadium; dates not stated: Allkem / Orocobre — Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Sales and Marketing; earlier finance roles. Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, experience); Christian Cortes — leadership biography (profile, prior roles)

• Earlier career; dates not stated: PwC Australia and Mexico — Chartered accountant / audit and transaction-support career. Resignation and Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (p.1, prior career); Christian Cortes — leadership biography (profile, prior roles)

Contributions and company outcomes

Allkem and Livent merger-integration leadership

Before October 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Elevra's biography and FY26 annual report state Cortes served as Arcadium's Chief Integration and Transformation Officer and led the integration of the Livent and Allkem merger. This is issuer-reported attribution; no independent operating metric for his contribution was identified.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer specifically attributes integration leadership to Cortes, but provides no quantified individual outcome.

Relevance: Relevant prior transformation experience for finance leadership in a newly merged lithium producer.

Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, experience); Christian Cortes — leadership biography (profile, Arcadium and Allkem roles)

Business failures and setbacks

Company FY26 operating/financial objectives below target during CFO tenure

20 October 2025–30 June 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

The Board scorecard reports production 2.5% below its business target and unit cost 3.1% above target. Cortes served as Executive KMP from 20 October 2025 to 30 June 2026 and received a Board-assessed individual outcome of 93.3%; the annual report does not link either company variance to him personally.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CFO tenure overlapped with part of the performance year; individual causes are not established.

Relevance: Relevant accountability context, balanced against the Board's positive individual assessment and the limited service period.

Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF pp.72-73, business scorecard and KMP service period)

Suitability for the current role

Resources finance, transformation and accounting background

Prior career through current CFO role · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer biographies report more than 20 years in finance, strategy and transformation, prior CFO and sales/marketing leadership at Allkem, merger integration at Arcadium, and PwC audit/transaction work. FY26 disclosures list relevant accounting and management qualifications; independent credential verification was not completed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The career and education claims are issuer-reported; the ASX appointment release confirms the role and prior employers.

Relevance: Relevant experience for finance leadership during merger integration and growth-project funding.

Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, qualifications and experience); Resignation and Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (p.1, appointment and prior career); Christian Cortes — leadership biography (profile, career and qualifications)

Evidence gaps

• No independent verification of the accounting, MBA or university qualifications was located.

• Allkem and Arcadium positions are not fully dated in the reviewed material; no individual quantified integration outcome was found.

• A same-name U.S. plaintiff case was excluded because public records do not establish identity with this executive.

Career chronology

• July 2025–current (month only): Elevra Lithium — President and COO of Canada. Sylvain Collard — leadership biography (profile, appointment chronology); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• October 2022–July 2025 (successive titles): Sayona Mining / North American Lithium — COO Canada from October 2022; interim President Canada from January 2024; President from July 2024. Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, term of office); Sylvain Collard — leadership biography (profile, prior operating role)

• Earlier career; dates not stated: IAMGOLD and other mining operations — Project roles including major capital project manager at Essakane; other mine/project roles in Québec, Ontario and the United States; dates not stated. Sylvain Collard — leadership biography (profile, previous mining projects)

Contributions and company outcomes

NAL operating leadership through ramp-up and expansion

October 2022–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Official issuer sources identify the roleholder as Sylvain Collard; the selected bundle labels the row Shawn Collard. Elevra states Collard has led predecessor Sayona's Québec operations since October 2022. NAL achieved 197,967 dmt FY26 production; Q1 FY27 then set mining/processing records and reduced unit operating costs, while expansion moved into execution. These are issuer-reported site outcomes and cannot be attributed solely to the COO.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His operating leadership overlaps; the cited reports identify site/team performance, not his individual causal contribution.

Relevance: Relevant delivery context for a Canada operations leader.

Sylvain Collard — leadership biography (profile, Québec operating responsibility since October 2022); Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.72, FY26 performance scorecard); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (PDF pp.3-5, management commentary and NAL performance)

Industrial safety

September-quarter injury increase during Canada operations leadership

September 2026 quarter · issuer reported · medium materiality

Official issuer sources identify the roleholder as Sylvain Collard; the selected bundle labels the row Shawn Collard. Elevra reported six recordable injuries during Q1 FY27, including musculoskeletal injuries. It said there was no common causal factor and described site coaching, field leadership and critical-risk-control responses. The COO's role overlaps the period, but the report does not identify individual responsibility.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Site-level operational accountability overlaps; no individual incident or failure is assigned to Collard.

