ORA BANDA MINING LTD

Career chronology

• CEO from 4 July 2022; Managing Director from 28 September 2022: Ora Banda Mining — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

• COO Yandal/Pogo by July 2021; earlier COO from 2018: Northern Star Resources — Chief Operating Officer – Yandal and Pogo. Northern Star 2021 investor day presentation (Opening presenter list); Appointment of Chief Executive Officer (Page 1 career biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

Ora Banda increased gold production

FY2025–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

FY2026 gold output was 140,949 ounces, including attributable equivalent third-party output, up from 92,399 ounces in FY2025. September 2026 output was 33,305 ounces; the company reported wet weather and an extended mill shutdown raised unit costs to A$4,214 per ounce sold.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Creagh led the company, but individual contribution cannot be separated from the work of the team and market conditions.

Relevance: Demonstrates output growth alongside operating constraints.

2026 Annual Report (Printed p.19, review of operations); September 2026 quarterly activities report (Printed pp.1–2, September quarter performance)

Environmental record

Prior employer Pogo hazardous-waste settlement

2019–2021 conduct; 2022 settlement; 2023 EPA release · documented · high materiality

The US EPA said Northern Star (Pogo) was penalized US$600,000 under a settlement for 81 hazardous-waste violations identified after a 2019 inspection, with tank removal and cleanup commitments. KUAC reported the operator said it had enhanced training and disputed that its practices caused environmental damage.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Northern Star identified Creagh as COO of Yandal and Pogo in July 2021; the 2019 inspection preceded the dated proof of that specific portfolio. No personal involvement or fault is established.

Relevance: Relevant to assessing prior operational and environmental oversight.

Pogo hazardous-waste settlement (Inspection and settlement details); EPA fines Pogo owner for hazardous waste (Consent-agreement dates and operator response); Northern Star 2021 investor day presentation (Opening list of presenters; Pogo portfolio)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer describes a mining engineering degree and prior Northern Star operations leadership; this background is relevant to leading an operating gold miner.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies); Appointment of Chief Executive Officer (Page 1, Northern Star COO biography)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The EPA settlement concerns the operator; his exact 2019 Pogo responsibilities and individual involvement in the cited violations are not established.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• From August 2024; joint secretary temporarily 7 November 2025–20 January 2026: Ora Banda Mining — Chief Financial Officer. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

• Interim CEO 12 March–4 June 2024; employment ended 1 July 2024: Core Lithium — Chief Financial Officer; interim Chief Executive Officer. 2024 annual report (Remuneration report executive roles)

Business failures and setbacks

Core Lithium paused mining during finance leadership

FY2024 · issuer reported · high materiality

Core said it paused Grants mining in January 2024 as lithium prices fell; FY2024 saw a A$207.0 million net loss including A$119.6 million impairment. Warden was CFO and became interim CEO in March, after the mining pause; processing stopped in June.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Warden was CFO and served as interim CEO March–June 2024. The pause predates his interim appointment; no personal causation is established.

Relevance: Shows prior exposure to financial and operational retrenchment.

2024 annual report (Printed pp.8, 22–23 and remuneration details)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer reports finance leadership at three listed miners; that experience is relevant to funding and financial oversight.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• Operations general manager in FY2026; COO effective 1 July 2026: Ora Banda Mining — Chief Operating Officer. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Contributions and company outcomes

Operating growth and quarter disruption

FY2026–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The company reports FY2026 output of 140,949 gold ounces and TRIFR 7.65, and a September 2026 quarter with output of 33,305 ounces and costs affected by weather and a mill shutdown.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Prinsloo was operations GM in FY2026 and COO from 1 July 2026; the results reflect company-wide execution.

Relevance: Provides relevant operating and safety context.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pp.12, 19); September 2026 quarterly activities report (Printed pp.1–2)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer describes substantial mining engineering and operating experience, relevant to the company’s underground and processing operations.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• Group tenure commenced April 2014; interim CEO in 2022: Ora Banda Mining — Chief Development Officer. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

• Named as GM in 2015 prospectus; group tenure reported from April 2014: Eastern Goldfields — General Manager, Resources and Development. Eastern Goldfields acquisition prospectus (Section 3.2 management profile); 2026 Annual Report (Printed p.12)

• 2012: Tanami Gold — General Manager / Geology Manager. Geology and mineralisation of Groundrush deposit (Printed p.2)

Personal achievements

Commissioned technical resource study

2012 · documented · medium materiality

An NT geological archive records that Czerw, then Tanami geology manager, commissioned a technical report on Groundrush mineralisation.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The report explicitly names him as requesting the study; it does not demonstrate a discovery made by him.

