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ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED

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People, delivery and responsibility

Management background checks

Evidence through 2026-10-31

Research assessment

Executive team

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Iluka’s ten-person selected roster combines long mineral-sands operations, technical, financing, sustainability and secretarial experience. The evidence shows operating and construction progress alongside capital-estimate increases, Sierra Rutile underperformance, a contractor death and an environmental direction. The report is a partial, low-confidence public-source screening and does not infer individual misconduct from employer events.

Decision-relevant facts

Material summary

Individual involvement and employer context shown separately

Tom O’Leary

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

CEO since September 2016; earlier Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers managing director from 2010, after Wesfarmers business development and a decade in London finance law, investment banking and private equity. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · pp.36–38; director and executive biographies
FailureDocumented · High materiality

Sierra Rutile acquisition and substantial impairment

Iluka acquired Sierra Rutile in 2016 and wrote down US$290 million in 2019 after operating performance fell short of the original investment case. Deloitte identified integration difficulties and higher Sembehun capital estimates. Iluka completed a demerger in 2022. These are company outcomes, not a proven personal failure.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · O’Leary was CEO when the acquisition and impairment occurred; no source isolates his causal responsibility.

Sierra Rutile demerger booklet and independent expert report · Independent expert pp.21–23; acquisition and impairment
2025 Annual Report · p.10, notes demerger in 2022
SafetyDocumented · High materiality

Contractor fatality at Cataby and Indus conviction

A survey contractor died in 2018 following an allergic reaction at Cataby. In 2020 Indus Mining Services pleaded guilty and was fined A$60,000 for failing to provide a safe working environment; ABC reported that Indus had not communicated the life-threatening severity of the allergy to Iluka. The judgment was against Indus; no individual fault by Iluka management is established.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · O’Leary was Iluka CEO; source identifies Indus as convicted employer, not O’Leary.

Quarterly Review to 31 March 2018 · p.5, incident at Cataby
Indus Mining Services fined $60,000 over bee sting death · Court outcome, regulator remarks and communication context
Company fined over bee sting death · Government notice: guilty plea, fine and information communicated to Iluka
FraudIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Pre-acquisition Sierra Rutile conduct and discontinued investigation

Iluka said that its post-acquisition review identified conduct before its December 2016 takeover and that it reported the matters to authorities. In 2020 Iluka reported that the UK Serious Fraud Office had discontinued its investigation into Sierra Rutile. Iluka’s 2022 chair described cooperation; this is not a finding of wrongdoing by Iluka’s current CEO.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · CEO led the group after acquisition; the conduct predates ownership and no personal involvement is alleged.

Quarterly Review to 30 June 2020 · p.8, Other Matters
2022 AGM addresses · p.3, chairman comments
FailureDocumented · High materiality

Eneabba refinery estimate and progress

At the 2022 investment decision the project was estimated to cost A$1.0–1.2 billion. In 2024 the estimate was A$1.7–1.8 billion; Iluka’s September 2026 quarter review said construction was 65% complete, with A$1.237 billion accrued. Commissioning remains prospective, not delivered rare-earth production.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · CEO tenure overlaps the investment and cost revision; sources do not isolate personal causation.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery · 2022 and February 2024 capital estimates
Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 · pp.1–4, Eneabba progress and capital
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Full background report

Tom O’Leary

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Career chronology

  • September 2016: Iluka Resources Limited — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. 2025 Annual Report (pp.36–38; director and executive biographies)

  • 2010 until joining Iluka in 2016; exact start/end dates not established: Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers — Managing director. 2025 Annual Report (p.36, Tom O’Leary biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

LLB and BJuris; Iluka reports a University of Western Australia law degree and Harvard advanced management program. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (pp.36–38; director and executive biographies)

Business failures and setbacks

Sierra Rutile acquisition and substantial impairment

2016–2022 · documented · high materiality

Iluka acquired Sierra Rutile in 2016 and wrote down US$290 million in 2019 after operating performance fell short of the original investment case. Deloitte identified integration difficulties and higher Sembehun capital estimates. Iluka completed a demerger in 2022. These are company outcomes, not a proven personal failure.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. O’Leary was CEO when the acquisition and impairment occurred; no source isolates his causal responsibility.

