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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Simon Rigby

Non-Executive Director

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Westgold reported higher FY2026 production

FY2025–FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Westgold reported 387,354 ounces of gold production in FY2026 versus 326,384 in FY2025. Its December 2024 quarterly report identifies Rigby as chief growth officer supervising exploration reporting.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Issuer-reported growth includes a larger operating base; the company output cannot be attributed to Rigby personally.

Relevance: Relevant operating-company context, distinct from individual exploration contributions.

FY2026 annual report (Annual report, FY26 financial results); December 2024 quarterly report (PDF p.29, competent-person statement)

Industrial safety

Westgold subsidiary fined after Big Bell fatality

December 2020 incident; July 2025 penalty · documented · medium materiality

WorkSafe reported that a Westgold subsidiary pleaded guilty and was fined A$945,000 in July 2025 after a contractor was fatally struck at Big Bell in December 2020. The regulator states the offence did not establish that the breach caused the fatal incident.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Rigby’s dates and responsibilities at the time of the incident are not established by this source; no individual responsibility or causal involvement is inferred.

Relevance: Material safety context at Westgold, Valiant’s shareholder and counterparty.

Gold miner fined after fatal underground incident (Regulator release, offence and incident paragraphs)

Governance and interests

Westgold nominee and concurrent executive role

October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer identifies Rigby as Westgold Chief Growth Officer and Westgold’s nominee on the Valiant board.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The disclosed roles create an identifiable related-party oversight context; no misconduct is implied.

Relevance: Relevant to oversight of Valiant’s relationship with its major shareholder and processing counterparty.

Investor presentation October 2026 (PDF p.4, Simon Rigby biography)

Suitability for the current role

Issuer-reported experience relevant to board oversight

Prior and concurrent roles as described by issuer · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer identifies him as Westgold Chief Growth Officer and its board nominee, with exploration and mining leadership experience.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography describes roles but does not independently establish individual contributions or outcomes.

Relevance: Background is potentially relevant to board oversight; verification and fuller diligence remain outstanding.

Investor presentation October 2026 (PDF p.4, Board & Management)

Evidence gaps

  • Person-specific topic and indexed regulator searches were performed; some employer outcomes, underlying records, career dates and qualifications remain unverified.

  • Prior-employer dates and individual responsibility for company outcomes are not established.