Relevance: Relevant to operations oversight, while avoiding unsupported personal attribution.

September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (PDF pp.3-4, management commentary and Health and Safety)

Environmental record

Historical Canadian compliance investigation disclosed without case-specific outcome

FY23 disclosure; later reports through 28 August 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Official issuer sources identify the roleholder as Sylvain Collard; the selected bundle labels the row Shawn Collard. Sayona's FY23 annual report said directors were aware of environmental non-compliance under investigation in Canada and that the outcome was then unknown. It did not name a site, event or individual. FY24 and FY25 annual reports do not identify a case-specific disposition; FY26 states the directors were not aware of a material compliance breach arising during FY26. Collard's Québec operations overlap the FY23 period, but no personal responsibility is established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His Québec operations role overlapped the period, but the disclosure names no mine, conduct or executive; there is no evidence of personal action or fault.

Relevance: A historical environmental-control context for the Canada COO; later FY26 wording does not resolve the earlier item specifically.

Annual Report to Shareholders 2023 (PDF p.54, Environmental Regulation and Performance); Annual Report to Shareholders 2024 (PDF p.51, Environmental Regulation and Performance); Annual Report to Shareholders 2025 (PDF p.49, Environmental Regulation and Performance); Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.54, FY26 environmental-compliance statement)

Suitability for the current role

Mine operations and project-management experience

Prior roles through current COO role · analyst inference · medium materiality

Official issuer sources identify the roleholder as Sylvain Collard; the selected bundle labels the row Shawn Collard. Issuer biography describes mechanical-engineering training, PMP certification and operating/project-management experience across open-pit and underground mines, including an IAMGOLD major capital project at Essakane. Role dates and credentials are not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Company profile and annual report describe experience; no independent employment or credential verification was located.

Relevance: Relevant to Québec operating management and the NAL expansion.

Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.48, qualifications and experience); Sylvain Collard — leadership biography (profile, career and July 2025 Elevra appointment)

Evidence gaps

• The FY23 environmental disclosure does not identify the Canadian site, date, conduct, regulator, status or eventual outcome; later annual reports do not provide a case-specific close-out.

• Mechanical-engineering degree and PMP certification are issuer-reported and were not independently checked.

• The selected bundle's Shawn/Sylvain first-name conflict is documented in roster reconciliation; the bundle itself is not edited.

• The source bundle's 'Shawn Collard' name conflicts with official issuer sources identifying Sylvain Collard in this role; the source file is unchanged, and the displayed roster name remains the bundle's exact value.

Career chronology

• July 2025–current (month only): Elevra Lithium — General Counsel and Company Secretary. Dylan Roberts — leadership biography (profile, appointment in July 2025); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• Before July 2025; exact dates not stated: Arcadium Lithium — Group Company Secretary and Senior Legal Counsel. Dylan Roberts — leadership biography (profile, prior roles); Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.51, Company Secretary biography)

• Earlier career; dates not stated: Other listed companies — Senior legal roles across Australasia, Southeast Asia, the UK and the Middle East; employers/titles not listed. Dylan Roberts — leadership biography (profile, prior roles)

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-reported key legal role in Allkem/Livent merger

Before Elevra appointment in July 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Elevra says Dylan served as Arcadium Group Company Secretary and Senior Legal Counsel and played a key role in the A$15bn Allkem/Livent merger. No separate individual outcome or contribution metric was identified.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer specifically describes his role, but does not quantify or independently corroborate his contribution.

Relevance: Relevant legal-transformation experience for a merged, dual-listed issuer.

Dylan Roberts — leadership biography (profile, prior role and merger)

Suitability for the current role

Long-standing legal and governance experience

Prior career through current appointment · analyst inference · medium materiality

Elevra reports over 25 years in governance/legal affairs, Fellow status with governance bodies, solicitor admission in Western Australia and New South Wales, and prior senior legal/company-secretarial work across several listed companies. The annual report independently supports only the issuer disclosure, not the credentials themselves.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Current and prior roles are issuer-reported; no practising-certificate or membership-register checks were completed.

