Gorilla Gold Mines Ltd

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Gorilla Gold Mines — Chief Executive Officer. Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Charles Hughes entry)

• Previous role; exact dates not stated: Delta Lithium — Executive leadership; oversight of >400 km drilling across multiple projects. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Charles Hughes biography)

• Earlier roles; exact dates not stated: Bellevue Gold / Northern Star / Saracen — Senior management roles. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Charles Hughes biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Gorilla Gold Mines reported project and corporate progress

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

The FY25 annual report describes the move to a focused Western Australian gold explorer, acquisitions at Vivien and Mulwarrie, consolidation of Comet Vale ownership, and an 83,000 metre drilling programme. These company outcomes do not establish each executive’s individual 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 30 June 2025 (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations)

Gorilla reported resource and exploration growth in 2025

2025; reported November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The November 2025 issuer presentation reported approximately 650 koz of resources added across Western Australian projects in 2025, three high-grade discoveries at Comet Vale, a maiden Vivien resource and a fourfold Mulwarrie resource increase. Its later February 2026 presentation reported a 1.5 Moz Western Australian resource base, while planned drilling remained prospective. These are company-reported exploration milestones, not production, profitability or individual executive performance.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. Tenure overlap and each person’s individual contribution are not established by the presentation; it describes company outcomes only.

Relevance: Provides current execution context for the team.

Investor Presentation (pp.6–7; exploration and resource milestones); Directors & Management (career profile / current role)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Executive Officer role

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

The issuer identifies Charles Hughes as Chief Executive Officer. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

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.

Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Charles Hughes entry)

Geology and executive experience before Gorilla

Prior roles before current GG8 appointment · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer biography describes 17 years in resources, executive roles at Delta Lithium, and senior roles at Bellevue Gold, Northern Star and Saracen. It says he oversaw more than 400 km drilling at Delta Lithium while the company defined over 40 Mt Li2O and over 750 koz high-grade gold resources and advanced permitting and feasibility studies. These are employer-level outcomes reported by Gorilla; the record does not isolate his personal causal contribution or give role dates.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Issuer associates the executive with these roles and company milestones, but provides no independent attribution or exact chronology.

Relevance: Exploration growth and development experience is relevant to leading a gold explorer.

Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Charles Hughes biography)

Evidence gaps

• Issuer biographies supply abbreviated role histories, not full dated chronologies; prior-employer roles and individual accountability for employer outcomes are incompletely documented.

• Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently checked where no primary credential record was found.

• Open-web adverse searches were focused and identity-aware but did not comprehensively review regulator, court, safety or environment records at every prior employer; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Gorilla Gold Mines — Chief Financial Officer. Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Daniel Kendall entry)

• Prior/current external role per issuer profile; exact dates not stated: Nexxis Technology — Chief Financial Officer. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Daniel Kendall biography)

• Prior role; exact dates not stated: Delta Lithium — Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Daniel Kendall biography)

• Early career; exact dates not stated: BDO — Audit. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Daniel Kendall biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Gorilla reported resource and exploration growth in 2025

2025; reported November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The November 2025 issuer presentation reported approximately 650 koz of resources added across Western Australian projects in 2025, three high-grade discoveries at Comet Vale, a maiden Vivien resource and a fourfold Mulwarrie resource increase. Its later February 2026 presentation reported a 1.5 Moz Western Australian resource base, while planned drilling remained prospective. These are company-reported exploration milestones, not production, profitability or individual executive performance.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. Tenure overlap and each person’s individual contribution are not established by the presentation; it describes company outcomes only.

Relevance: Provides current execution context for the team.

Investor Presentation (pp.6–7; exploration and resource milestones); Directors & Management (career profile / current role)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Financial Officer role

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

The issuer identifies Daniel Kendall as Chief Financial Officer. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

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.

Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Daniel Kendall entry)

Finance leadership and capital raising experience

Prior roles; exact dates not stated · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer biography describes approximately 20 years in senior finance roles, multiple CFO/company-secretary positions and a resource-sector focus. It says Kendall was CFO and Company Secretary of Delta Lithium and helped secure over A$100 million in capital raisings; it also identifies a Bachelor of Commerce, CA membership, Governance Institute of Australia and Finance Brokers Association of Australia membership, and earlier audit work at BDO. The role chronology and degree/credential details are issuer-reported and have not been independently verified.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Gorilla’s biography links him to prior employer positions and a capital-raising outcome but does not state sole responsibility.

Relevance: Relevant finance, compliance and capital-markets experience for a resource explorer.

Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Daniel Kendall biography)

Evidence gaps

• Issuer biographies supply abbreviated role histories, not full dated chronologies; prior-employer roles and individual accountability for employer outcomes are incompletely documented.

• Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently checked where no primary credential record was found.

