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2026-11-06
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Saturn Metals Limited

DFS Unfunded Developer · Gold · Australia Rating locked: sign in to view v6.2
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People, delivery and responsibility

Management background checks

Evidence through 2026-10-09

Research assessment

Executive team

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This initial public-source management review covers the selected company.json roster plus issuer-confirmed current management additions. Career histories are unevenly documented, and role-specific achievements are often issuer-reported rather than independently attributable.

Decision-relevant facts

Material summary

Individual involvement and employer context shown separately

Ian Bamborough

Managing Director

Current
Full background report for Ian Bamborough
SafetyDocumented · High materiality

Contractor fatality at Apollo Hill; regulator investigation status unresolved

Saturn’s FY2025 annual report identifies Peter Groves, a senior driller employed by contractor Challenge Drilling, who was fatally injured at Apollo Hill on 5 December 2024. Saturn reported 70,746 site work hours during FY2025, including 23,391 employee and 47,355 contractor hours, and said the fatality was under ongoing WorkSafe WA investigation; no other reportable lost-time injuries were reported that year. ABC’s 5 December 2025 anniversary report also said the investigation remained ongoing. An exact-name search and targeted search for a later WorkSafe outcome found no subsequent public determination by the 9 October 2026 cutoff. The sources establish event and tenure overlap; they do not establish personal fault by Bamborough.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Ian Bamborough was Managing Director during the incident; this establishes an oversight-period overlap only. The reviewed sources do not attribute causation or a safety breach to him personally.

Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025 · FY2025 annual report, Chairman’s letter p. 3 and safety section p. 18
Board and Management · Current MD role and identity
Evidence gaps · 2
  • WorkSafe’s investigation into the 5 December 2024 Apollo Hill contractor fatality was reported ongoing on 5 December 2025; no later public outcome was found in this review.
  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.

Full background report

Ian Bamborough

Managing Director

Career chronology

  • Current role; start date not established in reviewed sources: Saturn Metals Limited — Managing Director. Board and Management (Saturn Board and Management, Ian Bamborough section, lines 36–41)

  • Since 9 April 2020 (appointed director; MD role held by FY2020 report): Saturn Metals Limited — Managing Director. Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025 (Directors’ report, Ian Bamborough biography, p. 27); Board and Management (Ian Bamborough profile, lines 36–41)

  • Dates and detailed job progression not stated in latest issuer biographies: Newmont Mining Corporation; Spectrum Rare Earths Limited — Mining geology leadership; Managing Director at Spectrum Rare Earths. Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025 (Directors’ report, Ian Bamborough biography, p. 27)

Industrial safety

Contractor fatality at Apollo Hill; regulator investigation status unresolved

5 December 2024; investigation reported ongoing 5 December 2025 · documented · high materiality

Saturn’s FY2025 annual report identifies Peter Groves, a senior driller employed by contractor Challenge Drilling, who was fatally injured at Apollo Hill on 5 December 2024. Saturn reported 70,746 site work hours during FY2025, including 23,391 employee and 47,355 contractor hours, and said the fatality was under ongoing WorkSafe WA investigation; no other reportable lost-time injuries were reported that year. ABC’s 5 December 2025 anniversary report also said the investigation remained ongoing. An exact-name search and targeted search for a later WorkSafe outcome found no subsequent public determination by the 9 October 2026 cutoff. The sources establish event and tenure overlap; they do not establish personal fault by Bamborough.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Ian Bamborough was Managing Director during the incident; this establishes an oversight-period overlap only. The reviewed sources do not attribute causation or a safety breach to him personally.

Relevance: Material safety oversight issue during the MD’s tenure, with regulator outcome still unresolved in the sources reviewed.

Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025 (FY2025 annual report, Chairman’s letter p. 3 and safety section p. 18); Mother describes her grief on anniversary of her son’s workplace death in the Goldfields (ABC News, 5 December 2025, anniversary report); Board and Management (Current MD role and identity)

Suitability for the current role

Public evidence of fit for Managing Director

Current role and prior career as stated by issuer · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer biography reports: Geologist with 25+ years in resources, greenfields exploration, business development and operations; Newmont and Spectrum Rare Earths MD experience; BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA, MAIG, GAICD. Role-fit inference: this experience is relevant to the current Managing Director responsibilities, but issuer biographies are self-reported and do not independently establish personal delivery outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst role-fit judgment based on the cited role and issuer-reported experience; it does not assign personal responsibility for company outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to the current Managing Director role, with evidence quality constrained by the source scope.

Board and Management (Saturn Board and Management, Ian Bamborough section, lines 36–41)

Evidence gaps

  • WorkSafe’s investigation into the 5 December 2024 Apollo Hill contractor fatality was reported ongoing on 5 December 2025; no later public outcome was found in this review.

  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.

Grant Dyker

Chief Financial Officer

Current
Full background report for Grant Dyker

No supported material findings selected. See this executive’s report and evidence gaps.

Evidence gaps · 1
  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.

