SANDFIRE RESOURCES LIMITED

Career chronology

• Since 2023-04-03: Sandfire Resources — Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. FY2026 annual report (Physical p40; CEO name and role); General meeting letter on CEO appointment (Page 1, notice of 3 April 2023 commencement)

Contributions and company outcomes

Reported production and financial improvement

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Sandfire reported FY2026 group copper-equivalent production of 154.2kt and net cash of US$353m at 30 June, compared with net debt of US$123m a year earlier. Company results reflect team performance and commodity prices, not proof of individual causation.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Harris was CEO in the period; group results cannot be uniquely attributed.

Relevance: Provides evidence of operating outcomes during leadership.

FY2026 annual report (CEO message and remuneration report; FY2026 results); September 2026 quarterly report (Page 1; comparative net cash)

Industrial safety

MATSA contractor fatality and company response

2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

A contracting-company worker died at the Magdalena mine on 25 February 2026. Sandfire said it suspended activity and was working with Spanish authorities; the April quarterly said the authorities continued their investigation. The final investigation and any findings are not established. Sandfire’s FY2026 remuneration report says the board applied a 10-percentage-point negative modifier to the company STI scorecard following the fatality; this company scorecard adjustment was not a finding of personal fault.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The person held group leadership during the event; sources do not establish personal responsibility for the death.

Relevance: Material group safety outcome during the leadership period.

Fatal incident at Sandfire MATSA operations (Page 1, fatal incident announcement); March 2026 quarterly report (Safety section, investigation); FY2026 annual report (FY2026 remuneration report section 5.3, fatality and board scorecard modifier)

Governance and interests

Auditor appointment oversight and court relief

2023–2024 · documented · medium materiality

The WA Supreme Court held that Sandfire had not obtained the required nomination and shareholder appointment of its auditor at the 2023 AGM, and granted validating relief in 2024. The court found the non-compliance inadvertent, with no evidence of substantial misconduct. Evidence before the court said Prior escalated the issue to Tually and Jansen, then Harris.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The court considered company oversight and subsequent detection and escalation; it did not find this individual personally responsible for the failure.

Relevance: A material company compliance error and its documented remediation.

Sandfire Resources Limited [2024] WASC 261 ([2024] WASC 261, factual evidence, findings and orders)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Previously South32 inaugural CFO and Chief Human Resources and Commercial Officer, and BHP global investor relations head; company says he was an exploration geologist and investment analyst. BSc in geology and geophysics and CPA, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

FY2026 annual report (Physical p40; CEO name and role); Sandfire appoints Brendan Harris as CEO and managing director (Page 1, prior South32, BHP and investment banking experience)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

Career chronology

• Current or most recently dated 2026 issuer role; exact start unknown: Sandfire Resources — Chief Sustainability Officer. FY2026 annual report (Physical p40; issuer biography)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Former Fortescue Group Manager, Sustainability; joined Sandfire in 2023. BSc (environment), MBA and GAICD, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

FY2026 annual report (Physical p40; issuer biography)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

Career chronology

• Current or most recently dated 2026 issuer role; exact start unknown: Sandfire Resources — Chief People Officer. FY2026 annual report (Physical p40; issuer biography)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Former Rio Tinto Iron Ore vice president of people; joined Sandfire in 2022. BCom (Honours), issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

FY2026 annual report (Physical p40; issuer biography)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

Career chronology

• Current or most recently dated 2026 issuer role; exact start unknown: Sandfire Resources — Chief Operating Officer. FY2026 annual report (Physical p41; issuer biography)

Industrial safety

MATSA contractor fatality and company response

2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

A contracting-company worker died at the Magdalena mine on 25 February 2026. Sandfire said it suspended activity and was working with Spanish authorities; the April quarterly said the authorities continued their investigation. The final investigation and any findings are not established. Sandfire’s FY2026 remuneration report says the board applied a 10-percentage-point negative modifier to the company STI scorecard following the fatality; this company scorecard adjustment was not a finding of personal fault.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The person held group leadership during the event; sources do not establish personal responsibility for the death.

Relevance: Material group safety outcome during the leadership period.

Fatal incident at Sandfire MATSA operations (Page 1, fatal incident announcement); March 2026 quarterly report (Safety section, investigation); FY2026 annual report (FY2026 remuneration report section 5.3, fatality and board scorecard modifier)

DeGrussa rock-fall conviction

2020–2023 · documented · high materiality

WorkSafe WA reported that Sandfire pleaded guilty in November 2023 to a safety breach after a May 2020 rock fall trapped and injured a worker at DeGrussa. The regulator reported a A$551,250 fine and A$4,670 costs.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Grace was Sandfire COO by 2020. The company was convicted; the regulator announcement does not establish his personal involvement or fault.

