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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Justin Rivers

Chief Exploration Officer

Career chronology

  • Named in April 2026 combined team; issuer page accessed at cutoff identifies same role; exact appointment and cutoff continuity are not independently established: PDI Gold Limited — Chief Exploration Officer. March 2026 Quarter presentation (Page 16, proposed combined management team)

  • Before April 2026; dates not established: Robex Resources — Chief Exploration Officer. March 2026 Quarter presentation (Page 16, management biography)

  • Earlier role; dates unknown: Lithium Universe — Head of Geology. Board and Management (Chief exploration officer biography)

Personal achievements

Prior competent-person responsibility

September 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Lithium Universe’s 2024 half-year report identifies Rivers as its head of geology and a consenting competent person for exploration results, with issuer-reported AusIMM professional membership. His current membership was not independently confirmed.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The signed issuer disclosure directly names his technical reporting role; present professional status is not independently established.

Relevance: A documented technical reporting responsibility relevant to exploration oversight.

Lithium Universe 2024 half-year financial report (Pages 11–12, competent-person statements)

Contributions and company outcomes

Exploration leadership background

Before April 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

The combined-company presentation describes prior exploration roles at Lithium Universe and Convertible Resources. Specific attributable discovery outcomes were not independently established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Prior roles are issuer reported; specific discovery contribution and outcomes are unverified.

Relevance: Experience relevant to exploration oversight.

March 2026 Quarter presentation (Page 16, exploration officer biography)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant reported experience

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Justin Rivers has issuer-reported experience relevant to the current chief exploration officer role. The career chronology gives the underlying roles; independent verification and precise earlier tenure remain limited.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role fit is an analytical inference from disclosed roles, not an independent verification of credentials.

Relevance: Relevant experience for the executive function.

March 2026 Quarter presentation (Page 16, proposed combined management team); March 2026 Quarter presentation (Page 16, management biographies)

Evidence gaps

  • Independent credentials and professional membership were not confirmed with institutions.

  • Prior-employer dates, outcomes and personal contributions require broader independent corroboration.

  • Court, regulator and local-language records across relevant jurisdictions were not comprehensively reviewed; this is a limited public-source screen.

  • Exact appointment date and role continuity as at 31 October 2026 are not independently established; the April dated team announcement and undated issuer page identify the role.

  • The review reused broad name-and-employer searches across topics; dedicated searches of each topic for each former employer and every jurisdiction were not completed.