• Open-web adverse searches were focused and identity-aware but did not comprehensively review regulator, court, safety or environment records at every prior employer; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Gorilla Gold Mines — Exploration Manager. Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Matt Crowe entry)

• Prior role; exact dates not stated: BHP — Principal Geologist. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Matt Crowe biography)

• Prior role; exact dates not stated: Dreadnought Resources — Chief Operating Officer / Exploration Manager. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Matt Crowe biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Gorilla reported resource and exploration growth in 2025

2025; reported November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The November 2025 issuer presentation reported approximately 650 koz of resources added across Western Australian projects in 2025, three high-grade discoveries at Comet Vale, a maiden Vivien resource and a fourfold Mulwarrie resource increase. Its later February 2026 presentation reported a 1.5 Moz Western Australian resource base, while planned drilling remained prospective. These are company-reported exploration milestones, not production, profitability or individual executive performance.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. Tenure overlap and each person’s individual contribution are not established by the presentation; it describes company outcomes only.

Relevance: Provides current execution context for the team.

Investor Presentation (pp.6–7; exploration and resource milestones); Directors & Management (career profile / current role)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Exploration Manager role

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

The issuer identifies Matt Crowe as Exploration Manager. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

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.

Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Matt Crowe entry)

Exploration leadership and discovery record

Prior roles; 2023 award · analyst inference · medium materiality

Gorilla describes Crowe as an exploration geologist with 20 years’ experience across major and junior WA resource companies, including Principal Geologist at BHP and COO/Exploration Manager at Dreadnought Resources. It says he led greenfields and brownfields teams involved in copper, gold, nickel, iron ore, rare earth and niobium discoveries, and was a co-recipient of AMEC’s 2023 Prospector Award for the Yin rare earth discovery. Employer attribution and award are issuer-reported; exact tenure dates and his individual contribution to each discovery remain unspecified.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Award and discovery claims are team-level; source does not establish sole individual causation.

Relevance: Exploration leadership and multi-commodity discovery experience fit the exploration manager role.

Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Matt Crowe biography)

Evidence gaps

• Issuer biographies supply abbreviated role histories, not full dated chronologies; prior-employer roles and individual accountability for employer outcomes are incompletely documented.

• Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently checked where no primary credential record was found.

• Open-web adverse searches were focused and identity-aware but did not comprehensively review regulator, court, safety or environment records at every prior employer; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Gorilla Gold Mines — Principal Engineer/Studies. Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Jarrod Ramadan entry)

• Prior roles; exact dates not stated: Ramelius Resources — Mining operations roles; start-up leadership at Penny and Riverina. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Jarrod Ramadan biography)

• Prior roles; exact dates not stated: Ora Banda Mining — Mining operations roles; start-up leadership at Sand King. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Jarrod Ramadan biography)

• Current concurrent professional activity described by issuer: Mining consultants — Leads a specialist team providing WA mining engineering services. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Jarrod Ramadan biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Gorilla reported resource and exploration growth in 2025

2025; reported November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The November 2025 issuer presentation reported approximately 650 koz of resources added across Western Australian projects in 2025, three high-grade discoveries at Comet Vale, a maiden Vivien resource and a fourfold Mulwarrie resource increase. Its later February 2026 presentation reported a 1.5 Moz Western Australian resource base, while planned drilling remained prospective. These are company-reported exploration milestones, not production, profitability or individual executive performance.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. Tenure overlap and each person’s individual contribution are not established by the presentation; it describes company outcomes only.

Relevance: Provides current execution context for the team.

Investor Presentation (pp.6–7; exploration and resource milestones); Directors & Management (career profile / current role)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Principal Engineer/Studies role

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

The issuer identifies Jarrod Ramadan as Principal Engineer/Studies. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

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.

Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Jarrod Ramadan entry)

Mine engineering and start-up experience

Prior roles and operating start-ups; exact dates not stated · analyst inference · medium materiality

Gorilla reports more than 16 years in mining and metals, a Mining Engineering degree and WA First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate. It describes technical and statutory roles including Site Senior Executive, Underground Manager and Quarry Manager, and says Ramadan led start-ups at Penny, Riverina and Sand King from feasibility through production with Ramelius and Ora Banda. This outcome is issuer-reported; project dates, production benchmarks and his precise individual accountability are not provided.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The issuer reports start-up leadership but does not detail his scope or quantify the operations’ performance.

Relevance: Feasibility-to-production and statutory leadership experience is relevant to studies and project development.

Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Jarrod Ramadan biography)

Evidence gaps

• Issuer biographies supply abbreviated role histories, not full dated chronologies; prior-employer roles and individual accountability for employer outcomes are incompletely documented.

• Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently checked where no primary credential record was found.

• Open-web adverse searches were focused and identity-aware but did not comprehensively review regulator, court, safety or environment records at every prior employer; no clearance conclusion is implied.

