Newmont Corporation

Career chronology

• From October 2023; CEO from 1 January 2026: Newmont — Chief operating officer, then president and CEO. Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Director biography and executive compensation narrative)

• 2020–2023, precise departure date not independently checked: Anglo American Platinum — Chief executive officer. Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Viljoen biography)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports a North-West University engineering degree and University of Cape Town executive MBA.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Named-person qualifications)

Contributions and company outcomes

Quarterly production and cash generation

Q3 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

In Q3 2026 Newmont reported 1.302 million attributable ounces of gold and US$1.9 billion of free cash flow; gold price and many operational teams influence results.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Viljoen was chief executive during the quarter; the disclosure does not isolate individual contribution.

Relevance: Indicates delivered company-level operating and financial results.

Newmont third quarter 2026 results (Q3 2026 results, summary and production tables)

Industrial safety

Tanami workforce fatality

Late 2023–February 2026 · documented · high materiality

Newmont reported no work-related fatalities at its operated sites or facilities in 2025 after five colleagues died over nine months in late 2023–2024. Newmont reported that a worker died at Tanami on 4 February 2026 and suspended site activity. NT WorkSafe and police began inquiries; a possible winch failure was preliminary. Newmont said in April that its investigation was complete and site work had resumed; its sustainability report said external authorities were still investigating as of publication. No final regulator outcome was located.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Viljoen was CEO during the February 2026 event and COO during part of the 2023–2024 period; neither her personal involvement nor fault in any incident was established.

Relevance: Relevant to company-level safety oversight.

Media statement: Tanami incident (Company statement, incident and suspension); Tanami worker death under investigation (NT WorkSafe and police inquiry); Newmont Q1 2026 results call transcript (Viljoen Q1 2026 earnings call); Newmont 2025 sustainability report (pp. 43–44, 2025 safety performance and 2023–24 deaths)

Litigation and enforcement

Securities action dismissed with judgment for Viljoen

2024–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

The Karas securities class action alleged misleading statements about 2024 operating performance. The original August 2026 dismissal order identifies Viljoen as a defendant and granted the motion to dismiss; on 17 September final judgment was entered for Newmont, Viljoen and the other initially named officers. Separate derivative complaints remained in process, with a further report ordered for November 2026.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The docket names her; allegations are not findings of wrongdoing and the dismissal and separate derivative procedural status must both be stated.

Relevance: Directly relevant governance and disclosure history.

Karas v Newmont, Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, docket 52 (pp. 1, 5–27, parties and order); Karas v Newmont docket 1:25-cv-00341 (Docket party list and entries 52, 54–56); Newmont 2026 third quarter Form 10-Q (Note 17, Karas and Gunderson litigation)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont reports Viljoen led global operations, projects and safety before becoming CEO, and previously led Anglo American Platinum.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Director biography and executive compensation narrative)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• From 11 March 2024: Newmont — Chief legal officer; interim CFO July 2025–June 2026. Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Named executive officer biography); Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (CFO transition)

• About 15 years before Newmont; exact dates not established: Schneider Electric — Chief legal officer. Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Wexler profile)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports a Juris Doctor from American University and a BA from the University of Vermont.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Named-person qualifications)

Environmental record

Cadia environmental offences and separate undertaking

2021–2025 · documented · high materiality

NSW EPA reports that Cadia Holdings pleaded guilty to three exhaust-fan dust offences in 2021–May 2023 and was fined A$350,000 in 2025 plus a A$61,500 monitoring payment. Separate 2022 tailings-dust prosecutions were discontinued after a December 2025 enforceable undertaking.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The conduct predated Newmont’s acquisition of Newcrest and Wexler’s Newmont appointment; no personal responsibility is established.

Relevance: Material inherited litigation and environmental compliance context.

Cadia air emissions offences court sentence (Guilty pleas and sentence); Cadia tailings dust enforceable undertaking (Separate undertaking and discontinued proceedings)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont reports Wexler joined from Schneider Electric and served as its interim CFO in 2025–2026 before returning to the legal role.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Named executive officer biography); Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (CFO transition)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• From July 2022 in executive development roles: Newmont — Chief sustainability and development officer. Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Toth profile)

• 2020–2022; precise departure date not established: Rio Tinto — Strategy and development group executive. Rio Tinto appoints strategy and development leader (Toth appointment and earlier career)

• 2008–2014: OM Holdings — Chief executive officer. Rio Tinto appoints strategy and development leader (Toth background)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports a Monash business degree, Deakin graduate certificate and University of Melbourne international-business masters.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Named-person qualifications)

Litigation and enforcement

Named in dismissed securities action

2024–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

The amended Karas securities complaint added Toth as a defendant, according to the docket and Newmont. In August 2026 the court granted the motion to dismiss; the order’s caption did not name him. A 17 September final judgment named the other initial defendants, and on 24 September defendants moved to correct it or enter a separate judgment for Toth. Newmont reported separate derivative cases remained in process.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Docket names Toth; allegations are not proven. The later disposition of the proposed correction was not located.