Relevance: Capital-allocation and integration record.

Sierra Rutile demerger booklet and independent expert report (Independent expert pp.21–23; acquisition and impairment); 2025 Annual Report (p.10, notes demerger in 2022)

Eneabba refinery estimate and progress

2022–30 September 2026 · documented · high materiality

At the 2022 investment decision the project was estimated to cost A$1.0–1.2 billion. In 2024 the estimate was A$1.7–1.8 billion; Iluka’s September 2026 quarter review said construction was 65% complete, with A$1.237 billion accrued. Commissioning remains prospective, not delivered rare-earth production.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO tenure overlaps the investment and cost revision; sources do not isolate personal causation.

Relevance: Material project execution and capital allocation.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery (2022 and February 2024 capital estimates); Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (pp.1–4, Eneabba progress and capital)

Fraud and corruption

Pre-acquisition Sierra Rutile conduct and discontinued investigation

Conduct before December 2016; reporting and SFO closure 2017–2020 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Iluka said that its post-acquisition review identified conduct before its December 2016 takeover and that it reported the matters to authorities. In 2020 Iluka reported that the UK Serious Fraud Office had discontinued its investigation into Sierra Rutile. Iluka’s 2022 chair described cooperation; this is not a finding of wrongdoing by Iluka’s current CEO.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO led the group after acquisition; the conduct predates ownership and no personal involvement is alleged.

Relevance: Company response to a material acquired governance risk.

Quarterly Review to 30 June 2020 (p.8, Other Matters); 2022 AGM addresses (p.3, chairman comments)

Industrial safety

Contractor fatality at Cataby and Indus conviction

2018 incident; 2020 company conviction · documented · high materiality

A survey contractor died in 2018 following an allergic reaction at Cataby. In 2020 Indus Mining Services pleaded guilty and was fined A$60,000 for failing to provide a safe working environment; ABC reported that Indus had not communicated the life-threatening severity of the allergy to Iluka. The judgment was against Indus; no individual fault by Iluka management is established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. O’Leary was Iluka CEO; source identifies Indus as convicted employer, not O’Leary.

Relevance: Relevant company/site safety and contractor oversight context.

Quarterly Review to 31 March 2018 (p.5, incident at Cataby); Indus Mining Services fined $60,000 over bee sting death (Court outcome, regulator remarks and communication context); Company fined over bee sting death (Government notice: guilty plea, fine and information communicated to Iluka)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

CEO since September 2016; earlier Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers managing director from 2010, after Wesfarmers business development and a decade in London finance law, investment banking and private equity. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (pp.36–38; director and executive biographies)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Adele Stratton

Chief Financial Officer and Head of Development

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joined Iluka in 2011; CFO from 2018 and development responsibilities from 2020; previous KPMG assurance in the UK and Australia and Rio Tinto Iron Ore finance roles. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.38; executive biography
FailureDocumented · Medium materiality

Eneabba budget increased while construction continues

Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery · Capital estimate and company explanation
Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 · p.4, Eneabba project update
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

FY2025 impairment and loss

Iluka reported a FY2025 net loss after tax of A$288 million, including A$351 million asset impairment and A$216 million inventory write-downs amid subdued mineral-sands markets. Underlying NPAT was A$78 million.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Stratton was CFO; the company describes market conditions and accounting effects, not individual causation.

2025 Annual Report · p.10, underlying NPAT and impairment
Evidence gaps · 4
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.
  • Iluka’s 2019 and 2020 annual reports date the CFO appointment to August 2018, while its undated executive page says September 2018; the exact appointment date is unresolved.

Full background report

Adele Stratton

Chief Financial Officer and Head of Development

Career chronology

  • 2018: Iluka Resources Limited — Chief Financial Officer and Head of Development. 2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

BA (Hons), FCA and GAICD, as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

Business failures and setbacks

Eneabba budget increased while construction continues

2022–September 2026 · documented · medium materiality

Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase.

