Peter Harding-Smith

Career chronology

• Since 2024-02-26: Litchfield Minerals Limited — Chief Financial Officer / Company Secretary. Annual Report to Shareholders FY2026 (Directors’ report / current executive roster)

• Documented 2014; issuer reports acquisition in 2015; start and end dates unverified: Orbis Gold Ltd. — Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Quarterly Activities Report (p. 6, prior roles and Orbis acquisition)

• November 2021 to June 2022, with transition support through July: Metro Mining Limited — Chief Financial Officer; company secretary. Executive changes at Metro Mining (p. 1, executive changes)

• Appointed 8 May 2018; departure not established: Comet Ridge Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Quarterly Activities Report (p. 6, appointment of CFO)

Education and qualifications

Education and professional credentials

Not dated · issuer reported · low materiality

The Litchfield supplementary prospectus describes Harding-Smith as a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of FINSIA and Governance Institute. A Vero3 SEC filing names a Peter Harding-Smith linked to Front Row Services and reports a QUT Bachelor of Business (Accounting); the Front Row link matches the Litchfield prospectus. No institutional degree or professional-register check was obtained.

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.

Supplementary Prospectus (p. 3, appointment, Front Row and issuer-reported professional status); Vero3 Limited Form C offering statement (p. 7, education and Front Row Services)

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)

Governance and interests

Silver Valley retraction: source provenance remains unresolved

2026-03 to 2026-04 · documented · medium 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: A public correction and disclosure process are relevant to the company secretary’s filing function; the corrective action and limits on personal responsibility are both material.

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)

Concurrent finance appointments require context

April 2026 appointment; role continuation at October cutoff unconfirmed · documented · medium materiality

Middle Island Resources reported appointing Harding-Smith as CFO after the March 2026 quarter and described him as holding CFO or secretary roles for several junior resource entities. The status of each role at 31 October and how his time was allocated are not established.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The cited announcement names the appointment; it does not establish inadequate availability or an unmanaged conflict.

Relevance: Relevant to availability and governance coverage for an outsourced finance role.

Quarterly Activities Report (p. 9, CFO appointment)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Chief Financial Officer / Company Secretary

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); Supplementary Prospectus (supplementary prospectus, section “Appointment of Company Secretary and CFO”)

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.