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Gorilla Gold Mines — Principal, Approvals & Heritage. Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Chris Goti entry)

• Prior role before King River Resources; exact dates not stated: Spartan Resources — General Manager — Environment & Heritage. About Us — Christopher Goti (Biography, Christopher Goti entry)

• Current at source access; exact appointment date not stated: King River Resources — Principal — Environment & Heritage. About Us — Christopher Goti (Biography, Christopher Goti entry)

• Joined by September 2025 quarterly report; commencement date not stated: Gorilla Gold Mines — Leads permitting, heritage and environmental studies across projects. September 2025 Quarterly Activities Report (September 2025 Quarterly Activities Report, leadership additions bullet)

Contributions and company outcomes

Gorilla reported resource and exploration growth in 2025

2025; reported November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The November 2025 issuer presentation reported approximately 650 koz of resources added across Western Australian projects in 2025, three high-grade discoveries at Comet Vale, a maiden Vivien resource and a fourfold Mulwarrie resource increase. Its later February 2026 presentation reported a 1.5 Moz Western Australian resource base, while planned drilling remained prospective. These are company-reported exploration milestones, not production, profitability or individual executive performance.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. Tenure overlap and each person’s individual contribution are not established by the presentation; it describes company outcomes only.

Relevance: Provides current execution context for the team.

Investor Presentation (pp.6–7; exploration and resource milestones); Directors & Management (career profile / current role)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Principal, Approvals & Heritage role

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

The issuer identifies Chris Goti as Principal, Approvals & Heritage. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

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.

Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Chris Goti entry)

Land access, approvals and heritage experience

At least 2020–2023 and current King River bio; exact transitions unknown · analyst inference · medium materiality

King River Resources’ issuer biography describes Goti as a land-access professional with WA gold mining and exploration management experience, including responsibility for environmental approvals and Native Title agreements, and a prior General Manager — Environment & Heritage role at Spartan Resources. The company said in its September 2025 quarterly report that Chris Goti (Spartan) joined to lead permitting, heritage and environmental studies across projects; the report PDF was blocked on open, so this is based on the indexed official announcement text. The public sources do not provide a complete chronology or education record; exact identity match is based on name, employer and role. A search lead to a WA regulator project document was inaccessible on open; it was not used as evidence.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Documents establish relevant environmental approvals work but do not establish an environmental breach or a complete personal incident record.

Relevance: Land access, permitting and heritage experience aligns with GG8 approvals work.

About Us — Christopher Goti (Biography, Christopher Goti entry); September 2025 Quarterly Activities Report (September 2025 Quarterly Activities Report, leadership additions bullet)

Evidence gaps

• Issuer biographies supply abbreviated role histories, not full dated chronologies; prior-employer roles and individual accountability for employer outcomes are incompletely documented.

• Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently checked where no primary credential record was found.

• Open-web adverse searches were focused and identity-aware but did not comprehensively review regulator, court, safety or environment records at every prior employer; no clearance conclusion is implied.

• A WA regulator Beatons Creek project document surfaced in search but could not be opened; its contents were not assessed.

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Gorilla Gold Mines — Company Secretary. Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Kelly Moore entry)

• Current concurrent directorship per issuer biography: Meridian Corporate Consultants — Director; senior financial and governance adviser. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Kelly Moore biography)

• Earlier role; exact dates not stated: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Perth — Audit and assurance. Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Kelly Moore biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Gorilla reported resource and exploration growth in 2025

2025; reported November 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The November 2025 issuer presentation reported approximately 650 koz of resources added across Western Australian projects in 2025, three high-grade discoveries at Comet Vale, a maiden Vivien resource and a fourfold Mulwarrie resource increase. Its later February 2026 presentation reported a 1.5 Moz Western Australian resource base, while planned drilling remained prospective. These are company-reported exploration milestones, not production, profitability or individual executive performance.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. Tenure overlap and each person’s individual contribution are not established by the presentation; it describes company outcomes only.

Relevance: Provides current execution context for the team.

Investor Presentation (pp.6–7; exploration and resource milestones); Directors & Management (career profile / current role)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Company Secretary role

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

The issuer identifies Kelly Moore as Company Secretary. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

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.

Annual Report 2025 and leadership presentation (Issuer management page, Kelly Moore entry)

Company secretarial, accounting and governance qualifications

Prior roles and qualifications; exact dates not stated · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer biography identifies Moore as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Company Secretary, a Meridian Corporate Consultants director, and a University of Western Australia Bachelor of Commerce graduate in Accounting and Finance and AICD graduate. It describes prior PwC Perth audit and assurance work and financial reporting/compliance advisory for listed and unlisted entities. The biography does not provide dates; professional credentials were not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. These are issuer-reported credentials and career descriptions, not evidence of independent credential verification.

Relevance: Directly relevant experience for company secretarial and reporting duties.

Directors & Management (Issuer Directors & Management page, Kelly Moore biography)

Evidence gaps

• Issuer biographies supply abbreviated role histories, not full dated chronologies; prior-employer roles and individual accountability for employer outcomes are incompletely documented.

• Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently checked where no primary credential record was found.

• Open-web adverse searches were focused and identity-aware but did not comprehensively review regulator, court, safety or environment records at every prior employer; no clearance conclusion is implied.