Relevance: Evidence of direct technical work.

Geology and mineralisation of Groundrush deposit (Printed p.2, introduction)

Business failures and setbacks

Eastern Goldfields entered administration

FY2018–2019 · documented · high materiality

Eastern Goldfields reported a A$85.9 million FY2018 net loss and appointment of administrators on 29 November 2018. Creditors approved a deed in February 2019. The company later became Ora Banda.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The issuer identified Czerw in a resource-development role in 2015 and reported his group tenure from April 2014; the specific duties he held at the November 2018 administration are not independently dated. No personal role in the financing failure is established.

Relevance: Shows prior company distress in a business linked to the present asset.

Eastern Goldfields acquisition prospectus (Section 3.2 management profile); 2018 annual financial report (Notes to accounts, going concern); 2026 Annual Report (Printed p.12, commencement)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer and 2012 Tanami report document geology and project-development responsibilities, relevant to the mine development portfolio.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies); Geology and mineralisation of Groundrush deposit (Printed p.2, Tanami geology manager)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• His individual role, if any, in Eastern Goldfields’ 2018 financial distress is not established.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

• His precise title and duties on the November 2018 administration date have not been independently established.

Career chronology

• From January 2023: Ora Banda Mining — General Manager – People and Culture. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer describes prior resources-industry people and learning roles, relevant to staffing and workforce systems.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• From September 2023: Ora Banda Mining — General Manager – Health, Safety, Environment and Training. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Industrial safety

Workforce injury and subsequent safety measures

2025–September 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

Ora Banda reported that an employee fractured a femur during the June 2025 quarter. The company described changes to housekeeping and hazard awareness; it later reported its total recordable injury frequency rate improved from 10.96 in FY2025 to 7.65 in FY2026 and 5.48 for the 12 months to September 2026.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Ross held the health and safety leadership role from September 2023; no personal causation is established.

Relevance: Material safety outcome and subsequent trend.

2025 sustainability report (Printed pp.25–26 injury and response); 2026 Annual Report (Printed p.19 FY2026 comparison); September 2026 quarterly activities report (Printed p.1 safety)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer describes prior mining and construction health and safety leadership, relevant to safety management across expanding operations.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• From November 2022: Ora Banda Mining — Chief Geologist. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Contributions and company outcomes

Company mineral resource growth

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Ora Banda reported total resources of 3.7 million ounces at FY2026 year-end, up 75% on the previous year. Resource estimates are not production, and the company result is not a measure of any individual discovery.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Farrell was chief geologist; the company does not quantify her individual contribution.

Relevance: Context for exploration and resource leadership.

2026 Annual Report (Printed p.8 chairman review)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer describes geological roles across producers, relevant to exploration and resource continuity.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• From January 2026; joint company secretary from 20 January: Ora Banda Mining — General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

• From 28 February until 9 December 2025: Leo Lithium — Company Secretary. Change in company secretary (Page 1; resignation date); Change in company officeholders (Page 1 appointment effective 28 February 2025)

Governance and interests

Dated secretary transition

December 2025–January 2026 · documented · low materiality

Leo Lithium stated Sanders resigned as company secretary on 9 December 2025; Ora Banda appointed him joint secretary on 20 January 2026.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Dated company filings identify his appointments and resignation; no reason for transition is inferred.

Relevance: Clarifies consecutive governance roles.

Change in company secretary (Page 1 resignation); Change in company officeholders (Page 1 appointment)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer describes legal and company-secretarial experience at Allkem and Leo Lithium, relevant to governance and transaction work.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• From 2 April 2019: Ora Banda Mining — Joint Company Secretary. 2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer reports company-secretarial and finance experience relevant to corporate compliance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

2026 Annual Report (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.

Career chronology

• Listed in issuer presentations and announcements throughout 2026; start date not established: Ora Banda Mining — Investor Relations. October 2026 company presentation (Page 4 corporate overview, senior management)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and evidence limits

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The October presentation and June announcement identify an investor-relations role; independent details of past employment are limited.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

Relevance: Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

October 2026 company presentation (Page 4 corporate overview, senior management)

Evidence gaps

• Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

• Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

• Prior-employer identity is not independently bridged to same-name profiles; tenure and qualifications remain unverified.

• The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.