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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Damian Zagel

Chief Development Officer

Career chronology

Business failures and setbacks

The Range environmental referral lapsed

2023 · documented · medium materiality

Industry Queensland reported that the Commonwealth declared The Range project's environmental referral lapsed in 2023. CEO Matos described it as a legacy thermal coal option and said the company would preserve the tenure and consider future options. No individual responsibility or finding against Zagel is established.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The 2023 report names Zagel as the previous group growth and sustainability manager but does not establish his exact role dates in May 2023; no personal role in this outcome is established.

Relevance: Limits project delivery inference and records the company's response.

2023 annual financial report and Appendix 4E (Printed p18, his previous group growth and sustainability role); Stanmore lays out The Range project status (5 May 2023 article, referral and company response)

Environmental record

Five mine-water infringement notices in 2025

2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Stanmore disclosed one infringement notice for Isaac Downs and four for Isaac Plains relating to non-compliant releases of mine-affected water in February, April and August 2025. The company described the incidents as minor. Their detailed regulatory findings and final outcomes were not independently established.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The company disclosed the notices during the executive's leadership tenure; the available source does not establish their personal involvement or fault.

Relevance: Provides an environmental control outcome during the leadership period.

2025 annual financial report and Appendix 4E (Printed pp12 and 16, environmental regulation and operating review)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to role

Career; dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Company describes development, sustainability, project and environmental-approval responsibilities. Its leadership page reports past Thiess and Vale strategy roles and a University of Queensland mining-engineering degree; these prior roles and credentials remain independently unverified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The person's stated background is reported by the company. The inference about relevance is analytical; independent checks remain incomplete.

Relevance: Relevant to the scope of the current role.

2023 annual financial report and Appendix 4E (Printed pp18–19, 1 December 2023 CDO appointment); Board and Leadership (Damian Zagel biography; undated company page)

Evidence gaps

  • This partial screening does not include dedicated person-specific searches for every fraud, safety, environmental, governance and legal topic, all material prior-employer records, original court or regulator registers, or independent credential verification.

  • One broad name-and-employer query is repeated across topic entries; it represents one actual search, not nine separate topic searches.

  • The exact continuation of some roles at 31 October 2026 is inferred from the latest accessible dated company materials and undated leadership page, not independently confirmed.

  • The subsequent status of The Range referral after the 2023 lapse and his role in any related decision are not established.