Full background report

Grant Dyker

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

  • Current role; start date not established in reviewed sources: Saturn Metals Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Board and Management (Saturn Board and Management, Grant Dyker section, lines 74–81)

  • Prior career; detailed dates not stated: Prior employers/qualifications listed by issuer — 20+ years as a resources-sector CFO; profile reports A$1.2bn debt financing and involvement in construction of six projects. CA, CTA, BCom.. Board and Management (Saturn Board and Management, Grant Dyker section, lines 74–81)

  • Effective 2 December 2024 per FY2025 annual report; announced 20 January 2025: Saturn Metals Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Saturn Metals Annual Report 2025 (Directors’ report, changes in key management personnel; p. 27); Appointment of Senior Executives (Appointment announcement, lines 12–23)

  • Issuer profile reports A$1.2bn funding and project construction, but does not give dates for each role: Australian resource companies including Avoca, Dacian Gold and Sirius Resources — CFO/finance executive; participated in financing and construction of six projects. Appointment of Senior Executives (Appointment announcement, lines 16–23); Board and Management (Grant Dyker profile, lines 75–81)

Suitability for the current role

Public evidence of fit for Chief Financial Officer

Current role and prior career as stated by issuer · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer biography reports: 20+ years as a resources-sector CFO; profile reports A$1.2bn debt financing and involvement in construction of six projects. CA, CTA, BCom. Role-fit inference: this experience is relevant to the current Chief Financial Officer responsibilities, but issuer biographies are self-reported and do not independently establish personal delivery outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst role-fit judgment based on the cited role and issuer-reported experience; it does not assign personal responsibility for company outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to the current Chief Financial Officer role, with evidence quality constrained by the source scope.

Board and Management (Saturn Board and Management, Grant Dyker section, lines 74–81)

Evidence gaps

  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.

Natasha Santi

Company Secretary

Current
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No supported material findings selected. See this executive’s report and evidence gaps.

Evidence gaps · 1
  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.

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Natasha Santi

Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Since 2021-05-03: Saturn Metals Limited — Company Secretary. Board and Management (Saturn 2023 annual report, directors’ report p.17; issuer filings)

  • Appointed 3 May 2021: Saturn Metals Limited — Company Secretary. Saturn Metals Annual Report 2023 (Directors’ report, p. 17)

  • Nine years at Boden Corporate Services; full time at Capricorn from April 2017 until resignation as Company Secretary in February 2020: Boden Corporate Services Pty Ltd; Capricorn Metals Ltd — Corporate secretarial and accounting services; then full-time employee at Capricorn Metals. Saturn Metals Annual Report 2023 (Directors’ report, p. 17)

Suitability for the current role

Public evidence of fit for Company Secretary

Current role and prior career as stated by issuer · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer biography reports: Company Secretary appointed 3 May 2021; 9 years at Boden Corporate Services and later Capricorn Metals; prior accounting and company-secretarial work. Role-fit inference: this experience is relevant to the current Company Secretary responsibilities, but issuer biographies are self-reported and do not independently establish personal delivery outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst role-fit judgment based on the cited role and issuer-reported experience; it does not assign personal responsibility for company outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to the current Company Secretary role, with evidence quality constrained by the source scope.

Board and Management (Saturn 2023 annual report, directors’ report p.17; issuer filings)

Evidence gaps

  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.

Stuart Ellison

Chief Operating Officer

Current
Full background report for Stuart Ellison

No supported material findings selected. See this executive’s report and evidence gaps.

Evidence gaps · 2
  • The issuer reports previous roles at Westgold Resources and other mining groups but does not provide a complete dated employment chronology. Public-source review did not independently authenticate the reported degrees or provide project-by-project attributable delivery outcomes.
  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.

Full background report

Stuart Ellison

Chief Operating Officer

Career chronology

  • GM Project Development since January 2023; promoted COO on 20 January 2025: Saturn Metals Limited — Chief Operating Officer; previously General Manager – Project Development. Appointment of Senior Executives (Announcement, lines 24–30); Board and Management (Stuart Ellison profile, lines 83–89)

  • Prior career; dates not stated by issuer: Westgold Resources; other mining companies and contractors — General Manager – Operations at Westgold; mining executive roles across gold and base metals. Board and Management (Stuart Ellison profile, lines 87–89); Appointment of Senior Executives (Announcement, lines 26–29)

Suitability for the current role

Mining operations and development experience relevant to COO remit

Career through 9 October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Saturn identifies Ellison as a mining engineer with more than 20 years’ experience leading and developing gold and base-metal underground and surface operations in Australia and Southeast Asia. He held General Manager – Project Development from January 2023 and was promoted to COO in January 2025; Saturn identifies prior General Manager – Operations experience at Westgold Resources. The current issuer profile reports BEng (Mining), First Class Honours, Curtin University, and an MBA from Deakin University. This is relevant experience, but the reviewed sources do not independently establish delivery outcomes attributable to Ellison.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit assessment based on issuer profile and appointment announcement; no personal misconduct or project delivery outcome inferred.

Relevance: Directly relevant to oversight of Apollo Hill development and operational planning.

Appointment of Senior Executives (Announcement, lines 24–30); Board and Management (Stuart Ellison profile, lines 83–89)

Evidence gaps

  • The issuer reports previous roles at Westgold Resources and other mining groups but does not provide a complete dated employment chronology. Public-source review did not independently authenticate the reported degrees or provide project-by-project attributable delivery outcomes.

  • Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.