Relevance: Company safety outcome during operational leadership.

Sandfire Resources fined after worker injured underground (Published 16 November 2023; regulator incident and disposition)

Governance and interests

Board applied incentive discretion following heritage disturbance

2017–2024 · documented · high materiality

Sandfire reported disturbances at Monty mainly in 2017–18 and delayed notification to the Yugunga-Nya. The board reduced Grace’s FY2024 individual short-term incentive outcome by 12.5%; it discussed accountability for physical disturbance, escalation time, or both, without specifying the exact basis for Grace. The independent commissioned investigation identified organisational process failures. Sandfire later reported that the Western Australian heritage department did not substantiate an Aboriginal Heritage Act breach; the department’s original determination was not reviewed.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The board specifically named Grace in its incentive decision. Grace joined Sandfire in 2019, after the main 2017–18 disturbance; the report does not prove that he caused it.

Relevance: Direct board action and heritage oversight warrant consideration while retaining the timing limits.

FY2024 annual report (Printed pp66–67, 84–85, board remuneration decision); External investigation into disturbance of artefact scatters (Pages 1–4, investigation summary); FY2025 financial results and annual report (FY2025 remuneration report, 2024 heritage incentive and later regulator review)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Joined Sandfire in 2019; previously Mineral Resources executive general manager for iron ore; issuer says he chairs Sandfire Resources America. BAppSc (geology), BSc (Honours), MMinEng and MEnt (Executive), issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

FY2026 annual report (Physical p41; issuer biography)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

• The board did not specify whether Grace’s reduction related to physical disturbance, escalation, or both.

• Final Spanish authority findings on the 2026 MATSA fatality are not established.

Career chronology

• Current or most recently dated 2026 issuer role; exact start unknown: Sandfire Resources — Chief Financial Officer. FY2026 annual report (Physical p41; issuer biography)

Governance and interests

Auditor appointment oversight and court relief

2023–2024 · documented · medium materiality

The WA Supreme Court held that Sandfire had not obtained the required nomination and shareholder appointment of its auditor at the 2023 AGM, and granted validating relief in 2024. The court found the non-compliance inadvertent, with no evidence of substantial misconduct. Evidence before the court said Prior escalated the issue to Tually and Jansen, then Harris.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The court considered company oversight and subsequent detection and escalation; it did not find this individual personally responsible for the failure.

Relevance: A material company compliance error and its documented remediation.

Sandfire Resources Limited [2024] WASC 261 ([2024] WASC 261, factual evidence, findings and orders)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Joined Sandfire in 2023; previously IMDEX global finance head and various MMG leadership positions. BCom and Chartered Accountant, issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

FY2026 annual report (Physical p41; issuer biography)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

Career chronology

• Since 2024-11-01: Sandfire Resources — Company Secretary and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer. Change of company secretary (Page 1; secretary appointment effective 1 November); FY2026 annual report (Physical p41, biography and prior roles)

Governance and interests

Auditor appointment oversight and court relief

2023–2024 · documented · medium materiality

The WA Supreme Court held that Sandfire had not obtained the required nomination and shareholder appointment of its auditor at the 2023 AGM, and granted validating relief in 2024. The court found the non-compliance inadvertent, with no evidence of substantial misconduct. Evidence before the court said Prior escalated the issue to Tually and Jansen, then Harris.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The court considered company oversight and subsequent detection and escalation; it did not find this individual personally responsible for the failure.

Relevance: A material company compliance error and its documented remediation.

Sandfire Resources Limited [2024] WASC 261 ([2024] WASC 261, factual evidence, findings and orders)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Joined Sandfire in February 2024 as Head of Legal and Compliance, formerly Fortescue iron ore general counsel and joint company secretary. LLB, LLM and DipML (Japan), issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

Change of company secretary (Page 1; secretary appointment effective 1 November); FY2026 annual report (Physical p41, biography and prior roles)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

• An issuer biography says October 2024; the dated 19 September appointment notice states the effective date as 1 November 2024.