Relevance: Material context for disclosure and governance responsibility.

Karas v Newmont, Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, docket 52 (pp. 1 and 27, order caption and ruling); Karas v Newmont docket 1:25-cv-00341 (Docket party list and entries 52, 55–58); Newmont 2026 third quarter Form 10-Q (Note 17, Karas and derivative proceedings)

Governance and interests

Ahafo security deaths and conflicting accounts

January 2025–February 2026 · disputed · high materiality

Police reported three deaths and four injuries during a January 2025 confrontation after an alleged attempted site breach. A Ghanaian MP later alleged police and Newmont security chased and shot the people; the inquiry’s final result was not established. Newmont’s sustainability report describes two fatal early-2025 security incidents near Ahafo South as linked to artisanal mining and criminal activity, and says it introduced de-escalation training, threat monitoring and stronger security protocols. Its account does not resolve the specific competing allegations.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Toth held corporate sustainability and development leadership; these sources do not establish his involvement in the incident or personal responsibility.

Relevance: Material community and security context for sustainability oversight.

Recent killings at Newmont Ahafo (25 February 2025 parliamentary statement, Ahafo incidents); Police operation after attempted breach at Newmont mine (Police account and investigation); Ahafo Complex Technical Report Summary (Section 3.5.5, security and community strategy); Newmont 2025 sustainability report (pp. 7 and 45, Ahafo South security incidents and management action plan)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Rio Tinto appointed Toth to group strategy and development from 1 October 2020; Newmont later appointed him to its strategy and sustainability leadership.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Toth profile)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• From 2021; CFO from 1 July 2026: Newmont — Chief financial officer; earlier controller and interim finance roles. Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Financial Officer appointment)

• 2014–2021; exact exit date not established: Molson Coors — Corporate controller and chief accounting officer. Molson Coors promotes Tabolt to controller (Appointment and prior StarBev accounting role); Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Prior role)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Newmont and Molson Coors report bachelor’s and master’s accounting degrees from Penn State and CPA qualification.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Named-person qualifications)

Personal achievements

Reported accounting leadership for StarBev

2012 · issuer reported · medium materiality

In announcing Tabolt’s controller promotion, Molson Coors said he led accounting work for its 2012 StarBev acquisition.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The former employer explicitly identifies the accounting contribution; deal value or subsequent financial impact was not independently assessed.

Relevance: Relevant transaction-accounting experience for a public-company CFO.

Molson Coors promotes Tabolt to controller (Tabolt promotion, prior acquisition accounting)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont appointed Tabolt CFO effective 1 July 2026. Molson Coors previously described his leadership of accounting for its 2012 StarBev acquisition.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Financial Officer appointment)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• From April 2020; COO from 1 July 2026: Newmont — Chief operating officer; earlier regional managing roles. Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Operating Officer appointment)

• Before 2020; dates not independently established: Rio Tinto and BHP — Operational leadership roles. Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (COO career description)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports a Murdoch mineral-processing degree and postgraduate Curtin minerals-economics qualification.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Named-person qualifications)

Industrial safety

Tanami fatality and uncertain regional-role timing

February 2026 · documented · high materiality

A Newmont worker died at Tanami in February 2026. Newmont suspended site activity and NT WorkSafe began an inquiry. The company said in April that its investigation was complete and work had resumed; its sustainability report said external authorities were still investigating as of publication. The June 2026 SEC filing says Rodgers led the Africa Asia Pacific region immediately before his July appointment; independent exact start and February site-specific authority were not established; no final regulator outcome was located.

Attribution: Responsibility unresolved. The cited filing establishes his regional post before the July appointment but not its exact start or his site-specific authority in February 2026; his personal involvement and responsibility were not established.

Relevance: Relevant safety context for the current operating portfolio leader.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (COO appointment and prior regional role); Media statement: Tanami incident (Incident statement); Tanami worker death under investigation (Inquiry); Newmont Q1 2026 results call transcript (Viljoen Q1 2026 earnings call); Newmont 2025 sustainability report (p.43, authorities investigation)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont appointed Rodgers COO in July 2026 following regional management roles; the SEC filing describes his regional periods.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Operating Officer appointment)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

• The precise start date of the Africa Asia Pacific managing-director role and his site-specific authority during the February 2026 Tanami incident are not established by the cited SEC filing.

Career chronology

• From 2016; CTO from 1 July 2026: Newmont — Chief technical officer; prior Americas, Latin America and Africa leadership. Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Technical Officer appointment)

• Before 2016; exact dates unknown: Gold Fields and Barrick — Engineering and leadership roles. Executive appointments for the next phase of delivery (Thornton biography)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports mining engineering at Curtin and an executive MBA at the University of Utah.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Newmont management biographies (Named-person qualifications)

Industrial safety

Ahafo North construction death during prior regional tenure

February 2024 · documented · high materiality

Newmont reported an Ahafo North worker died on 27 February 2024 in a severe-weather incident. The June 2026 SEC filing says Thornton was Africa managing director from February 2022 to August 2024; the investigation’s final result was not located.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Regional tenure overlaps the reported death; individual involvement and responsibility are not established.