Relevance: Directly relevant to current development responsibilities without attributing the outcome to one person.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery (Capital estimate and company explanation); Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (p.4, Eneabba project update)

FY2025 impairment and loss

FY2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Iluka reported a FY2025 net loss after tax of A$288 million, including A$351 million asset impairment and A$216 million inventory write-downs amid subdued mineral-sands markets. Underlying NPAT was A$78 million.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Stratton was CFO; the company describes market conditions and accounting effects, not individual causation.

Relevance: Financial and capital-allocation context.

2025 Annual Report (p.10, underlying NPAT and impairment)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka in 2011; CFO from 2018 and development responsibilities from 2020; previous KPMG assurance in the UK and Australia and Rio Tinto Iron Ore finance roles. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

  • Iluka’s 2019 and 2020 annual reports date the CFO appointment to August 2018, while its undated executive page says September 2018; the exact appointment date is unresolved.

Matthew Blackwell

Head of Projects and Sales and Marketing

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joined Iluka in 2004 as president of US operations; later marketing and major projects leadership. Previously executive vice president of Asia Pacific Resources in Thailand. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.38; executive biography
FailureDocumented · Medium materiality

Eneabba budget increased while construction continues

Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery · Capital estimate and company explanation
Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 · p.4, Eneabba project update
EnvironmentDocumented · High materiality

Udon potash development faced community and assessment objections

In 2003 Canadian Mining Journal identified Blackwell as vice president of operations at Asia Pacific Potash and described critics’ concerns over water, salinity, tailings and subsidence. A 2004 health-impact paper reports a 2003 expert committee raised serious EIA concerns. The contemporaneous article records the company’s proposed backfill and monitoring response; in 2005 the company said its EIA had been approved and it had answered the committee’s questions. These accounts do not establish personal misconduct or the ultimate outcome. Asia Pacific’s later SEC filing lists Matthew Blackwell as vice president operations in 2003–04 and states that “Mathew Blackwell” was employed from October 2002 to August 2004; the sources use different spellings but match role and employer. The precise outcome of the 2003 EIA controversy and his personal involvement in community decisions remain unverified.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Blackwell held an operations role on the proposed project in 2003; the company response was after he joined Iluka and no personal involvement in contested claims is established.

The potash project: Thailand’s first underground mine · 2003 project plans, community concern and Blackwell’s operations role
Health Impact Assessment in Thailand · p.1, 2003 assessment and public process
Asia Pacific Resources Responds to Asia Times Allegations · 2005 company response on EIA questions
Asia Pacific Resources 2005 Form 20-F · p.43, compensation table and note 4; project EIA discussion pp.16 and 32
Evidence gaps · 4
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.
  • Original Thai regulator and court records, exact day-level Asia Pacific tenure and full community-impact outcomes were not obtained.

Full background report

Matthew Blackwell

Head of Projects and Sales and Marketing

Career chronology

  • 2019 for major projects; late 2020 for renewed marketing responsibilities: Iluka Resources Limited — Head of Projects and Sales and Marketing. 2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

  • October 2002 to August 2004 according to 2006 Asia Pacific Resources filing; 2003 vice president operations role corroborated contemporaneously: Asia Pacific Resources / Asia Pacific Potash — Executive vice president; vice president operations at subsidiary. 2025 Annual Report (p.38); The potash project: Thailand’s first underground mine (Project development and APPC vice-president of operations); Asia Pacific Resources 2005 Form 20-F (p.43, compensation table and note 4; month-level tenure)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

BEng (Mechanical), Graduate Diploma in Technology Management, MBA, MAICD and MIEAust, issuer-reported. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

Business failures and setbacks

Eneabba budget increased while construction continues

2022–September 2026 · documented · medium materiality

Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase.

