James Kerr

Career chronology

• Current as of 2026-10-31; appointment date not disclosed: Larvotto Resources Limited — Chief Technical Officer. Investor Presentation – IMARC (slide 14, management roster); Management team (Chief Technical Officer biography)

• 15 November 2016 to 31 May 2019: Geopacific Resources Limited — General Manager Geology. Annual Report 2016 (p. 15; commencement date); Annual Report 2019 (p. 30; resignation date)

• Joined in late 2009; appointed General Manager – Exploration in July 2010; end date not established: Hillgrove Resources Limited — General Manager – Exploration. Wilson HTM Investor Presentation (management team slide, Jim Kerr biography)

• Appointment to Zambezi effective 15 January 2007; later issuer material describes him as Managing Director of Lithic, formerly Zambezi; end date not established: Lithic Metals and Energy plc / Zambezi Nickel Limited — Managing Director. Directorate Change: Appointment of new Managing Director (appointment effective 15 January 2007); Wilson HTM Investor Presentation (management team slide, prior Lithic/Zambezi role)

• Earlier role; exact dates not disclosed: Oropa Limited — Exploration Manager. Directorate Change: Appointment of new Managing Director (prior experience biography)

• Earlier roles; exact dates not disclosed: Mincor Resources NL — Senior Exploration Geologist, later Business Development Manager. Directorate Change: Appointment of new Managing Director (prior experience biography); Wilson HTM Investor Presentation (management team slide, prior Mincor role)

• Reported as current at the 18 December 2006 notice only; no later status established: Arrowsmith Capital Pty Ltd and PT Sorikmas Mining — Directorships reported in a 2006 Zambezi appointment notice. Directorate Change: Appointment of new Managing Director (director interests in 2006 appointment notice)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported geology and mineral economics qualifications

Qualifications reported in issuer biographies; accessed 2026-11-02 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Larvotto’s management biography lists a BSc in Geology, MMinEcon and Member AusIMM; a 2011 Hillgrove presentation lists BSc (Geology) and MSc (Mineral Economics). These issuer statements are consistent but were not independently verified against university or professional-body records.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by issuers; independent credential and membership verification was not located.

Relevance: Technical qualifications are relevant to the current CTO role.

Management team (Chief Technical Officer biography); Wilson HTM Investor Presentation (management team slide, qualifications)

Personal achievements

Documented technical supervision of Geopacific exploration results

June 2017 · documented · medium materiality

A June 2017 Woodlark release reported 51m at 2.82g/t gold and 18m at 8.89g/t gold. Its Competent Person statement says the exploration results were compiled by and under the supervision of Jim Kerr, then General Manager Geology. This documents a defined technical reporting contribution; it does not establish that he was the sole discoverer or that the results produced economic success.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer’s Competent Person statement directly identifies Kerr as compiler/supervisor of reported exploration results.

Relevance: Provides a specific example of technical work aligned to a current technical leadership role.

WOODLARK – Success continues 18m @ 8.89g/t Au (p. 1, reported intercepts; p. 6, Competent Person statement)

Business failures and setbacks

Geopacific suspended Woodlark development after Kerr’s tenure

Early 2022; after Kerr’s 2019 departure · documented · low materiality

Geopacific suspended major Woodlark development work in early 2022 after cost increases, schedule delays and funding constraints. The 2019 annual report records Kerr’s resignation as General Manager Geology on 31 May 2019, so the suspension occurred well after his documented departure; no personal responsibility is inferred.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No individual causal link is established; the cited project decision post-dates his documented Geopacific tenure.

Relevance: Records a material employer project setback with explicit temporal and attribution limits.

Annual Report 2019 (p. 30; resignation date); Annual Report 2021 (chairman’s report and operating review; early-2022 suspension and causes)

Industrial safety

Historical fatal incident at Hillgrove predates Kerr’s arrival

Incident 2000; conviction 2003; before Kerr’s documented Hillgrove arrival in late 2009 · documented · low materiality

The NSW Resources Regulator records that New England Antimony NL was convicted and fined after a worker was fatally struck by falling rock at the New England Antimony Mine on 18 February 2000; the conviction was entered on 19 June 2003. A 2011 Hillgrove presentation says Kerr joined Hillgrove Resources in late 2009, nearly a decade after the incident. The reviewed sources do not connect him to the event.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The event and conviction concern the historical site operator and predate Kerr’s documented arrival; no personal responsibility is established.

Relevance: A significant site-level safety history is disclosed with timing and responsibility limits.

Prosecution summaries: New England Antimony NL (New England Antimony NL prosecution summary; incident and decision dates); Wilson HTM Investor Presentation (management team slide; joined in late 2009)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Chief Technical Officer

Current role as of 2026-10-31 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The current CTO role and the documented geology/exploration leadership record are relevant to Larvotto’s technical needs. This is an analyst inference from role history and issuer disclosures; it does not establish current performance or project causation. The Larvotto appointment date and parts of the earlier chronology remain unknown.

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

Relevance: Assesses documented technical experience against the current technical executive role.

Investor Presentation – IMARC (slide 14, management roster); Management team (Chief Technical Officer biography); Annual Report 2016 (p. 15; General Manager Geology role)

Evidence gaps

• Larvotto’s exact CTO appointment date is not disclosed in the reviewed issuer sources.

• The current issuer biography references Barrick Gold, but the reviewed material does not establish Kerr’s title or dates there; dates for older Oropa, Mincor and Hillgrove roles are also incomplete.

• Qualifications and AusIMM membership are issuer-reported and were not independently verified.

• The 2006 RNS reports other directorships as current at that date only; no current status was established for those roles, and no exhaustive current board-role search was possible.

• No exhaustive criminal-record, sanctions, litigation, reference or background check was conducted.