Relevance: Relevant legal, compliance, disclosure and governance background for the dual-listed group.

Elevra Annual Report 2026 (PDF p.51, Company Secretary biography); Dylan Roberts — leadership biography (profile, experience and July 2025 appointment)

Evidence gaps

• Full prior-employer list, dates, matters handled and independent legal-admission/credential verification remain unavailable.

• Search coverage was limited to public indexed records and issuer sources; absence of a sourced issue is not a clearance.

Career chronology

• July 2025–current (month only): Elevra Lithium — Chief Development and Investor Relations Officer. Andrew Barber — leadership biography (profile, appointment in July 2025); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• April 2024–July 2025 (month only): Sayona Mining — Investor Relations / development leadership (exact title before merger not specified). Andrew Barber — leadership biography (profile, joined Sayona April 2024)

• More than seven years before April 2024; dates not stated: Allkem Limited — Director of Investor Relations. Andrew Barber — leadership biography (profile, prior role)

• Earlier career; dates not stated: Perpetual Investments, QIC and resources companies — Investment roles and senior resources roles; exact titles and dates not stated. Andrew Barber — leadership biography (profile, prior experience)

• Early career; dates not stated: Mining sector, North-West Queensland — Geologist. Andrew Barber — leadership biography (profile, career start)

Litigation and enforcement

JV tenement-access proceedings disclosed in current quarter

Ongoing as at 30 September 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Elevra says Tabba Tabba East and Strelley access matters remain subject to Warden's Court proceedings involving Wildcat's miscellaneous-licence applications; the JV supports coexistence and protection of existing rights. Barber leads development and investor relations, but the report does not connect him personally to the dispute or allege misconduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The legal issue concerns the project portfolio during his corporate-development role; the individual decision-makers and conduct are not specified.

Relevance: Relevant project-execution and tenure context; not a personal legal finding.

September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (PDF p.9, Western Australia tenure and access matters)

Suitability for the current role

Resources development, investor relations and equity-market background

Prior career through current role · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer profile reports more than 30 years in investor relations, business development and equity markets; over seven years as Allkem IR Director; investment roles at Perpetual and QIC; and an early geology career. The role history is relevant, but individual dates, geology qualifications and outcomes are not verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The current company profile is the main biography source; detailed chronology is not supplied.

Relevance: Relevant for growth strategy, financing communications and investor relations.

Andrew Barber — leadership biography (profile, career and role chronology); Our People (Senior Management listing)

Evidence gaps

• No qualification, complete employer chronology, individual project-deal record or independently measured outcome was identified.

• The Warden's Court matter is a JV/company issue; Barber's personal involvement is unknown.

• No comprehensive criminal, sanctions, court or prior-employer register review was completed.

Career chronology

• July 2025–current (month only): Elevra Lithium — Chief People Officer. Sandra Tremblay — leadership biography (profile, appointment in July 2025); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• Before Elevra; dates not stated: IAMGOLD Corporation — Senior HR positions; one corroborated role as senior director, Operations HR business partner. Sandra Tremblay — leadership biography (profile, prior roles); Rapport annuel 2024/2025 (PDF p.35, employer representative listing)

• Before Elevra; dates not stated: Agnico Eagle and Glencore Canada — Senior human-resources positions (titles and dates not stated). Sandra Tremblay — leadership biography (profile, prior roles)

Suitability for the current role

Mining-sector HR leadership

Prior career through July 2025 appointment · analyst inference · medium materiality

Elevra reports more than 25 years of strategic mining HR experience, including IAMGOLD, Agnico Eagle and Glencore Canada; CSMO Mines' 2024-25 report independently corroborates a senior IAMGOLD operations HR business-partner role and board representation. Specific dates and measurable workforce outcomes are not published.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The profile is issuer-reported; CSMO Mines independently corroborates an IAMGOLD position but not the complete career history.

Relevance: Relevant experience for workforce planning and HR leadership across Québec operations.

Sandra Tremblay — leadership biography (profile, current role and experience); Rapport annuel 2024/2025 (PDF p.35, employer-representative board)

Evidence gaps

• The issuer gives no exact employment dates, degree or measurable workforce outcomes; only one prior role is independently corroborated in the reviewed sources.