Relevance: Directly relevant to current development responsibilities without attributing the outcome to one person.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery (Capital estimate and company explanation); Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (p.4, Eneabba project update)

Environmental record

Udon potash development faced community and assessment objections

2003 proposal; later 2005 company response · documented · high materiality

In 2003 Canadian Mining Journal identified Blackwell as vice president of operations at Asia Pacific Potash and described critics’ concerns over water, salinity, tailings and subsidence. A 2004 health-impact paper reports a 2003 expert committee raised serious EIA concerns. The contemporaneous article records the company’s proposed backfill and monitoring response; in 2005 the company said its EIA had been approved and it had answered the committee’s questions. These accounts do not establish personal misconduct or the ultimate outcome. Asia Pacific’s later SEC filing lists Matthew Blackwell as vice president operations in 2003–04 and states that “Mathew Blackwell” was employed from October 2002 to August 2004; the sources use different spellings but match role and employer. The precise outcome of the 2003 EIA controversy and his personal involvement in community decisions remain unverified.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Blackwell held an operations role on the proposed project in 2003; the company response was after he joined Iluka and no personal involvement in contested claims is established.

Relevance: Relevant prior project and community-engagement context.

The potash project: Thailand’s first underground mine (2003 project plans, community concern and Blackwell’s operations role); Health Impact Assessment in Thailand (p.1, 2003 assessment and public process); Asia Pacific Resources Responds to Asia Times Allegations (2005 company response on EIA questions); Asia Pacific Resources 2005 Form 20-F (p.43, compensation table and note 4; project EIA discussion pp.16 and 32)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka in 2004 as president of US operations; later marketing and major projects leadership. Previously executive vice president of Asia Pacific Resources in Thailand. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

  • Original Thai regulator and court records, exact day-level Asia Pacific tenure and full community-impact outcomes were not obtained.

Shane Tilka

Chief Operating Officer, Australian Operations

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joined Iluka in November 2004 and held US and Australian operations positions, former Sierra Rutile COO and Jacinth-Ambrosia/Midwest general manager; current Australian operations COO. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.38; executive biography
FailureDocumented · Medium materiality

Sierra Rutile operating challenges and impairment

Iluka’s 2019 annual report identifies Tilka’s preceding position as Sierra Rutile chief operating officer. The independent demerger expert records post-acquisition operational integration difficulties and the 2019 US$290 million impairment. Exact dates of his Sierra role relative to each event and personal responsibility remain uncertain.

Employer context; no individual link established · Former COO role is documented but exact overlap with individual incidents and impairment is unverified.

2019 Annual Report · Executive profiles, Tilka’s previous role
Sierra Rutile demerger booklet and independent expert report · Expert report pp.21–23, Sierra acquisition and performance
EnvironmentDocumented · Medium materiality

South Australian environmental direction and reported incidents

The South Australian regulator lists a 7 October 2025 environmental direction for Iluka (Eucla Basin) over undue environmental damage and a breach of program outcomes on MPL 110, a Jacinth-Ambrosia licence. The register is currently marked closed but gives no closure date or incident detail. Iluka separately reported three Level 3 environmental incidents in 2025; the reviewed sources do not establish that any one is the subject of the direction.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Executive role overlaps the company period; the register does not identify individual responsibility or establish which incident triggered the direction.

Mining compliance directions · Closed-out register, Iluka (Eucla Basin), MPL 110
Jacinth and Ambrosia · Tenement information, MPL 110
2025 Annual Report · p.27, 2025 environmental incidents
Evidence gaps · 4
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.
  • Exact dates of the Sierra Rutile COO role and the environmental direction’s closure are unavailable.

Full background report

Shane Tilka

Chief Operating Officer, Australian Operations

Career chronology

  • Current role date not independently confirmed: Iluka Resources Limited — Chief Operating Officer, Australian Operations. 2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

  • Before FY2019 annual report; exact start and end dates not established: Sierra Rutile Limited (then Iluka subsidiary) — Chief operating officer. 2019 Annual Report (Executive profiles, Shane Tilka)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

BCom, as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

Business failures and setbacks

Sierra Rutile operating challenges and impairment

2017–2019; exact COO tenure not established · documented · medium materiality

Iluka’s 2019 annual report identifies Tilka’s preceding position as Sierra Rutile chief operating officer. The independent demerger expert records post-acquisition operational integration difficulties and the 2019 US$290 million impairment. Exact dates of his Sierra role relative to each event and personal responsibility remain uncertain.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Former COO role is documented but exact overlap with individual incidents and impairment is unverified.

