Full background report
Aaron Gates
Company Secretary
Career chronology
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Prior to and from July 2024; earlier roles undated: Toubani Resources Limited; public-listed company finance roles — CFO before becoming joint Company Secretary in 2024; more than 15 years as CFO and Company Secretary of listed companies, with prior public-practice audit and corporate finance work. Reported Chartered Accountant; BCom (Accounting and Business Law), Curtin University; Diploma of Corporate Governance.. Appointment of Aaron Gates as Joint Company Secretary (Appointment announcement reproduced by S&P Capital IQ, Aaron Gates biography)
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Earlier career; exact dates not established: Prior employers as stated in official or reviewed professional profile — Company Secretary; profile unavailable in reviewed current materials.. Company and Senior Management (Company Secretary (FY2025 annual report) profile; career/role section)
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Current role; roster as of 2026-09-26: Toubani Resources Limited — Company Secretary. Company and Senior Management (Company Secretary (FY2025 annual report) profile; title and role); Annual Report to shareholders (Directors’ report / Corporate Directory; executive name and title)
Education and qualifications
Accounting and governance credentials
Published 26 July 2024; appointment date is in announcement · issuer reported · medium materiality
The July 2024 appointment notice identifies Gates as then Toubani CFO and newly appointed joint Company Secretary, with more than 15 years as CFO/Company Secretary at listed companies. It reports Chartered Accountant status, a Curtin Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Business Law) and a Diploma of Corporate Governance, plus earlier audit and corporate finance practice. The notice does not identify prior company names or permit independent credential-register verification.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Appointment notice documents role and issuer-reported credentials; no independent register check conducted.
Relevance: Directly relevant to company-secretarial and continuous-disclosure responsibilities.
Appointment of Aaron Gates as Joint Company Secretary (Aaron Gates joint company secretary appointment and profile)
Personal achievements
Relevant professional experience
Earlier career; exact dates not established in reviewed profile · issuer reported · medium materiality
Company Secretary; profile unavailable in reviewed current materials.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The cited profile describes the person’s roles and involvement; outcome attribution is limited to what it explicitly states.
Relevance: Provides role-relevant experience; profile claims are issuer-reported and not a substitute for independent delivery evidence.
Company and Senior Management (Company Secretary (FY2025 annual report) profile; career/role section)
Suitability for the current role
Role fit and evidence limits
Assessment at cutoff 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality
Mine-building, West African permitting and construction experience is relevant to Kobada development in Mali; company delivery is still being demonstrated.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical inference from the cited career profile and the company’s stated stage; it does not claim personal causation of company outcomes.
Relevance: Connects prior experience to the role’s execution and oversight needs.
Company and Senior Management (Company Secretary (FY2025 annual report) profile; career/role section)
Evidence gaps
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The reviewed public professional and issuer materials did not establish verified degrees or professional credentials for this executive.
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Exact dates for prior roles and independent confirmation of profile claims were unavailable in the reviewed materials.
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The appointment notice omits names/dates for Gates’s earlier listed-company roles; qualifications remain issuer-reported and were not independently verified.