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2026-11-06
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Silver Mines Limited

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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

Jonathan Battershill

Managing Director

Current
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EnvironmentDocumented · High materiality

Bowdens development consent overturned; project determination remains pending

The NSW Court of Appeal set aside the 2023 Bowdens Silver development consent in August 2024 after finding the assessment had failed to consider an environmental impact of the project’s required powerline. The IPC’s case page states the application remained pending, with a new panel to continue the hearing and determine it; case updates and party responses were still appearing on 9 October 2026. This is a project approval setback and not a personal misconduct finding.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · Jonathan Battershill was Managing Director during the project approval and reversal period. The reviewed sources establish tenure overlap and project oversight only; they do not establish that he personally caused the legal error.

Bingman Catchment Landcare Group Inc v Bowdens Silver Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 205 · Judgment, findings on required transmission line and biodiversity impact
Bowdens Silver project assessment and case updates · Case update and 2026 documents, lines 322–324 and 397–403
Evidence gaps · 2
  • The IPC case remained pending at cutoff following the Court of Appeal’s 2024 consent reversal; no final 2026 determination was available by 9 October.
  • 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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Jonathan Battershill

Managing Director

Career chronology

  • Since 2024-01-01: Silver Mines Limited — Managing Director. Board of Directors (Silver Mines board page, Jonathan Battershill section, lines 57–59)

  • Prior career; detailed dates not stated: Prior employers/qualifications listed by issuer — Geology engineering graduate (Hons, Camborne School of Mines, 1995); mining and business-development experience at WMC and mining-equity research roles at Hartleys, Citi and UBS.. Board of Directors (Silver Mines board page, Jonathan Battershill section, lines 57–59)

  • Prior to finance roles; exact dates not stated: Western Mining Corporation — Senior operational and business-development roles. Appointment of Director (Director appointment, lines 17–28)

  • Career reported in 2017 appointment notice and 2023 succession report; dates are not provided for each role: Hartleys; Citigroup; UBS; Canaccord — Mining equity analyst / Global Mining Strategist (Executive Director) at UBS London. Appointment of Director (Director appointment, lines 20–26); Board of Directors (Board of Directors, Battershill biography, lines 57–60)

  • CEO 1 August 2021 to 31 December 2023: Anglesey Mining plc — Chief Executive until 31 December 2023; Non-Executive Director thereafter. Activities Report for the Quarter Ended 30 September 2023 (Activities report, Corporate, lines 312–333)

Environmental record

Bowdens development consent overturned; project determination remains pending

August 2024 through 9 October 2026 · documented · high materiality

The NSW Court of Appeal set aside the 2023 Bowdens Silver development consent in August 2024 after finding the assessment had failed to consider an environmental impact of the project’s required powerline. The IPC’s case page states the application remained pending, with a new panel to continue the hearing and determine it; case updates and party responses were still appearing on 9 October 2026. This is a project approval setback and not a personal misconduct finding.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Jonathan Battershill was Managing Director during the project approval and reversal period. The reviewed sources establish tenure overlap and project oversight only; they do not establish that he personally caused the legal error.

Relevance: Material to project delivery and environmental approval risk in the Managing Director’s tenure; the project’s consent outcome was unresolved at cutoff.

Bingman Catchment Landcare Group Inc v Bowdens Silver Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 205 (Judgment, findings on required transmission line and biodiversity impact); Bowdens Silver project assessment and case updates (Case update and 2026 documents, lines 322–324 and 397–403)

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: Geology engineering graduate (Hons, Camborne School of Mines, 1995); mining and business-development experience at WMC and mining-equity research roles at Hartleys, Citi and UBS. 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 of Directors (Silver Mines board page, Jonathan Battershill section, lines 57–59)

Evidence gaps

  • The IPC case remained pending at cutoff following the Court of Appeal’s 2024 consent reversal; no final 2026 determination was available by 9 October.

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

Trent Franklin

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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Trent Franklin

Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Current role; start date not established in reviewed sources: Silver Mines Limited — Company Secretary. Board of Directors (Silver Mines board page, Trent Franklin section, lines 77–80)

  • Prior career; detailed dates not stated: Prior employers/qualifications listed by issuer — Finance, financial planning and insurance qualifications; BSc Geology/Geophysics, University of Sydney; AICD graduate; company profile records concurrent Enrizen MD and Gateway Mining chair roles.. Board of Directors (Silver Mines board page, Trent Franklin section, lines 77–80)

  • Current concurrent role as of 3 October 2026: Enrizen Financial Group — Managing Director. Board of Directors (Board of Directors, Franklin biography, lines 77–81)

  • Current concurrent role reported by Silver Mines as of 3 October 2026: Gateway Mining Limited — Chairman. Board of Directors (Board of Directors, Franklin biography, lines 77–81)

  • Dates not stated in issuer profile: Australian Olympic Committee Inc; Australian Water Polo Inc — Former director. Board of Directors (Board of Directors, Franklin biography, lines 77–81)

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: Finance, financial planning and insurance qualifications; BSc Geology/Geophysics, University of Sydney; AICD graduate; company profile records concurrent Enrizen MD and Gateway Mining chair roles. 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 of Directors (Silver Mines board page, Trent Franklin section, lines 77–80)

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.