• No personnel, safety or employment-regulator register review was completed.

Career chronology

• July 2025–current (month only): Elevra Lithium — Chief Sustainability Officer; HSEC strategy, enterprise-risk, permitting and sustainability remit. Monique Parker — leadership biography (profile, appointment and remit); ASSP Appoints Monique Parker, CSP, as New President (professional-body release, current role)

• October 2021 through merger period; end date not stated: Piedmont Lithium — Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment; prior title described as Senior Vice President in 2023 reporting. Piedmont Lithium selects Monique Parker to lead Health, Safety, and Environment (p.1, appointment); Piedmont Lithium still facing intense skepticism over new Gaston County mine (9 August 2023, company spokesperson in HSE role); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• Before October 2021; dates not stated: Albemarle Corporation — Senior EHS / business roles; titles and dates not stated. Monique Parker — leadership biography (profile, previous roles); Piedmont Lithium selects Monique Parker to lead Health, Safety, and Environment (p.1, prior experience)

• Before October 2021; dates not stated: Owens Corning, Hexcel Corporation and Unilever — Prior EHS/operations leadership roles; exact titles and dates not stated. Monique Parker — leadership biography (profile, prior employers); Piedmont Lithium selects Monique Parker to lead Health, Safety, and Environment (p.1, prior experience)

Personal achievements

Selected as American Society of Safety Professionals president

From 1 July 2026 · documented · medium materiality

ASSP reports Parker began a one-year term as its 111th president and chair of the ASSP Foundation on 1 July 2026. The professional appointment supports standing in the safety field, but it is not an operating outcome at Elevra.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The professional body identifies her by name and current Elevra role.

Relevance: Independent professional recognition relevant to the safety function.

ASSP Appoints Monique Parker, CSP, as New President (1 July 2026 release, appointment and credentials)

Industrial safety

Current NAL injury trend under enterprise HSEC oversight

September 2026 quarter · issuer reported · medium materiality

The September quarter reports six recordable injuries, mostly musculoskeletal, with no common causal factor identified; management described renewed coaching and critical-risk-control work. Parker's current portfolio includes occupational EHS, but no incident or system failure is attributed to her personally.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Enterprise HSEC responsibility overlaps the period; incident details remain at site level and do not identify an individual cause.

Relevance: Current oversight issue for the CSO and safety leader; not a personal finding.

ASSP Appoints Monique Parker, CSP, as New President (professional-body release, current Elevra EHS scope); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (PDF pp.3-4, safety performance)

Environmental record

Carolina Lithium permitting and community concerns

2023–October 2026 · disputed · medium materiality

In 2023, WFAE quoted Parker as Piedmont's HSE leader explaining the company's position on naturally occurring arsenic and proposed water treatment while residents raised groundwater, blasting and permit concerns. NCDEQ issued a mining permit with operational and monitoring conditions in May 2024; four petitioners later challenged its issuance and voluntarily dismissed without prejudice in February 2025. Elevra's September 2026 report says a draft air permit was open to comment and an October hearing was held. These records show project-level scrutiny and a company response, not an established violation or false statement by Parker.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Parker was directly quoted in a company response while holding Piedmont's HSE role; the regulator/legal events concern the project/company. No personal legal responsibility is shown.

Relevance: Material HSEC and social-licence context for the current CSO; distinguish public concerns, permit conditions and an unproven breach.

Piedmont Lithium still facing intense skepticism over new Gaston County mine (9 August 2023, paragraphs 15-20 and community Q&A); Mining Permit issued for Piedmont Lithium Mining operation (7 May 2024, permit conditions); Piedmont Lithium 2024 Form 10-K (permit challenge and 3 February 2025 dismissal); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (PDF p.9, Carolina Lithium permitting and October hearing)

Suitability for the current role

HSEC, safety, community and permitting leadership

Prior career through current role · analyst inference · high materiality

The issuer assigns Parker the global HSEC and permitting remit and reports almost 20 years of cross-industry experience. ASSP independently identifies her as CSP and as its 111th president; the issuer reports a Tennessee Tech chemical-engineering degree. This is relevant background, with role chronology and credentials only partly independently corroborated.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer profile defines her remit; ASSP corroborates professional standing and appointment, not every prior position.

