Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega

Career chronology

• Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Galan Lithium — Managing Director. Annual Report 30 June 2025 (Issuer management page, Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega entry)

• Founded before Galan’s 2018 acquisition; precise date not given in company annual report: Blue Sky Lithium Pty Ltd — Founder; vendor of original Argentine assets to Galan. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

• Prior to or alongside Galan; dates and contract type not disclosed in reviewed profiles: BHP — Copper-project consultant. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

• Prior to or alongside Galan; dates and contract type not disclosed in reviewed profiles: Rio Tinto — Copper-project consultant. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

• Prior to or alongside Galan; dates and contract type not disclosed in reviewed profiles: Codelco — Copper-project consultant. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

• Prior to or alongside Galan; dates and contract type not disclosed in reviewed profiles: Foster Stockbroking — Lithium analyst / research analyst. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

• Prior to or alongside Galan; dates and contract type not disclosed in reviewed profiles: Australian mining / private-equity sector — Minerals analyst and private-equity experience. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

• Since mid-2018–cutoff: Galan Lithium — Managing Director. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

• Before Galan; dates not stated: Foster Stockbroking — Research analyst; lithium specialist. Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega speaker biography (Curriculum vitae)

• Period not stated: Private copper business, Chile — Operator. Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

Education and qualifications

Mineral economics education at Curtin

As disclosed by 2018 · self reported · medium materiality

A 2018 conference biography identifies Vargas as a mineral economics specialist educated at Curtin University in Perth. Galan’s 2026 annual report describes his 24 years of sector experience but does not name a degree. The exact award, institution wording and graduation date have not been independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Education detail is from an event biography; no degree title or independent credential record was established.

Relevance: Relevant to the managing director’s commercial and mineral-industry responsibilities.

Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega speaker biography (Curriculum vitae); Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 2, Managing Director biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Galan Lithium reported project and corporate progress

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Galan’s FY2026 report now records completed HMW Phase 1 construction, commissioning of the nanofiltration plant and first processed lithium chloride during the financial year. Management remained focused on ramp-up toward nameplate rates and first sales; no commercial sales or steady-state production are established in this finding. The milestone occurred during the MD’s tenure but is not personally attributed to him.

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 2026 (printed p. 4, Principal Activities and FY2026 operating review)

Galan completed HMW Phase 1 construction and produced first processed lithium chloride

FY2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

Galan’s FY2026 annual report says Phase 1 construction was completed, the nanofiltration plant commissioned, and first processed lithium chloride produced during the year. The report describes a transition to producer status but says the focus remains ramp-up and first product sales; commercial sales and steady-state production were not established in the reviewed report. This is a company outcome during Vargas’s long CEO tenure, not solely attributable to him.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Vargas was Managing Director throughout the year; the annual report does not allocate sole responsibility for construction, commissioning or production.

Relevance: Material delivery evidence for the current MD, with ramp-up and sales still outstanding as of the disclosure.

Annual Report 2026 (printed p. 4, Principal Activities; annual report lines 347–354)

Environmental record

Catamarca court ordered cumulative-impact assessment and paused new basin permits

March 2024–September 2025 · documented · high materiality

On 13 March 2024 the Catamarca Supreme Court granted partial interim relief in a community environmental action, ordering a cumulative and integral lithium-mining impact study for the Río Los Patos–Salar del Hombre Muerto basin, open information and participation, and a pause on new permits/authorizations for works or activities in that area until completion. The proceeding addressed aggregate basin impacts and the Province; it did not adjudicate personal misconduct or find Galan responsible for environmental harm. Galan stated on 18 March 2024 that its already-granted HMW Phase 1 permits/EIAs were unaffected and that it did not plan to source water from Los Patos, so Phase 2 was not expected to be affected. A September 2025 court decision on environmental-record access again cited the injunction and identified Galan/Candelas-related permits in an administrative records dispute against the provincial ministry; that proceeding did not name Galan as respondent.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The order ran against provincial ministries across cumulative basin development; the record creates project-permitting and information-access context during Vargas’s tenure, not a personal fault finding. The company rebuttal addresses expected permit effect but is not a court finding.

Relevance: Material permitting, water and Indigenous-consultation context for Galan’s Argentina project and the Managing Director’s execution oversight.

Sentencia Interlocutoria No. 8, Corte 054/2022, Guitián v. Poder Ejecutivo Nacional y otro (Sentencia Interlocutoria No. 8, operative clauses at pp. 28–29 and 45–46); Galan’s HMW Project Phase 1 & 2 Unaffected by Provincial Court Ruling (pp. 1–2, effect on Phase 1 and Phase 2 water sourcing); Sentencia Corte No. 041/2025 – environmental information access (paragraphs 50–82; paras. 59 and 64–76 identify the records/injunction)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Managing Director role

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

The issuer identifies Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega as Managing 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.

Annual Report 30 June 2025 (Issuer management page, Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega 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.