Great Boulder Resources Limited

Career chronology

• 24 June 2019–cutoff: Great Boulder Resources Limited — Managing Director. Appointment of Managing Director (pp.1–2, appointment and commencement date); Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed pp.21–22, director and competent-person statements)

• August 2021–latest reviewed Market Index profile: Cosmo Metals Limited — Non-Executive Director. Board & Management (Andrew Paterson biography; board membership); Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.22, listed board memberships)

• By June 2019; end date not established: Kingston Resources Limited — Chief Geological Officer and Director. Appointment of Managing Director (p.1, prior role at appointment)

• 2008–late 2012: Atlas Iron Limited — Led geology function. Investor Presentation (p.5, career chronology)

• 2006–2008: Mount Magnet South NL — Inaugural Managing Director. Investor Presentation (p.5, company IPO and Kirkalocka acquisition); Andrew Paterson: on Great Boulder, Side Well, and everything gold (paras. 70–80, Paterson’s account)

• Since 2014; exact entity and end date not established: Geological consultancy — Consultant. Investor Presentation (p.5, career chronology)

Education and qualifications

Mining geology and mining qualification reported

Reported in 2016; qualification dates not stated · issuer reported · medium materiality

A 2016 Kingston Resources issuer presentation states that Paterson holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Geology and a Graduate Diploma in Mining from the Western Australian School of Mines. His later appointment announcement describes him as a geologist; degree records were not independently obtained.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer biography names the qualification; university verification was not conducted.

Relevance: Relevant technical qualification for exploration and project leadership.

Investor Presentation (p.5, biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Great Boulder Resources reported project and corporate progress

FY25–FY26 as stated in cited issuer disclosure · issuer reported · medium materiality

The FY26 annual report describes the Side Well resource reaching about 1.02 million ounces and the year-end Peak Hill acquisition. These are issuer-reported company outcomes; they do not establish each executive’s causal contribution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The role may overlap the period, but the issuer report does not assign sole or causal credit to this executive.

Relevance: Provides evidence of the operating or project context the leadership team must continue to execute.

Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations)

Directly identified technical work on GBR resources; project delivery remains pre-production

Side Well resource update December 2025; Peak Hill acquired May 2026; annual report dated 18 September 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

Great Boulder’s 2026 annual report identifies Paterson as the Competent Person for exploration results and mineral-resource information and says the reported work was prepared by him. The report records 1.02Moz at Side Well and a 481koz Peak Hill resource following the acquisition. This supports a documented technical role and company project progress, not personal credit for every discovery or a realised return; the projects remained pre-production.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer explicitly attributes resource information and supporting work to Paterson as Competent Person. Acquisition decisions and project-level success are not solely attributed to him.

Relevance: Directly relevant to his technical MD remit and transition from exploration to project studies.

Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed pp.21–22, Competent Person statements); Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed pp.5–9, project review and resource inventory)

Business failures and setbacks

Paterson described early Mount Magnet South role as a difficult start

2006–2008 role; retrospective account in 2023 · self reported · medium materiality

In a sponsored 2023 interview, Paterson said his first managing-director assignment at Mount Magnet South, begun in 2006, was “a bit of a disaster” as a first corporate role. The statement is his retrospective description; the interview does not specify a project loss or quantify an outcome. An issuer presentation records the company completed its IPO and acquired the Kirkalocka operation in 2008. No personal misconduct or individual causation of later company outcomes is established.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Paterson personally described the experience as difficult; the factual scale and company outcome are not independently quantified by the interview.

Relevance: A candid early executive challenge is relevant context for evaluating later executive learning, but it is not evidence of repeated failure.

Andrew Paterson: on Great Boulder, Side Well, and everything gold (paras. 70–80); Investor Presentation (p.5, Kirkalocka acquisition)

Litigation and enforcement

Court granted curative orders after delayed share cleansing notice

23 March–13 July 2023 · documented · high materiality

Great Boulder failed to lodge a cleansing notice within five business days after issuing 18 million placement shares on 23 March 2023. The company relied on incorrect or incomplete legal advice, suspended trading when the problem came to light, lodged the notice on 10 July, and asked the Supreme Court for relief. The Court found the company and sellers acted honestly, that no substantial injustice was shown, and granted the requested validating orders. Paterson swore the primary affidavit and led the disclosed response; the judgment did not find personal wrongdoing by him.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Paterson provided the company’s primary affidavit and was MD during the event; the Court attributed the legal interpretation failure to advice received and found honest conduct. No personal misconduct finding was made.

