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2026-11-06
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Hot Chili Limited

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People, delivery and responsibility

Management background checks

Evidence through 2026-10-09

Research assessment

Executive team

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Expanded open-web review adds issuer-disclosed chronologies and qualifications for several executives and resolves selected adverse leads through dated court or regulator materials. Remaining individual career histories, independent credential verification and exhaustive personal adverse checks are incomplete; this is a scoped public-source assessment, not a background clearance.

Decision-relevant facts

Material summary

Individual involvement and employer context shown separately

Christian Easterday

Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer

Current
Full background report for Christian Easterday
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevance of current Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer role

The issuer identifies Christian Easterday 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.

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

Annual Report Updated · Issuer management page, Christian Easterday entry
Company SuccessIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Hot Chili reported project and corporate progress

The 2025 annual report describes delivery of a Pre-Feasibility Study and maiden Ore Reserve for Costa Fuego. These study outputs do not establish construction, production or personal executive contribution.

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.

2025 Annual Report Updated · Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations
Evidence gaps · 2
  • 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.

Full background report

Christian Easterday

Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer

Career chronology

  • Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Hot Chili — Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer. Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, Christian Easterday entry)

  • Earlier career; dates not stated: Placer Dome — Senior position / exploration management role in gold company. Annual Report 2025 (Annual Report 2025, Directors’ Report, Christian Easterday biography, printed p. 37)

  • Earlier career; dates not stated: Hill 50 Gold — Senior position / exploration management role in gold company. Annual Report 2025 (Annual Report 2025, Directors’ Report, Christian Easterday biography, printed p. 37)

  • Earlier career; dates not stated: Harmony Gold — Senior position / exploration management role in gold company. Annual Report 2025 (Annual Report 2025, Directors’ Report, Christian Easterday biography, printed p. 37)

  • Since company public listing in 2010; exact start date varies in secondary profiles: Hot Chili Limited — Founding director and Managing Director. Annual Report 2025 (Annual Report 2025, Directors’ Report, Christian Easterday biography, printed p. 37)

Education and qualifications

Geology, mineral economics and business qualifications disclosed

Reported in FY2025 annual report · issuer reported · medium materiality

Hot Chili’s 2025 annual report states Easterday holds an Honours Degree in Geology from the University of Western Australia, a Master’s in Mineral Economics from Curtin University of Technology and an MBA from Curtin Graduate School of Business. These are issuer-reported credentials; independent university verification was not performed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are stated by the issuer, without external credential confirmation.

Relevance: Relevant to technical leadership, project valuation and development-stage commercial oversight.

Annual Report 2025 (Annual Report 2025, Directors’ Report, Christian Easterday biography, printed p. 37)

Contributions and company outcomes

Hot Chili reported project and corporate progress

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

The 2025 annual report describes delivery of a Pre-Feasibility Study and maiden Ore Reserve for Costa Fuego. These study outputs do not establish construction, production or personal executive 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.

2025 Annual Report Updated (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations)

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 Christian Easterday 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.

Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, Christian Easterday 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.

Ryan Finkelstein

Chief Financial Officer

Current
Full background report for Ryan Finkelstein
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevance of current Chief Financial Officer role

The issuer identifies Ryan Finkelstein 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.

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

Annual Report Updated · Issuer management page, Ryan Finkelstein entry
Evidence gaps · 2
  • 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.

Full background report

Ryan Finkelstein

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

  • Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Hot Chili — Chief Financial Officer. Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, Ryan Finkelstein entry)

  • Before joining Hot Chili in July 2024; 14+ years total experience reported at appointment: Grant Thornton — Auditor; approximately 10 years of audit experience. Hot Chili Appoints Chief Financial Officer (appointment release dated 15 July 2024, Background and Experience)

  • From 15 July 2024: Hot Chili Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Hot Chili Appoints Chief Financial Officer (appointment release dated 15 July 2024, Background and Experience)

Education and qualifications

Chartered Accountant credential disclosed

As of 15 July 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The appointment release describes Finkelstein as a Chartered Accountant with over 14 years of experience, including 10 years in audit at Grant Thornton. The release does not identify a university or degree, and no professional-body register entry was independently checked.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Records the issuer’s professional credential statement; no independent qualification check was made.

Relevance: Relevant to the CFO role and finance/reporting oversight.

Hot Chili Appoints Chief Financial Officer (appointment release dated 15 July 2024, Background and Experience)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Financial Officer role

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

The issuer identifies Ryan Finkelstein 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 Updated (Issuer management page, Ryan Finkelstein 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.