Relevance: Relevant prior operating experience and integration outcome.

2019 Annual Report (Executive profiles, Tilka’s previous role); Sierra Rutile demerger booklet and independent expert report (Expert report pp.21–23, Sierra acquisition and performance)

Environmental record

South Australian environmental direction and reported incidents

Direction issued October 2025; register accessed 31 October 2026 · documented · medium materiality

The South Australian regulator lists a 7 October 2025 environmental direction for Iluka (Eucla Basin) over undue environmental damage and a breach of program outcomes on MPL 110, a Jacinth-Ambrosia licence. The register is currently marked closed but gives no closure date or incident detail. Iluka separately reported three Level 3 environmental incidents in 2025; the reviewed sources do not establish that any one is the subject of the direction.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Executive role overlaps the company period; the register does not identify individual responsibility or establish which incident triggered the direction.

Relevance: Environmental oversight and evidence of a documented regulatory matter.

Mining compliance directions (Closed-out register, Iluka (Eucla Basin), MPL 110); Jacinth and Ambrosia (Tenement information, MPL 110); 2025 Annual Report (p.27, 2025 environmental incidents)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka in November 2004 and held US and Australian operations positions, former Sierra Rutile COO and Jacinth-Ambrosia/Midwest general manager; current Australian operations COO. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.38; executive biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

  • Exact dates of the Sierra Rutile COO role and the environmental direction’s closure are unavailable.

Sarah Hodgson

Head of People and Sustainability

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joined Iluka in 2013 and the people and sustainability role in March 2018. Previously PwC, KPMG, Mercer and Westpac in tax, mobility, remuneration, people and governance roles. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.39; executive biography
EnvironmentDocumented · Medium materiality

South Australian environmental direction and reported incidents

The South Australian regulator lists a 7 October 2025 environmental direction for Iluka (Eucla Basin) over undue environmental damage and a breach of program outcomes on MPL 110, a Jacinth-Ambrosia licence. The register is currently marked closed but gives no closure date or incident detail. Iluka separately reported three Level 3 environmental incidents in 2025; the reviewed sources do not establish that any one is the subject of the direction.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Executive role overlaps the company period; the register does not identify individual responsibility or establish which incident triggered the direction.

Mining compliance directions · Closed-out register, Iluka (Eucla Basin), MPL 110
Jacinth and Ambrosia · Tenement information, MPL 110
2025 Annual Report · p.27, 2025 environmental incidents
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Full background report

Sarah Hodgson

Head of People and Sustainability

Career chronology

  • March 2018: Iluka Resources Limited — Head of People and Sustainability. 2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

LLB and GAICD, as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Environmental record

South Australian environmental direction and reported incidents

Direction issued October 2025; register accessed 31 October 2026 · documented · medium materiality

The South Australian regulator lists a 7 October 2025 environmental direction for Iluka (Eucla Basin) over undue environmental damage and a breach of program outcomes on MPL 110, a Jacinth-Ambrosia licence. The register is currently marked closed but gives no closure date or incident detail. Iluka separately reported three Level 3 environmental incidents in 2025; the reviewed sources do not establish that any one is the subject of the direction.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Executive role overlaps the company period; the register does not identify individual responsibility or establish which incident triggered the direction.

Relevance: Environmental oversight and evidence of a documented regulatory matter.

Mining compliance directions (Closed-out register, Iluka (Eucla Basin), MPL 110); Jacinth and Ambrosia (Tenement information, MPL 110); 2025 Annual Report (p.27, 2025 environmental incidents)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka in 2013 and the people and sustainability role in March 2018. Previously PwC, KPMG, Mercer and Westpac in tax, mobility, remuneration, people and governance roles. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Daniel McGrath

Head of Rare Earths

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joined Iluka in 1993 and has held metallurgy and operational roles, including general manager Cataby and Southwest and chief technology officer before leading rare earths. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.39; executive biography
FailureDocumented · Medium materiality

Eneabba budget increased while construction continues

Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery · Capital estimate and company explanation
Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 · p.4, Eneabba project update
SafetyDocumented · Medium materiality

Cataby contractor fatality; exact role overlap unknown

A subcontracted surveyor died in 2018 after an allergic reaction at Cataby. ABC reported Indus Mining Services pleaded guilty and was fined A$60,000 in 2020; it reported that Indus had not conveyed the life-threatening severity of the allergy to Iluka. Iluka later identified McGrath as a former general manager of Cataby and Southwest operations, but exact dates of that role have not been verified.

