Joseph Belladonna

Career chronology

• Appointed 24 October 2025; handover during December quarter: Meeka Metals — CFO and joint company secretary. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (page 1)

• 2011–2022, issuer-reported: Western Areas — CFO and company secretary. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (page 1); 2022 appointment of CFO (page 1)

• 1 August 2022–30 November 2022: Leo Lithium — CFO and joint company secretary. 2022 appointment of CFO (page 1); 2022 annual financial report (remuneration report executive KMP table)

• Agreement dated August 2023; resignation 30 June 2025: Harena Resources — Managing director. Harena Resources 2025 annual financial statements (director service agreement and KMP note)

Education and qualifications

Accounting qualification is issuer-reported

Before 2022 · issuer reported · low materiality

Leo Lithium reports an Edith Cowan University Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Information Systems and CPA status. The university and CPA Australia were not independently queried.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer attributes the qualifications to Belladonna; award and membership records are not independently verified.

Relevance: Finance role preparation.

2022 appointment of CFO (page 1)

Contributions and company outcomes

Operating cash flow and funding

July–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

In the September quarter Meeka reported mine operating cash flow of A$13.5m and financing inflows of A$29.1m. Cash ended the quarter at A$51.2m. Financing is part of the cash movement; these are company figures rather than proof of individual execution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. He was CFO during the period; individual contribution is not isolated.

Relevance: Cash stewardship in the current role.

September 2026 quarterly activities report (pages 1–3 and Appendix 5B)

Suitability for the current role

Mining finance and transactions background

2011–2025 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Meeka and Leo Lithium describe Belladonna as Western Areas CFO/secretary through IGO’s approximately A$1.2bn 2022 acquisition, and say he participated in financing and the transaction. He subsequently held CFO and managing-director roles at Leo Lithium and Harena, respectively. The issuer’s account is not independent attribution of the takeover outcome.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role fit inference based on issuer claims and dated corporate appointments.

Relevance: Experience in finance and funding matters.

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (page 1); 2022 appointment of CFO (page 1); Harena Resources 2025 annual financial statements (executive service agreement)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of qualifications, employer-specific outcomes and complete regulatory/court searches remains incomplete.

• An automated media index has an undated adverse-sounding Western Areas headline, but the underlying article could not be located or read; its facts and date are unverified and are not findings.