Global Lithium Resources Limited

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer. Management page (Issuer management page, Dianmin Chen entry)

• Prior to Global Lithium; exact dates not stated in the reviewed biography: Barrick Gold — Mine Manager. Dianmin Chen biography (Issuer biography, career paragraph)

• Prior to Global Lithium; exact dates not stated in the reviewed biography: Sino Gold — General Manager. Dianmin Chen biography (Issuer biography, career paragraph)

• Prior to Global Lithium; exact dates not stated in the reviewed biography: CITIC Pacific Mining — Chief Operating Officer. Dianmin Chen biography (Issuer biography, career paragraph)

• Prior to Global Lithium; exact dates not stated in the reviewed biography: CaNickel — Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. Dianmin Chen biography (Issuer biography, career paragraph)

• Prior to Global Lithium; exact dates not stated in the reviewed biography: Norton Goldfields — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Dianmin Chen biography (Issuer biography, career paragraph)

• Current at cutoff: Warriedar Resources — Non-Executive Director. Dianmin Chen biography (Issuer biography, final sentence)

Education and qualifications

Mining engineering and geomechanics qualifications

Current disclosure at cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality

Global Lithium identifies Dr Chen as holding a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining and a PhD in Mining Geomechanics, and a WA First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency. The issuer biography does not name the awarding institutions or dates.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the issuer; independent verification and award dates were not established.

Relevance: Relevant technical credentials for leadership of a mining development company.

Dianmin Chen biography (Qualifications paragraph)

Contributions and company outcomes

Global Lithium Resources reported project and corporate progress

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

The company delivered a Definitive Feasibility Study for the Manna Lithium Project in December 2025. The study is a completed analytical milestone, not a built mine or realised investment return.

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 (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations)

Norton remained profitable but reported sharply lower profit in 2014

FY2014 · documented · medium materiality

ABC reported Norton Gold Fields made A$13.1 million profit in 2014, almost A$10 million below the prior year, while increasing mineral resources above 10 million ounces. Chen publicly described profit as marginal despite heavy investment and said the company was working to raise production and reduce costs. This is an employer outcome during his managing-director tenure, not a standalone personal-performance conclusion.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Chen was directly quoted about cost and production priorities, but the financial result reflects the whole company and market context.

Relevance: Adds quantified prior-employer delivery and financial context relevant to CEO track record.

Norton Gold Fields to keep fighting to stay alive (ABC News, paragraphs 117–129)

Industrial safety

Non-injury crusher incident during Norton tenure

June 2014 · documented · low materiality

In June 2014, while Chen was Norton Goldfields managing director, a loader tipped into the Paddington primary-crusher ROM bin. Contemporaneous reporting says no one was injured; Norton reported the incident to the Department of Mines and Petroleum, and its quarterly report recorded no production halt and an LTIFR of 2.6 at quarter end, equal to the stated WA gold-industry benchmark. The report does not establish that Chen caused the incident or the regulator’s final investigation outcome.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Chen was managing director and was quoted as overseeing an internal check; operational causation or personal responsibility is not established. The company reported the event and no injury.

Relevance: Provides a bounded safety oversight example from a prior operator role; no adverse personal finding.

Investigation under way after mine mishap (Incident description, Department response and Norton managing-director comment); June 2014 quarterly activities report (Safety & Environment; incident and June-quarter LTIFR)

Governance and interests

Takeovers Panel declined to hear board association allegation

January–February 2025 · disputed · high materiality

Global Lithium alleged an undisclosed association involving this person in the context of the 2025 board election. The Takeovers Panel declined to conduct proceedings because the application was out of time; on review, the Panel also declined to extend time and said the application did not present a compelling case beyond collective action, describing indicators as equivocal. The matter was not adjudicated as personal misconduct, and the reasons do not support treating the allegation as proven.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. The individual is identified in the regulator’s account of an allegation made by GL1. The Panels did not make a finding of misconduct; the matter ended on timeliness grounds and the review reasons address the merits only preliminarily.

Relevance: Material governance context for a director or senior executive at a company that experienced a board dispute.