Employer context; no individual link established · The exact period of McGrath’s Cataby role relative to the incident is unestablished; the guilty plea was by Indus, not the executive.

Indus Mining Services fined $60,000 over bee sting death · Incident, employer conviction and communications
2025 Annual Report · p.39 prior Cataby role
Company fined over bee sting death · Government notice: guilty plea, fine and information communicated to Iluka
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Full background report

Daniel McGrath

Head of Rare Earths

Career chronology

  • Head of Rare Earths by February 2026; exact commencement date not confirmed: Iluka Resources Limited — Head of Rare Earths. 2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

BSc (Mathematics), as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Business failures and setbacks

Eneabba budget increased while construction continues

2022–September 2026 · documented · medium materiality

Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase.

Relevance: Directly relevant to current development responsibilities without attributing the outcome to one person.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery (Capital estimate and company explanation); Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (p.4, Eneabba project update)

Industrial safety

Cataby contractor fatality; exact role overlap unknown

2018; 2020 prosecution · documented · medium materiality

A subcontracted surveyor died in 2018 after an allergic reaction at Cataby. ABC reported Indus Mining Services pleaded guilty and was fined A$60,000 in 2020; it reported that Indus had not conveyed the life-threatening severity of the allergy to Iluka. Iluka later identified McGrath as a former general manager of Cataby and Southwest operations, but exact dates of that role have not been verified.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The exact period of McGrath’s Cataby role relative to the incident is unestablished; the guilty plea was by Indus, not the executive.

Relevance: Historical site safety context, not an allegation of personal fault.

Indus Mining Services fined $60,000 over bee sting death (Incident, employer conviction and communications); 2025 Annual Report (p.39 prior Cataby role); Company fined over bee sting death (Government notice: guilty plea, fine and information communicated to Iluka)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka in 1993 and has held metallurgy and operational roles, including general manager Cataby and Southwest and chief technology officer before leading rare earths. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Colin Nexhip

Chief Technology Officer

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joined Iluka as chief technology officer in 2023. Previously Newmont vice president assets and energy management and 15 years at Rio Tinto; dates and specific project responsibility remain incomplete. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.39; executive biography
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Full background report

Colin Nexhip

Chief Technology Officer

Career chronology

  • 2023: Iluka Resources Limited — Chief Technology Officer. 2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

  • Before joining Iluka in 2023; exact tenure not established: Newmont Corporation — Vice president, assets and energy management. 2025 Annual Report (p.39, Colin Nexhip biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

PhD chemical engineering, BSc (Hons) and BEd, as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka as chief technology officer in 2023. Previously Newmont vice president assets and energy management and 15 years at Rio Tinto; dates and specific project responsibility remain incomplete. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Ben Martin

Company Secretary

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joined Iluka in 2014 after solicitor work at King & Wood Mallesons; appointed general counsel and company secretary in September 2021. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.40; company secretaries
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Full background report

Ben Martin

Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • 24 September 2021: Iluka Resources Limited — Company Secretary. 2025 Annual Report (p.40; company secretaries)

  • Before joining Iluka in 2014; exact dates not reported: King & Wood Mallesons — Solicitor. 2025 Annual Report (p.40, Ben Martin biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

BMSc, LLB and MAICD, as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.40; company secretaries)

Governance and interests

Joint secretary duties disclosed by Iluka

2025 statement · issuer reported · low materiality

Iluka’s 2025 corporate governance statement identifies Martin and Tinley as joint secretaries, accountable to the board through the chair for matters including governance advice, meetings and ASX communication. This describes duties; it does not establish specific individual outcomes.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer identifies secretarial functions, without assigning individual action on a specific matter.

