Aidan Nania

Career chronology

• Dates not stated in the source: Arctic Graphite AS; Skaland Graphite AS; senior US and Australian investment banking roles — Previously held professional positions as described by issuer. Director appointment – leading graphite industry investor and financier Aidan Nania (pp.1–2, appointment, prior roles and experience.)

• Current at evidence cutoff: International Graphite Limited — Executive Director. Director appointment – leading graphite industry investor and financier Aidan Nania (pp.1–2, appointment, prior roles and experience.)

• 2020–2023; MRC reported resignation after first tranche paid 5 July 2023: Skaland Graphite AS — Director and shareholder. Director appointment – leading graphite industry investor and financier Aidan Nania (pp.1–2); 2023 half-year results and financial statements (pp.5–6, Review of Operations)

• 2023 interlocutory proceedings; other tenure dates not established: BSG Mining LLC — Director and Skaland nominee. BSG Mining v MRC Graphite [2023] WASC 128 (paragraphs 5–7)

Personal achievements

Relevant professional background and qualifications

Previous career / current appointment; exact periods only where stated · issuer reported · medium materiality

Issuer appointment release states founding/director role at Arctic, director and significant shareholder of Skaland 2020–2023, and prior senior investment banking roles.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. This is an issuer-published career summary; it is not independent verification of every claimed contribution.

Relevance: The disclosed roles and qualifications bear on the executive’s executive director responsibilities.

Director appointment – leading graphite industry investor and financier Aidan Nania (pp.1–2)

Litigation and enforcement

Skaland shareholder dispute settled

2022–2023 · documented · medium materiality

BSG Mining brought proceedings against MRC Graphite over their Skaland shareholder deed. The WA Supreme Court granted interlocutory relief in April 2023; Nania was BSG’s director and Skaland nominee. MRC announced a no-admission settlement to buy BSG’s approximately 10% stake for US$1.9m and reported that Nania had resigned from the Skaland board after the first payment in July 2023. MRC subsequently reported the settlement fully executed.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The case records Nania’s role and affidavits, not any finding of personal wrongdoing. The interlocutory decision was not a final judgment on the disputed merits.

Relevance: Provides context for the prior Skaland directorship and governance experience.

BSG Mining v MRC Graphite [2023] WASC 128 (paragraphs 1–9 and balance of convenience); MRC to take 100% ownership of Skaland: BSG matter settled (p.1); 2023 annual report (battery minerals review); 2023 half-year results and financial statements (pp.5–6, Review of Operations, Battery Minerals)

Governance and interests

Partner and funding relationships disclosed

January 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The January 2026 appointment announcement says Nania was a director and shareholder of both Arctic Graphite and Graphite Investment Partners, counterparties to IG6’s proposed European processing project; it describes proposed deliverables and a contingent share issue.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The arrangements were disclosed. The announcement does not establish that the contingent shares were issued, that deliverables were achieved, or any wrongdoing.

Relevance: Overlapping partner interests and incentive alignment merit consideration.

Director appointment – leading graphite industry investor and financier Aidan Nania (pp.2–3 Previous Agreements)

Suitability for the current role

Current role relevance is supported at title level

At evidence cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Analyst inference: the disclosed current title indicates experience relevant to the assigned function. The record reviewed does not establish individual delivery outcomes or independently verify credentials beyond the cited issuer disclosure.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit judgment, not a claim of proven performance.

Relevance: Current role scope is directly relevant to team composition; evidence of delivery remains limited.

Director appointment – leading graphite industry investor and financier Aidan Nania (pp.1–2, appointment, prior roles and experience.)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of the complete career chronology, education and professional memberships is not established by the sources reviewed.

• No comprehensive regulator, court, safety, environment or litigation-record review was completed; absence of a finding here is not a clearance.

• Individual contribution to employer outcomes and concurrent board interests require additional source-level verification.

• Full confidential Skaland settlement terms and individual economic interests were not available.

• Historical 9 October search-log entries are inherited and their execution and exact scope could not be independently reconstructed in the 31 October audit. Broad keyword searches do not establish complete person-specific regulatory, court, safety or environmental coverage.