José Ignacio Silva

Chief Legal Counsel & Executive Vice President, Country Manager

Current
Full background report for José Ignacio Silva
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevance of current Chief Legal Counsel & Executive Vice President, Country Manager role

The issuer identifies José Ignacio Silva as Chief Legal Counsel & Executive Vice President, Country 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.

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

Annual Report Updated · Issuer management page, José Ignacio Silva entry
Evidence gaps · 2
  • 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.

Full background report

José Ignacio Silva

Chief Legal Counsel & Executive Vice President, Country Manager

Career chronology

  • Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Hot Chili — Chief Legal Counsel & Executive Vice President, Country Manager. Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, José Ignacio Silva entry)

  • Joined July 2009; appointed Chief Legal Counsel in 2011: Hot Chili Limited — Country Manager and Chief Legal Counsel; mining-right acquisitions, consolidation, negotiations and business development. Hot Chili prospectus – management and key personnel biographies (Management/key personnel section: José Ignacio Silva biography)

Education and qualifications

Law degrees and public-sector legal experience disclosed

As stated in issuer prospectus; document date unresolved · issuer reported · medium materiality

An issuer prospectus states Silva earned a law degree at the University of Chile and a Master’s in International Business Law at University College London. It also reports two years’ work experience in London in the Serious Fraud Office Financial Fraud team, whose team prosecuted a foreign-official corruption case. This experience is an employment credential, not an allegation or adverse finding concerning Silva. The prospectus is accessible but its publication date was not resolved, so it cannot establish date-specific tenure outside the stated career details.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The prospectus reports degrees and job experience; no independent education/employment confirmation was conducted.

Relevance: Directly relevant to current legal and Chile country-management responsibilities.

Hot Chili prospectus – management and key personnel biographies (Management/key personnel section: José Ignacio Silva biography)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Legal Counsel & Executive Vice President, Country Manager role

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

The issuer identifies José Ignacio Silva as Chief Legal Counsel & Executive Vice President, Country 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 Updated (Issuer management page, José Ignacio Silva 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.

Grant King

Chief Operating Officer

Current
Full background report for Grant King
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevance of current Chief Operating Officer role

The issuer identifies Grant King as Chief Operating 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.

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

Annual Report Updated · Issuer management page, Grant King entry
Evidence gaps · 2
  • 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.

Full background report

Grant King

Chief Operating Officer

Career chronology

  • Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Hot Chili — Chief Operating Officer. Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, Grant King entry)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Chief Operating Officer role

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

The issuer identifies Grant King as Chief Operating 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 Updated (Issuer management page, Grant King 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.

David Bayona

Project Director

Current
Full background report for David Bayona
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevance of current Project Director role

The issuer identifies David Bayona 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.

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

Annual Report Updated · Issuer management page, David Bayona entry
Evidence gaps · 2
  • 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.

Full background report

David Bayona

Project Director

Career chronology

  • Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Hot Chili — Project Director. Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, David Bayona entry)

  • Appointed and commenced employment 2 March 2026: Hot Chili Limited — Project Director. Annual Report 2026 (FY2026 Directors’ Report / KMP disclosure: appointment and employment commencement date)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Project Director role

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

The issuer identifies David Bayona 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.

Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, David Bayona 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.

Carol Marinkovich

Company Secretary

Current
Full background report for Carol Marinkovich
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevance of current Company Secretary role

The issuer identifies Carol Marinkovich 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.

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

Annual Report Updated · Issuer management page, Carol Marinkovich entry
Evidence gaps · 2
  • 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.

Full background report

Carol Marinkovich

Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Hot Chili — Company Secretary. Annual Report Updated (Issuer management page, Carol Marinkovich entry)

  • Effective 1 July 2024: Hot Chili Limited — Interim Company Secretary. Change of Company Secretary & Chief Financial Officer (appointment release dated 26 June 2024, Change of Company Secretary & CFO)

Education and qualifications

Professional company-secretarial memberships disclosed

As of 26 June 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The appointment release states Marinkovich is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in London, and has over 25 years’ mining-industry experience. No degree or independent membership confirmation is provided in that release.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Professional memberships are issuer-reported; no external member-register check was completed.

Relevance: Relevant to company-secretarial and corporate governance responsibilities.

Change of Company Secretary & Chief Financial Officer (appointment release dated 26 June 2024, Change of Company Secretary & CFO)

Suitability for the current role

Relevance of current Company Secretary role

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

The issuer identifies Carol Marinkovich 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 Updated (Issuer management page, Carol Marinkovich 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.