Full background report

Gary Sparks

Exploration Manager

Career chronology

Current in the 21 September 2026 presentation; start date not stated.: Pantoro Gold — Exploration Manager. Pantoro Operations Update and Investor Presentation, September 2026 (p.7)
Gold Fields' 2014 report lists five years at Granny Smith; Sparks later self-reported leaving after 23 years. Full dates are unconfirmed.: Gold Fields Limited — Mineral Resource Manager, Granny Smith; other exploration/resource work described by the individual. Gold Fields Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Supplement to the 2014 Integrated Annual Report (p.71); Gary Sparks post on leaving Gold Fields (post on leaving Gold Fields)

Contributions and company outcomes

Exploration and underground development activity reported at Norseman

Quarter ended 30 September 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Pantoro's Q1 FY2027 report describes three diamond rigs at Racetrack, the start of the Racetrack decline and other exploration drilling. It does not name Sparks as author of a discovery or attribute a specific resource result to him.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Exploration activity overlapped his role, but the filing does not establish personal contribution or causal responsibility.

Relevance: Drilling and geological program execution relate to the Exploration Manager remit.

Pantoro Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B, quarter ended 30 September 2026 (p.3)

Suitability for the current role

Long technical exploration and resource background

Gold Fields experience disclosed 2014; current Pantoro role in 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Gold Fields' 2014 report listed Gary Sparks as Granny Smith Mineral Resource Manager with BApplSc and MSc qualifications, MAusIMM and GSA memberships, and 29 years in exploration/mining. His own post said he left Gold Fields after 23 years across Australian operations. Pantoro lists him as Exploration Manager in September 2026. These sources support relevant technical experience but do not verify current credentials or exact transition date.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit assessment reflects historical employer and self-reported career information; it does not establish personal discoveries.

Relevance: Exploration leadership requires geological and resource experience; individual outcomes and current credential standing remain unverified.

Gold Fields Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Supplement to the 2014 Integrated Annual Report (p.71); Gary Sparks post on leaving Gold Fields (post on leaving Gold Fields); Pantoro Operations Update and Investor Presentation, September 2026 (p.7)

Evidence gaps

Gold Fields departure and Pantoro start dates were not confirmed.
Qualifications and memberships are historical employer disclosures; current status was not verified.
Searches returned unrelated same-name US people, excluded by geography and employer mismatch.
No individual discovery, resource addition or reserve conversion was attributed to Sparks.