Matthew Pustahya

Career chronology

• Since 2019-01-02: Litchfield Minerals Limited — Managing Director. Annual Report to Shareholders FY2026 (Directors’ report / current executive roster)

• Earlier career; exact dates not fully disclosed: Previous employers and professional roles as summarized in issuer disclosure — 15 years exploring Australian metalliferous terrains; public and private exploration; conference profile says he led exploration programmes. Matthew Pustahya profile (speaker biography)

• Founded company; current MD as of cutoff: Litchfield Minerals Ltd. — Founder and Managing Director. Matthew Pustahya profile (Person biography and role history)

• About 15 years as described in 2026 speaker biography: Private and public mineral exploration — Prospecting and exploration program development. Matthew Pustahya – Mines in the Vines speaker biography (Biography, lines 32–37)

Education and qualifications

Education and professional credentials

Not dated · self reported · low materiality

The 2023 half-year report filed in March 2024 says Pustahya holds a Bachelor of Business and an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management; a speaker biography reports a Master of Business. The exact award title and independent institutional confirmation are unresolved.

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.

Half-year financial report, 31 December 2023 (p. 4, directors report biography); Matthew Pustahya – Mines in the Vines speaker biography (speaker biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-level project and delivery record

Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

Litchfield reported systematic exploration advancement at Oonagalabi during the half year; this is an exploration milestone rather than a reserve, production or financial return.

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 to Shareholders FY2026 (directors’ report / operating update)

Business failures and setbacks

Company reported a loss during exploration

Financial years ended June 2025 and June 2026 · documented · medium materiality

The 2026 annual financial statements report a A$24,125 loss for the year, compared with A$607,395 in FY2025. This is a company result and does not itself measure discovery performance, capitalised exploration value or personal causation.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Pustahya was managing director in the reporting period; the statements do not assign causation for the loss to him personally.

Relevance: Places exploration-stage financial results in context.

Annual Report to Shareholders FY2026 (p. 39, consolidated statement of profit or loss)

Governance and interests

Silver Valley retraction: source provenance remains unresolved

2026-03-06 · documented · high materiality

A public ASX-announcement index lists a 6 March 2026 Silver Valley historical-data retraction. A third-party mirrored 23 April document also refers to that retraction; its original ASX-hosted copy was not independently obtained. A third-party copy purporting to reproduce the retraction has an ACN that differs from the company’s annual report and an inconsistent earlier-release date. The packet’s authenticity, purported signature, Board authorization and any individual responsibility cannot be established from the evidence reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. The indexed existence of a release does not authenticate the mirrored text or establish who prepared, signed or approved it; no misconduct is inferred.

Relevance: Data quality and disclosure controls matter to an exploration issuer.

Retraction of Silver Valley Historical Data: announcement index (6 March 2026 announcement listing); Diamond and RC drill program completed at Oonagalabi & Silver Valley Delivers High-Grade Silver-Lead-Copper Results (p. 2, footnote 2 referencing retraction); Retraction of Historical Exploration Results (p. 1, unauthenticated mirrored packet); Annual Report to Shareholders FY2026 (p. 2, corporate directory and actual ACN)

Company disclosed securities trading-policy breach

April 2024 · documented · high materiality

Litchfield told ASX that a director’s 4 April 2024 trade occurred during a blackout period and was not in accordance with its policy. Its response says the director had received verbal approval from the managing director during an open period, although the policy required written approval; the company attributed an incorrect Appendix 3Y response to administrative oversight and said the board, secretary and management were reminded of the policy. The response does not establish deliberate wrongdoing.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The company identifies the managing director as having provided verbal approval during an open period; it does not establish that he approved a blackout-period transaction or acted dishonestly.

Relevance: Material to documented director-trading controls and board oversight.

ASX query letter and company response: trading during closed period (p. 1, company responses 1–5; pp. 2–3 ASX policy query)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Managing Director

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 to Shareholders FY2026 (Current executive roster); Matthew Pustahya profile (speaker biography)

Evidence gaps

• Full prior-employer histories, independent credential records and comprehensive court and regulator searches remain incomplete.

• The ASX index and mirrored April document reference a March 2026 Silver Valley retraction, but the mirrored packet has mismatched ACN and dates. Its provenance, signature and Board authorisation remain unverified.

• Inherited October 9 search entries cannot be independently audited; broad 31 October search results are not comprehensive individual, employer, court or regulator checks.

• The March 2026 appointment notice names Matt McGloin as incoming senior geologist; the current showcase profile is undated and continuation at the cutoff was not independently confirmed.