Relevance: Direct fit for environmental, safety, community-engagement and permitting oversight.

Monique Parker — leadership biography (profile, experience and remit); ASSP Appoints Monique Parker, CSP, as New President (professional-body release, president/CSP); Piedmont Lithium selects Monique Parker to lead Health, Safety, and Environment (p.1, Piedmont HSE appointment)

Evidence gaps

• The North Carolina project controversy concerns permits and stakeholder views; no personal breach, false statement or regulator finding against Parker was identified.

• No exact dates for prior-company roles; no credential registry or full employment verification was completed.

• Two same-name U.S. civil dockets were excluded because the public records do not establish identity with the Elevra executive.

Career chronology

• July 2025–current (month only): Elevra Lithium — Vice President, Government Affairs – US. Malissa Gordon — leadership biography (profile, appointment); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• 2020–July 2025 (month-only/merger transition): Piedmont Lithium — Community and government relations roles. Malissa Gordon — leadership biography (profile, joined in 2020); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• More than a decade before 2020: Gaston County Economic Development Commission — Economic-development retention and expansion work for manufacturers; exact title and dates not stated. Malissa Gordon — leadership biography (profile, prior career)

Suitability for the current role

Government affairs and economic-development experience

Prior career through current role · analyst inference · medium materiality

Elevra says Gordon leads U.S. government engagement and project-funding work; before Piedmont she spent over a decade at the Gaston County EDC on manufacturer retention/expansion, and holds a corporate-communications degree. These career details are issuer-reported and not fully independently corroborated.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The current issuer profile describes her role and career; independent records for the prior work and degree were not located.

Relevance: Relevant to U.S. government, community and funding engagement for Carolina Lithium.

Malissa Gordon — leadership biography (profile, remit and prior roles); Our People (Senior Management listing)

Current U.S. project-facing government-affairs remit

September–October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer assigns Gordon U.S. government and project-funding engagement. The latest quarterly report says Carolina Lithium's draft air permit was open for public comment and a hearing occurred in October 2026. This establishes a project context during her remit, not her personal involvement in the permit or any adverse conduct.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Current government-affairs scope overlaps active permitting; the company report does not identify a specific action by Gordon.

Relevance: Relevant to the public-policy and permitting demands of the role.

Malissa Gordon — leadership biography (profile, U.S. government and funding remit); September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report (PDF p.9, Carolina Lithium permitting)

Evidence gaps

• The issuer does not date exact prior titles or quantify Gordon's individual results; degree and employment chronology remain unverified.

• No person-specific adverse issue surfaced in the limited indexed public searches; this is not a clearance.

Career chronology

• June 2026–current (month only): Elevra Lithium — Vice President, Corporate Affairs Canada. Stéphanie Lemieux — leadership biography (profile, appointment); Our People (Senior Management listing)

• Before June 2026; dates not stated: Government of Québec — Senior public-affairs / communications roles; titles and dates not stated. Stéphanie Lemieux — leadership biography (profile, prior career)

• Before June 2026; dates not stated: Glencore — Senior public-affairs / communications roles supporting industrial operations and projects. Stéphanie Lemieux — leadership biography (profile, prior career)

Suitability for the current role

Québec public-affairs and stakeholder background

Prior career; appointed June 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Elevra reports more than 15 years in public affairs and strategic communications, including senior roles in the Québec government and at Glencore, plus a University of Ottawa communications degree. She was appointed in June 2026; the current bio supplies role fit but little post-appointment outcome evidence.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Background and qualifications are issuer-reported; no independent prior-employer or degree checks were located.

Relevance: Relevant for Québec government, permitting and stakeholder engagement in the company's current development hub.

Stéphanie Lemieux — leadership biography (profile, career and June 2026 appointment); Our People (Senior Management listing)

Evidence gaps

• The issuer biography supplies no exact dates or named outcomes for prior government/Glencore roles.

• Only a short tenure is observable by the cutoff; no individual performance outcome is yet disclosed.

• No independent degree or employment verification was completed.