Relevance: A material disclosure-control incident and subsequent remedial action during his current CEO/MD tenure.

Re Great Boulder Resources Ltd; Ex parte Great Boulder Resources Ltd [2023] WASC 258 (paras. 1–3, factual background; para. 10 and disposition); Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.21, Paterson’s current role)

Governance and interests

Disclosed related-party HR consultancy payments

FY26; agreement made 8 August 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The FY26 remuneration report says Great Boulder contracted with Inspire HR, a business associated with Paterson’s spouse, on 8 August 2024. Inspire HR invoiced A$18,800 including GST in FY26, with nothing owing at year end; the report states the terms were normal commercial terms and market rates. This is a disclosed related-party transaction, not a finding of improper conduct.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The annual report identifies the relationship and transaction; no independent price benchmarking was reviewed.

Relevance: Relevant to conflict disclosure and related-party controls for the managing director.

Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.31, remuneration report, other transactions with KMP and related parties)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Managing Director role

Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Paterson has a geology and exploration career, with issuer sources recording a BEng in Geology and a Graduate Diploma in Mining from the Western Australian School of Mines. The qualifications are reported, not independently verified. His operational, geology, exploration and executive experience is relevant to Great Boulder’s exploration and early project-development stage.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analyst role-fit judgment from reported qualifications and career, not proof of performance.

Relevance: Connects disclosed qualifications and operating/geological experience to an exploration-to-development leadership role.

Investor Presentation (p.5, education and career); Appointment of Managing Director (p.1, career range)

Evidence gaps

• A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established.

• Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• 28 March 2018–cutoff: Great Boulder Resources Limited — Company Secretary. Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.27, appointment date); Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.5, corporate directory)

• Current in 2026 annual report; entity unnamed: Corporate advisory company in Perth — Director; corporate and listed-company advisory services. Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.27, Company Secretary biography)

• Undated: Hall Chadwick; Qantas Group — Prior corporate advisory/accounting roles. Board & Management (Melanie Ross biography)

• Current appointments listed by Cosmo issuer page accessed 9 October 2026: Celsius Resources, Redbank Copper, Lycaon Resources, Tempus Resources — Company Secretary and/or CFO (issuer biography; role-by-company dates not specified). Board & Management (Melanie Ross biography)

Education and qualifications

Commerce degree and professional memberships reported

Reported in FY26 annual report · issuer reported · medium materiality

Great Boulder’s FY26 annual report states Ross holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and an associate member of the Governance Institute of Australia. The memberships and degree are issuer-reported; no independent credential check was conducted.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer biography records the credentials; no credential verification was obtained.

Relevance: Relevant to company-secretarial, accounting and governance duties.

Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.27, Company Secretary biography)

Governance and interests

Company-level cleansing notice lapse overlapped tenure

March–July 2023 · documented · medium materiality

During Ross’s company-secretary tenure, Great Boulder failed to lodge a cleansing notice on time after a March 2023 share issue. The Court records that the company relied on incorrect or incomplete legal advice; it found honest conduct and no substantial injustice and granted curative orders. The judgment names Paterson’s affidavit and the legal adviser, and does not attribute the error to Ross.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Her company-secretary tenure overlapped the event, but the Court did not identify her as responsible or make a personal finding.

Relevance: Relevant to governance oversight and disclosure controls, with personal responsibility explicitly unestablished.

Re Great Boulder Resources Ltd; Ex parte Great Boulder Resources Ltd [2023] WASC 258 (paras. 1–3, factual background and disposition); Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.27, appointment date)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Company Secretary role

Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The FY26 annual report records Ross’s appointment as Company Secretary on 28 March 2018, over 20 years in accounting, audit, corporate advisory and governance, a Bachelor of Commerce, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand membership and Governance Institute associate membership. Cosmo Metals’ issuer page also lists prior Qantas Group and Hall Chadwick roles and several concurrent company-secretarial/CFO roles; dates and complete current scope are not independently verified. This background is relevant to disclosure and governance, with concurrent mandates an execution-capacity consideration.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment, not an outcome or misconduct finding.

Relevance: Relevant to listed-company accounting, corporate governance and disclosure, while multiple concurrent company roles raise a capacity question.

Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.27); Board & Management (Melanie Ross biography)

Evidence gaps

• A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established.

• Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• Current at cutoff; start date not established: Great Boulder Resources Limited — Chief Geologist. Stephane Roudaut profile (Stephane Roudaut biography)

• More than seven years; exact dates not stated: Breaker Resources and Ramelius Resources — Geologist at Bombora Gold Project. Stephane Roudaut profile (Stephane Roudaut biography)

• Prior to Breaker/Ramelius; dates not stated: Thundelarra Limited — Geologist; Lydia gold deposit discovery work. Stephane Roudaut profile (Stephane Roudaut biography)

Personal achievements

Issuer credits Roudaut with Lydia gold discovery

Thundelarra tenure; exact date unknown · issuer reported · medium materiality

Great Boulder’s issuer biography states that Roudaut discovered the Lydia gold deposit while working in the Meekatharra area with Thundelarra. The record is the issuer’s account and does not quantify his individual contribution or independent discovery chronology.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer biography directly connects Roudaut to the discovery; the exact role and technical work are not independently established.

Relevance: Relevant exploration experience for his current chief-geologist role.

Stephane Roudaut profile (Stephane Roudaut biography)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Geologist role

Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer describes Roudaut as a geologist with work in Western Australia, Canada and France, a Master’s in Economic Geology from the University of Quebec and a BSc in Geology and Environment from the University of Montpellier. His Bombora, Lydia and gold-exploration work fits Great Boulder’s exploration focus. Degree records and exact tenure were not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment, not an outcome or misconduct finding.

Relevance: Assesses alignment of disclosed responsibilities with current company needs.

Stephane Roudaut profile (Stephane Roudaut biography)

Evidence gaps

• A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established.

• Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• Current at cutoff; start date not established: Great Boulder Resources Limited — Chief Structural Geologist (consultant). John Beeson profile (John Beeson biography)

• Across a career exceeding 25 years; dates not stated: Placer Dome, Gold Fields Limited and Pancontinental Mining — Geologist/exploration professional; specific titles and dates not disclosed. John Beeson profile (John Beeson biography)

• Past 10 years in issuer biography; precise dates not stated: Geological consulting — Structural geology and multi-commodity exploration consultant. John Beeson profile (John Beeson biography)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Structural Geologist role

Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer reports that Beeson has more than 25 years of multi-commodity exploration experience, including Placer Dome, Gold Fields and Pancontinental Mining, with a PhD and post-doctoral experience in structural geology at the University of Western Australia. This is relevant to structural interpretation of Great Boulder’s exploration targets; the issuer does not provide exact prior dates and the credential was not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment, not an outcome or misconduct finding.

Relevance: Assesses alignment of disclosed responsibilities with current company needs.

John Beeson profile (John Beeson biography)

Evidence gaps

• A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established.

• Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• Current at cutoff; start date not established: Great Boulder Resources Limited — Chief Geochemist (consultant). Scott Halley profile (Scott Halley biography); Annual Report to shareholders 2026 (printed p.5, current leadership roster)

• More than 25 years; prior-employer chronology not supplied: Mining and exploration consulting — Exploration geologist/geochemistry consultant. Scott Halley profile (Scott Halley biography)

Personal achievements

Issuer credits Halley with discovery contributions at Henty and Raleigh

Historical; exact event dates not stated · issuer reported · medium materiality

Great Boulder’s issuer biography states that Halley contributed to significant gold discoveries at Henty in Tasmania and Raleigh near Kalgoorlie. The issuer does not specify his precise role, discovery date or comparative contribution.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer explicitly connects Halley to the discovery work, but does not assign sole credit.

Relevance: Relevant technical track record for a consulting geochemist supporting gold exploration.

Scott Halley profile (Scott Halley biography)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Geochemist role

Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer describes Halley as an exploration geologist with more than 25 years’ experience and specialist capability in alteration mapping and lithogeochemistry. It credits him with contributions to gold discoveries at Henty and Raleigh. Those team-linked outcomes support relevant exploration expertise but are issuer-reported and not a measure of sole personal contribution.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment, not an outcome or misconduct finding.

Relevance: Assesses alignment of disclosed responsibilities with current company needs.

Scott Halley profile (Scott Halley biography)

Evidence gaps

• A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established.

• Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.