Global Lithium Resources Limited [2025] ATP 2 (paragraphs 1, 3–9 and conclusion); Global Lithium Resources Limited 02R [2025] ATP 4 (paragraphs 1, 3–11 and 71–84)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer role

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

The issuer identifies Dianmin Chen as Managing Director, 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Dianmin Chen entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Executive Director. Management page (Issuer management page, Liaoliang (Leon) Zhu entry)

• Since 2009: Sincerity Group — Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Leon Zhu biography (Issuer biography, career paragraph)

• Appointed 2025-02-13: Global Lithium Resources — Executive Director. Annual Report to shareholders (2025 annual report, director appointment and corporate governance disclosure)

Education and qualifications

Education, building registration and governance membership

Current issuer disclosure at cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality

Global Lithium states that Zhu holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and a Diploma of Building and Construction, is a Registered Building Practitioner, and is an AICD member. The page does not name the education providers or qualification dates.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Credentials and memberships are issuer-reported; independent verification was not established.

Relevance: Relevant to his disclosed property, construction, investment and board roles.

Leon Zhu biography (Qualifications and memberships paragraph)

Personal achievements

Founded and expanded Sincerity Group

Since 2009–cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer reports that Zhu founded Sincerity Group in 2009 and led its expansion into property development, construction and mining across Australia and Asia. This is an issuer biography claim; scale, financial results and personal contribution are not independently quantified.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer expressly attributes founding and leadership to Zhu; independently measured business outcomes were not located.

Relevance: Relevant evidence of entrepreneurial, investment and cross-sector experience.

Leon Zhu biography (Career and Sincerity Group paragraphs)

Contributions and company outcomes

Global Lithium Resources reported project and corporate progress

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

The company delivered a Definitive Feasibility Study for the Manna Lithium Project in December 2025. The study is a completed analytical milestone, not a built mine or realised investment return.

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 (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations)

Governance and interests

Takeovers Panel declined to hear board association allegation

January–February 2025 · disputed · high materiality

Global Lithium alleged an undisclosed association involving this person in the context of the 2025 board election. The Takeovers Panel declined to conduct proceedings because the application was out of time; on review, the Panel also declined to extend time and said the application did not present a compelling case beyond collective action, describing indicators as equivocal. The matter was not adjudicated as personal misconduct, and the reasons do not support treating the allegation as proven.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. The individual is identified in the regulator’s account of an allegation made by GL1. The Panels did not make a finding of misconduct; the matter ended on timeliness grounds and the review reasons address the merits only preliminarily.

Relevance: Material governance context for a director or senior executive at a company that experienced a board dispute.

Global Lithium Resources Limited [2025] ATP 2 (paragraphs 1, 3–9 and conclusion); Global Lithium Resources Limited 02R [2025] ATP 4 (paragraphs 1, 3–11 and 71–84)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Executive Director role

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

The issuer identifies Liaoliang (Leon) Zhu as Executive Director. 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Liaoliang (Leon) Zhu entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Chief Financial Officer. Management page (Issuer management page, Brian Thorpe entry)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Financial Officer role

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

The issuer identifies Brian Thorpe 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Brian Thorpe entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Company Secretary. Management page (Issuer management page, Emma Wates entry)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Company Secretary role

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

The issuer identifies Emma Wates 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Emma Wates entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Project Director. Management page (Issuer management page, Wei Xie entry)

• Announced 3 March 2026; current at cutoff: Global Lithium Resources — Project Director. Manna MDCP submission and project appointments (Page 1–2, key project appointments)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Project Director role

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

The issuer identifies Wei Xie as Project Director. 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Wei Xie entry)

Project Director appointment and experience summary

3 March 2026–cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer announced Xie joined as Project Director on 3 March 2026 and described experience in complex multi-pit operations and international mining projects, but disclosed no employer names, dates or credentials.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer directly reports the appointment; the prior track record is only a high-level assertion and is not independently substantiated in the disclosed source.

Relevance: Relevant to Manna development and offtake responsibilities, with experience verification limitations.