Relevance: Relevant to former operational oversight and company safety.

Media statement: Ahafo North incident (Company incident and investigation statement); Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Thornton prior Africa tenure)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont appointed Thornton CTO effective July 2026 following Americas and Africa management positions.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Technical Officer appointment)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• From 2019; date of interim appointment not independently confirmed: Newmont — Interim chief people officer; formerly regional HR vice president South America. Deborah Leyva executive profile (Regional HR profile); Newmont management biographies (Leyva current title)

• Before Newmont; dates not established: Etihad Aviation and LATAM Airlines — Human resources leadership. Deborah Leyva executive profile (Prior employers and qualifications)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · self reported · low materiality

Professional profile reports a business degree from Anáhuac University and an MBA from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez; not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Deborah Leyva executive profile (Named-person qualifications)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont identifies Leyva as interim chief people officer; a professional profile states she joined its South American human-resources team in 2019.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Deborah Leyva executive profile (Regional HR profile); Newmont management biographies (Leyva current title)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• The date the interim people-officer role began and appointment of a permanent successor were not independently established; current issuer biography is undated.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• From 2022; promotion announced June 2026: Newmont — Executive vice president project development; earlier global projects head. Executive appointments for the next phase of delivery (David Fry biography and promotion)

• Before Newmont; dates not independently established: Rio Tinto — Managing director, projects. Executive appointments for the next phase of delivery (Fry biography)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Newmont reports master’s degrees from Queensland University of Technology and University of Southern Queensland.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Newmont management biographies (Named-person qualifications)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont promoted Fry to executive vice president of project development in June 2026 after his global-projects role.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Executive appointments for the next phase of delivery (David Fry biography and promotion)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• More than 20 years of Newmont service; current appointment from 1 July 2026: Newmont — Chief accounting officer and controller; prior controller and operations accounting roles. Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Accounting Officer appointment)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont appointed Cage chief accounting officer and controller from July 2026 following earlier Newmont accounting roles.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Accounting Officer appointment)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• Newmont legal roles since 2011; current succession date not precisely established: Newmont — Senior vice president, deputy general counsel and corporate secretary. Discovery Silver acquisition circular (Appendix B-43, Hennessey biography); Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Corporate secretary identification)

• Before Newmont; dates not established: White & Case — Private practice attorney. Discovery Silver acquisition circular (Appendix B-43)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont names Hennessey as corporate secretary, and the 2025 Discovery transaction circular documents her Newmont legal and governance roles.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Discovery Silver acquisition circular (Appendix B-43, Hennessey biography); Newmont 2026 proxy statement (Corporate secretary identification)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.

Career chronology

• At Newmont from 2019; HSSE appointment disclosed June 2026: Newmont — SVP and group head, health, safety, security and environment; interim CTO in 2026. Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Technical Officer appointment and Workman reassignment); CTO retirement and acting appointment Form 8-K (Original 8-K text, Workman background)

• Before 2019; dates not established: Goldcorp, Trilogy Metals and NovaGold — Technical roles. CTO retirement and acting appointment Form 8-K (Original 8-K text, Workman background)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Issuer or professional biography · issuer reported · low materiality

Newmont reports an MBA from Queen’s, applied geostatistics training at Alberta and an earth and ocean science degree at British Columbia.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are reported by the cited issuer or profile and were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

CTO retirement and acting appointment Form 8-K (Named-person qualifications)

Governance and interests

Lundin Gold board position

May 2026 · documented · medium materiality

Lundin Gold reports that Workman was elected a director on 8 May 2026 as a Newmont nominee.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The issuer identifies Workman as Newmont’s board nominee; no conflict or misconduct is inferred.

Relevance: Concurrent board role relevant to time commitments and potential conflicts.

Lundin Gold 2026 Q2 report (Q2 2026 corporate highlights)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant professional experience

Career and current appointment · analyst inference · low materiality

Newmont appointed Workman group head of health, safety, security and environment after an interim CTO assignment; Lundin Gold elected her as a Newmont-nominated director in May 2026.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Listed roles are documented by cited sources; assessment of their relevance is analytical, and individual performance is not established solely by holding office.

Relevance: Provides context for the current executive role.

Leadership appointments and accounting officer, June 2026 Form 8-K (Chief Technical Officer transition); Lundin Gold 2026 Q2 report (Second-quarter corporate highlights, Workman election)

Evidence gaps

• Full former-employer outcomes and precise tenure were not independently established.

• Independent verification of education, professional memberships and credentials is incomplete.

• Court, regulator and adverse-media searches are a limited public-source screen and do not establish absence of other matters.

• A secondary profile updated in September continues to list the Newmont safety role, but a later dated issuer confirmation through the October cutoff was not located.

• One broad combined named-person search was reused for multiple topic logs; separate comprehensive career, education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance searches were not performed.