Career chronology

• Since 2024-09-19: Sandfire Resources — Joint Company Secretary. Change of company secretary (Page 1; joint company secretary effective 19 September); Sandfire Resources Limited [2024] WASC 261 (Evidence of assistant secretary role and escalation in May 2024)

Governance and interests

Auditor appointment oversight and court relief

2023–2024 · documented · medium materiality

The WA Supreme Court held that Sandfire had not obtained the required nomination and shareholder appointment of its auditor at the 2023 AGM, and granted validating relief in 2024. The court found the non-compliance inadvertent, with no evidence of substantial misconduct. Evidence before the court said Prior escalated the issue to Tually and Jansen, then Harris.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The court considered company oversight and subsequent detection and escalation; it did not find this individual personally responsible for the failure.

Relevance: A material company compliance error and its documented remediation.

Sandfire Resources Limited [2024] WASC 261 ([2024] WASC 261, factual evidence, findings and orders)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer says she has listed and not-for-profit company-secretarial experience; the court records her as assistant company secretary in January 2024. Chartered Secretary accreditation reported by issuer; no independent register check.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

Change of company secretary (Page 1; joint company secretary effective 19 September); Sandfire Resources Limited [2024] WASC 261 (Evidence of assistant secretary role and escalation in May 2024)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

• The current October 2026 company secretary status is based on the June 2026 annual report and 2024 appointment; no later confirmation was opened.

Career chronology

• Current or most recently dated 2026 issuer role; exact start unknown: Sandfire Resources — President, Sandfire MATSA. Dale Burgess appointed president of Sandfire MATSA (Issuer announcement 12 March 2026)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer reports a former Sandfire Botswana country head role and prior roles at Avebury, Besra and Barrick; exact earlier dates not verified. Mining engineering degree from University of Ballarat, according to Sandfire MATSA.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

Dale Burgess appointed president of Sandfire MATSA (Issuer announcement 12 March 2026)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

• The issuer named this asset role during 2026; its continuation at the 31 October cutoff is not independently confirmed.

Career chronology

• Current or most recently dated 2026 issuer role; exact start unknown: Sandfire Resources — Motheo Asset President. Building a resilient, responsible and future-ready mining industry (Issuer article 2 July 2026)

Contributions and company outcomes

Motheo production at 30 September 2026

2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Sandfire reported 16.1kt of copper-equivalent production at Motheo for the September 2026 quarter. The dated July issuer article named the asset president and general manager; their exact current dates and personal contributions are not independently established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Issuer named this operational leader in July 2026; quarter outcomes are not evidence of individual causation.

Relevance: Context for responsibility over a producing copper asset.

Building a resilient, responsible and future-ready mining industry (2 July article identifying Motheo leaders); September 2026 quarterly report (Page 1, Motheo September production)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Sandfire named Caratti as its Botswana asset president in February and Motheo asset president in July 2026; precise prior-employer roles are not verified. Independent credential verification has not been established.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

Building a resilient, responsible and future-ready mining industry (Issuer article 2 July 2026)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

• The issuer named this asset role during 2026; its continuation at the 31 October cutoff is not independently confirmed.

Career chronology

• Current or most recently dated 2026 issuer role; exact start unknown: Sandfire Resources — General Manager, Motheo Operations. Building a resilient, responsible and future-ready mining industry (Issuer article 2 July 2026); Onalenna Candy Godie speaker biography (Event biography, career and qualifications)

Contributions and company outcomes

Motheo production at 30 September 2026

2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Sandfire reported 16.1kt of copper-equivalent production at Motheo for the September 2026 quarter. The dated July issuer article named the asset president and general manager; their exact current dates and personal contributions are not independently established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Issuer named this operational leader in July 2026; quarter outcomes are not evidence of individual causation.

Relevance: Context for responsibility over a producing copper asset.

Building a resilient, responsible and future-ready mining industry (2 July article identifying Motheo leaders); September 2026 quarterly report (Page 1, Motheo September production)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

An event biography reports prior mining operations roles at Jwaneng, Voorspoed, Venetia and Kenmare Moma; exact dates and each role require corroboration. BSc mining engineering and a management programme are reported by an event biography; no institution verification.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. An analytical role-fit inference based on issuer or organiser description; facts and independent qualifications remain unverified.

Relevance: Relevance to current scope is inferred, not a proven individual outcome.

Building a resilient, responsible and future-ready mining industry (Issuer article 2 July 2026); Onalenna Candy Godie speaker biography (Event biography, career and qualifications)

Evidence gaps

• This is a partial screening. Separate named-person searches in each required topic, full prior-employer histories, and court, regulator, safety and environmental records have not been completed.

• The available qualifications have not been independently verified with an awarding body or register.

• No absence of adverse information or individual clearance is implied.

• The issuer named this asset role during 2026; its continuation at the 31 October cutoff is not independently confirmed.

• The event biography’s prior roles and qualifications are not independently corroborated.