Manna MDCP submission and project appointments (Pages 1–2, appointment bullet)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — General Manager - Technical Services. Management page (Issuer management page, Guy Simpson entry)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current General Manager - Technical Services role

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

The issuer identifies Guy Simpson as General Manager - Technical Services. 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Guy Simpson entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — General Manager - Geology. Management page (Issuer management page, Logan Barber entry)

• After 2004; exact dates not stated: Echo Resources — Gold exploration geologist. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, career paragraphs)

• Exact dates not stated: Sinosteel Midwest — Iron ore geologist. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, career paragraphs)

• Exact dates not stated: Gindalbie Metals — Iron ore geologist. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, career paragraphs)

• Short contract; exact dates not stated: Global Advanced Metals — Contract exploration geologist, Tabba Tabba drilling. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, career paragraphs)

• After Global Advanced Metals; exact dates not stated: Mineral Resources — Wodgina lithium exploration role. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, career paragraphs)

• Exact dates not stated: BCI Minerals — Geologist / discovery team, Kumina. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, career paragraphs)

• Before joining GL1 full time in early 2022: Exploration consultancy — Exploration management; helped acquire Marble Bar, form GL1 and define Archer resource. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, career paragraphs)

• Joined full-time early 2022; current at cutoff: Global Lithium Resources — General Manager – Geology. Logan Barber biography (Issuer biography, final career paragraph)

Education and qualifications

Geology degree and professional memberships

2004–cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality

Global Lithium states that Barber graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and AusIMM.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Education and memberships are issuer-reported; independent register verification was not established.

Relevance: Directly relevant to the General Manager – Geology role.

Logan Barber biography (Education and memberships paragraph)

Personal achievements

Led GL1 field team for 2022 Manna resource upgrade

2022 and earlier project work · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer biography credits Barber with leading GL1’s onsite team for the Manna resource upgrade achieved in 2022; it also describes his earlier Wodgina, Marble Bar and Kumina exploration contributions. The resource result is a defined exploration milestone, not a mine or realized shareholder return.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer biography connects Barber to field-team leadership and named project work; the company-wide resource result is not solely his.

Relevance: Relevant evidence of technical exploration and discovery experience.

Logan Barber biography (Project experience and 2022 Manna upgrade paragraphs)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current General Manager - Geology role

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

The issuer identifies Logan Barber as General Manager - Geology. 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Logan Barber entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Group Financial Controller. Management page (Issuer management page, Kim Petrich entry)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Group Financial Controller role

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

The issuer identifies Kim Petrich as Group Financial Controller. 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Kim Petrich entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Community Relations Manager. Management page (Issuer management page, Nicole Stein entry)

• Current by 11 April 2026: Global Lithium Resources / Kakarra–GL1 Relationship Committee — Community Relations Manager; Committee Secretary. Relationship Committee establishment through Native Title Mining Agreement (Issuer community update dated 11 April 2026, committee composition and meetings)

Personal achievements

Served as secretary of Kakarra–GL1 Relationship Committee

August 2025–April 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer reports that the Relationship Committee established under the Native Title Mining Agreement had held two meetings by 11 April 2026, with Community Relations Manager Nicole Stein serving as committee secretary. The committee covers communication, environmental/cultural heritage impacts, employment/training and dispute resolution. The account is issuer-reported and does not independently evaluate effectiveness.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer directly names Stein as secretary; no claim is made about project-wide outcomes or stakeholder consensus.

Relevance: Shows disclosed delivery in community-relations work that is relevant to mine development and stakeholder trust.

Relationship Committee establishment through Native Title Mining Agreement (Committee purpose, effective date, first and second meetings)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Community Relations Manager role

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

The issuer identifies Nicole Stein as Community Relations 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Nicole Stein entry)

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 role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources — Marketing Manager. Management page (Issuer management page, Phoebe Yan entry)

• Announced 3 March 2026; current at cutoff: Global Lithium Resources — Marketing Manager. Manna MDCP submission and project appointments (Page 1–2, key project appointments)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Marketing Manager role

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

The issuer identifies Phoebe Yan as Marketing 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.

Management page (Issuer management page, Phoebe Yan entry)

Marketing Manager appointment and experience summary

3 March 2026–cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer announced Yan took on the Marketing Manager role on 3 March 2026 and described more than 18 years in lithium chemicals/mining, offtake negotiations, international trade and pricing strategy; no employer names, dates or qualifications were supplied.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer directly reports the appointment; the prior track record is only a high-level assertion and is not independently substantiated in the disclosed source.

Relevance: Relevant to Manna development and offtake responsibilities, with experience verification limitations.

Manna MDCP submission and project appointments (Pages 1–2, appointment bullet)

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.