Relevance: Duties and professional fit.

2025 Corporate Governance Statement (p.19, Company Secretary)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka in 2014 after solicitor work at King & Wood Mallesons; appointed general counsel and company secretary in September 2021. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.40; company secretaries)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Nigel Tinley

Company Secretary

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Joint company secretary since 2013; joined Iluka in 2006 after 18 years in BHP finance and commercial roles. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

2025 Annual Report · p.40; company secretaries
LegalDocumented · Medium materiality

Earlier shareholder disclosure claims dismissed

The Federal Court dismissed the Bonham shareholder class action concerning Iluka’s April–July 2012 market disclosures, finding the applicant’s claims failed. Iluka reports Tinley became joint secretary in 2013, so the claims concern a period before his secretary appointment; the court reasons reviewed do not identify him as a defendant or attribute wrongdoing to him.

Employer context; no individual link established · The claims were against Iluka, not Tinley; he became joint secretary after the disclosure period.

Bonham v Iluka Resources Ltd [2022] FCA 71 · Reasons and dismissal; alleged 2012 disclosure
Class action update · 2022 company class action update
2025 Annual Report · p.40 joint secretary biography
Evidence gaps · 3
  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Full background report

Nigel Tinley

Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • 2013: Iluka Resources Limited — Company Secretary. 2025 Annual Report (p.40; company secretaries)

  • 18 years before joining Iluka in 2006; exact dates not reported: BHP — Accounting, financial and commercial roles. 2025 Annual Report (p.40, Nigel Tinley biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

BBus, FCPA, FGIA, FCG and GAICD, as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.40; company secretaries)

Litigation and enforcement

Earlier shareholder disclosure claims dismissed

2012 disclosures; 2022 judgment · documented · medium materiality

The Federal Court dismissed the Bonham shareholder class action concerning Iluka’s April–July 2012 market disclosures, finding the applicant’s claims failed. Iluka reports Tinley became joint secretary in 2013, so the claims concern a period before his secretary appointment; the court reasons reviewed do not identify him as a defendant or attribute wrongdoing to him.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The claims were against Iluka, not Tinley; he became joint secretary after the disclosure period.

Relevance: Historical company disclosure context, with favorable court disposition.

Bonham v Iluka Resources Ltd [2022] FCA 71 (Reasons and dismissal; alleged 2012 disclosure); Class action update (2022 company class action update); 2025 Annual Report (p.40 joint secretary biography)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joint company secretary since 2013; joined Iluka in 2006 after 18 years in BHP finance and commercial roles. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.40; company secretaries)

Evidence gaps

  • Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Luke Woodgate

General Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Relevant experience and role fit

Iluka’s 2021 notice identifies Woodgate as Group Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, and its 28 October 2026 quarterly identifies him as General Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs. Analyst inference: this documented communications role is relevant to the position; a fuller career and qualifications have not been established.

Responsibility not applicable · Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 · p.5, investment market and media enquiries
Evidence gaps · 3
  • A verified qualification and prior-employer chronology were not found.
  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.
  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.

Full background report

Luke Woodgate

General Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs

Career chronology

  • The 2021 notice identifies his communications role; precise current-role commencement unknown: Iluka Resources Limited — General Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs. Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (p.1 and authorisation/contact block)

Governance and interests

Public communications role

2021–2026 · documented · low materiality

Iluka identified him as investor-relations and corporate-affairs contact in its 2026 quarterly and as group manager in 2021. Earlier employer history has not been established.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Notices identify him as a contact, not the author or decision-maker for company announcements.

Relevance: Evidence for the identity and communications mandate; earlier experience remains unknown.

Change of Company Secretary (p.1 contact identification); Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (p.5, investment market and media enquiries)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Iluka’s 2021 notice identifies Woodgate as Group Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, and its 28 October 2026 quarterly identifies him as General Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs. Analyst inference: this documented communications role is relevant to the position; a fuller career and qualifications have not been established.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (p.5, investment market and media enquiries)

Evidence gaps

  • A verified qualification and prior-employer chronology were not found.

  • Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

  • Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.