Shawn Collard

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.