Stephen Parsons

Career chronology

• Issuer disclosure at or before cutoff: FireFly Metals — Managing Director. Annual report 2026 (printed pp.31–32)

Governance and interests

Disclosed related-party IT arrangements

FY26 · issuer reported · medium materiality

FireFly reported that Exia IT provided A$320,771 of IT services and equipment in FY26. Belltree owned half of Exia; Naylor and Parsons had indirect interests in Belltree until 29 June 2026, when they sold them for nominal amounts. The company says the CEO reviewed terms and the board approved them with both directors abstaining.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The cited disclosure identifies the interests and company-described controls; it does not establish misconduct.

Relevance: Related-party arrangements are relevant to governance and oversight.

Annual report 2026 (printed pp.71–72, related-party transactions)

Suitability for the current role

Role-relevant experience

Before and during FireFly role · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer describes previous managing directorships at Bellevue Gold and Gryphon Minerals and reports an honours geology degree. He joined the FireFly board in 2020 and became managing director in October 2023.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Biographies are issuer-reported except where another record is cited; personal delivery and credentials are not independently established.

Relevance: Relevant to the present role, subject to verification.

Annual report 2026 (printed pp.31–32)

Evidence gaps

• Incomplete screening: targeted person-specific topic searches, regulator and court registers, independent qualifications and complete prior-employer histories remain unresolved.

• The current role is anchored to issuer disclosures; precise appointment and end dates not directly established remain unknown.