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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Darren Hardy

Chief Executive Iron Ore and Energy; lithium leadership announced, handover in progress

Career chronology

  • FY2026–31 October 2026, with announced transition where stated: Mineral Resources Limited — Chief Executive Iron Ore and Energy; lithium leadership announced, handover in progress. FY2026 annual report (physical PDF p.16 leadership roster); MinRes biography: darren hardy (issuer biography and career)

  • 1996–2006 and from 2018; dates of individual roles not established: Mineral Resources Limited — Project and workshop leadership. MinRes biography: darren hardy (issuer biography and prior roles)

  • After 2006; employer-specific dates not established: Telfer, Boddington and Roy Hill projects — Construction project management. MinRes biography: darren hardy (issuer biography and prior roles)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and evidence

Education dates not established · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer biography does not state a degree.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The issuer reports the qualification when stated; no independent degree verification is implied.

Relevance: Supports professional background assessment.

MinRes biography: darren hardy (qualifications section)

Industrial safety

Onslow haul-road safety notice and upgrade

March–September 2025 · documented · medium materiality

In March 2025 MinRes temporarily paused haulage following a WorkSafe WA notice concerning road-train controls. The company reported completing upgrades and resuming unconstrained haulage in September 2025. Final investigation findings and Hardy’s personal decisions are not established.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The issuer describes earlier Onslow project-director experience; its FY2025 annual report identifies his role as chief executive energy, supply and AMG, so operational responsibility for the March 2025 road issue is unestablished.

Relevance: Relevant to operational risk oversight.

Onslow Iron haulage operations (p.1, pause and notice); Onslow Iron private haul road upgrade completed (p.1, upgraded road and resumed operations); MinRes 2025 annual report (senior leadership, physical printed p.23: CEO energy, supply and AMG); MinRes biography: darren hardy (Onslow project-director role without exact dates)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience

Through 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

As an analytical inference, the reported background is relevant to chief executive iron ore and energy; lithium leadership announced, handover in progress. Joined MinRes in 1996, left in 2006, and returned in 2018; issuer identifies him as Wonmunna and Onslow Iron project director. In October 2026 he was nominated to take lithium oversight with a handover. Individual contributions to employer-wide outcomes are not assumed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Judgment based on issuer disclosures; not a measured outcome or a personal-conduct finding.

Relevance: Shows the experience applicable to this remit.

MinRes biography: darren hardy (career and role biography)

Evidence gaps

  • This is partial public-source screening, not a comprehensive court, criminal, sanctions or professional-credential check.

  • Independent verification of qualifications, detailed prior-employer dates, individual contributions and relevant local regulator/court records is incomplete.