Full background report
David Pass
Technical Director, Chief Technical Officer
Career chronology
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Dates not stated in the source: Battery Limits; Moly Mines; Barrick Gold — Previously held professional positions as described by issuer. Our Board (International Graphite issuer board profile for current role and biographies.)
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Current at evidence cutoff: International Graphite Limited — Technical Director, Chief Technical Officer. Our Board (International Graphite issuer board profile for current role and biographies.)
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At profile publication; start date not stated: BatteryLimits — Chief Executive Officer. David Pass profile (David Pass profile)
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GM from December 2012, acting CEO from October 2013 to April 2014: Moly Mines Limited — General Manager Operations and then Acting CEO. 2013 annual report (executive officers table); June 2014 quarterly activities report (p.2 corporate and board changes)
Education and qualifications
Metallurgy degree and professional membership reported
As stated in 2022 prospectus · issuer reported · medium materiality
International Graphite’s prospectus states Pass holds a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy from Murdoch University and is a member of AusIMM. Issuer disclosure, not independently credential-checked.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Credential claim is from issuer prospectus; no direct university or professional-body confirmation located in this batch.
Relevance: Relevant to technical director oversight of graphite processing/development.
International Graphite Prospectus (p.80, David Pass biography)
Personal achievements
Relevant professional background and qualifications
Previous career / current appointment; exact periods only where stated · issuer reported · medium materiality
Metallurgist with 30 years’ mining experience; issuer describes operational processing, design, project management and mine operations experience; Murdoch BSc Metallurgy and AusIMM membership.
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 technical director, chief technical officer responsibilities.
Our Board (David Pass section)
Relevant metallurgical and operating experience disclosed
Prior career; dates unspecified · self reported · medium materiality
Employer profile describes 20 years in WA gold, including 10 years at Barrick’s Granny Smith with processing/metallurgy leadership, and CEO/GM roles at Moly Mines on Spinifex Ridge and iron ore projects. This establishes role history, not project success attribution.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Employer biography documents roles and scope but provides no quantified personal delivery outcome.
Relevance: Directly relevant to process/technical responsibilities.
David Pass profile (David Pass profile)
Business failures and setbacks
Moly project deferred during senior tenure
2012–2014 · issuer reported · medium materiality
Moly Mines reported in its 2013 annual report that the Spinifex Ridge molybdenum/copper project was postponed because project economics did not support full financing and a final investment decision. Iron ore operations transferred to another operator under a mine-gate sale in July 2013.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Pass was GM operations from December 2012 and acting CEO from October 2013 until 11 April 2014. Commercial causes cannot be attributed to him individually.
Relevance: A relevant prior project outcome complements the disclosed technical experience.
2013 annual report (executive officers table; operations and business strategies); June 2014 quarterly activities report (p.2)
Governance and interests
Related-party technical services
FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality
The FY2026 annual report discloses that BatteryLimits, controlled by IG6 chair Phillip Hearse and led by Pass, earned A$587,014 in fees from IG6, including approximately A$157,005 for Pass’s time; the company describes rates as favourable compared with unrelated providers.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The transactions and overlapping roles are disclosed; no breach or improper pricing is established, and the comparison is management’s statement.
Relevance: Related-party work and technical oversight are relevant to governance assessment.
2026 Annual Report and Financial Statements (pp.38,66 related-party transactions)
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.
Our Board (International Graphite issuer board profile for current role and biographies.)
Evidence gaps
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Independent verification of the complete career chronology, education and professional memberships is not established by the sources reviewed.
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No comprehensive regulator, court, safety, environment or litigation-record review was completed; absence of a finding here is not a clearance.
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Individual contribution to employer outcomes and concurrent board interests require additional source-level verification.
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The precise allocation of responsibility for Moly project funding and outcomes is not independently established.
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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.