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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Mark Major

Chief Executive Officer

Career chronology

Education and qualifications

Education and professional credentials

Not dated · issuer reported · low materiality

qualified geologist; MBA. Credentials are reported in the cited issuer or secondary biography; the issuing institutions were not independently queried in this pass.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The cited biography names the qualification; independent verification of award records was not available.

Relevance: Relevant professional preparation for the current position.

Appointment of Mark Major as Chief Executive Officer (pp. 1–2)

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-level project and delivery record

Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

The FY2026 annual report describes exploration at Zopkhito; the historical foreign estimate is not represented as a JORC-compliant Mineral Resource. Drilling and resource conversion remain exploration work, not delivered mine production.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The individual held the stated role during some or all of the reported period; available evidence does not isolate personal contribution.

Relevance: Provides the company outcome against which the executive’s delivery record should be assessed.

Annual report FY2026 (PDF pp. 5–13, review of operations)

Business failures and setbacks

Hodges ASX suspension and removal during executive tenure

2015–2016 · documented · high materiality

The ASX announcement history reproduced by deListed says Hodges was suspended in March 2015 after failing to lodge its December 2014 half-year accounts and was removed from the official list in August 2016 after listing fees were unpaid. An independent director listing identifies Major as managing director and a Hodges report named him managing director in 2012. The original suspension and removal notices were not independently obtained; the available record does not establish his individual responsibility.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-level governance and financial outcomes during reported managing-director tenure; neither source establishes personal misconduct or why the fees were not paid.

Relevance: A relevant prior employer governance and execution outcome.

Hodges Resources half-year financial report (PDF p. 3, director roster); Hodges Resources ASX and corporate history (ASX history: 17 March 2015, 23–29 August 2016); Hodges Resources announcements and directors (ASX announcements and directors list)

FY2026 loss and financing dependence

Year ended 30 June 2026 and September 2026 · documented · medium materiality

Krakatoa reported a FY2026 net loss of A$5.784 million versus A$2.522 million in FY2025 and A$739,459 cash at 30 June. The directors’ going-concern assessment depended principally on further equity funding; the audit identified going concern as a key audit matter. The annual report also says A$4 million was raised after year-end. Independent reporting on the September quarter states cash was A$2.03 million after those placements.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-level financial outcome during management tenure; additional capital raised after 30 June is not part of the June cash balance and individual causation is not established.

Relevance: Shows the funding and capital-allocation demands during the team’s tenure.

Annual report FY2026 (PDF pp. 4, 39, 63); September quarterly results and funding position (Cash Position and Runway)

Environmental record

EL8153 Sugarloaf regulator audit: diesel spill observation and response

2020–2022 activity; audit published 2022 · documented · low materiality

The NSW Resources Regulator’s compliance audit covering Krakatoa’s EL8153 exploration activity from 2020–2022 found no non-compliances. It did record a small diesel spill at drill site SDD002 as an observation of concern: the drilling contractor had not reported it and the exploration manager was initially unaware. The site manager cleaned it during the audit; the manager later followed up with the driller to reinforce reporting. The audit said the spill was unlikely to cause material environmental harm and was not reportable or a reportable offence. The report does not identify Major or Locke as personally involved. Their company leadership tenure overlapped the period, which is an oversight context only.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-level exploration management oversight; the regulator did not identify either executive as responsible for the spill or as having breached a requirement. Corrective response is documented.

Relevance: Exploration-stage environmental reporting controls relevant to the CEO and executive-chair roles.

EL8153 Sugarloaf compliance audit (NSW Resources Regulator compliance audit, findings and observation-of-concern sections; SDD002 diesel spill, immediate clean-up, contractor follow-up, no non-compliances)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Chief Executive Officer

Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Relevance: Assesses documented capability against the current role and company stage.

Annual report FY2026 (FY2026 annual report, PDF pages 3–4, 13–16); Appointment of Mark Major as Chief Executive Officer (pp. 1–2)

Evidence gaps

  • Independent credential/degree confirmation and exact dates for Hodges Resources and Aquiline roles were not located in this search.

  • Original ASX suspension/removal notices and Major’s role in the filing and fee decisions were not independently obtained.

  • The prior Aquiline position cited in the historic report was not independently established from an accessible source and has been omitted.

  • The 30 October 2026 September-quarter ASX filing was not independently retrieved; September cash figures are attributed to a secondary report.