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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Luke Creagh

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Career chronology

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.