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2026-11-06

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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.