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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Tom Hunter

GM Corporate & Finance

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

WA1’s A$100 million institutional placement during finance-role overlap

August 2025 · documented · medium materiality

WA1 announced an A$100 million placement at A$17 per share on 15 August 2025. An August 2025 issuer presentation lists Hunter as GM Corporate & Finance, and Canaccord Genuity later congratulated him with the WA1 team. This establishes role overlap and team recognition, not that he structured, led or caused the transaction; no source reviewed identifies his individual duties.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The issuer confirms the placement; Canaccord names Hunter among the WA1 team but does not assign him deal responsibility.

Relevance: Financing is relevant to his current role; the contribution limit prevents treating the whole raise as a personal achievement.

A$100 Million Placement (Opening and transaction terms); Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum Presentation (August 2025) (p.4, leadership team); Canaccord Genuity Australia post on WA1 A$100 million placement (Canaccord post, congratulations paragraph)

Suitability for the current role

Finance and corporate background relevant to the current role

Current role as at 31 October 2026; issuer background description dated 16 November 2023 · analyst inference · low materiality

The May 2026 presentation and selected roster identify Hunter as GM Corporate & Finance. A WA1 November 2023 presentation describes him as a Chartered Accountant with 15+ years of professional/corporate experience and extensive company financing, corporate and commercial management experience. The public materials reviewed do not name prior employers, provide exact role dates or independently verify his qualification or specific responsibilities. This supports role relevance at a high level, with material chronology and credential gaps.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment from issuer materials and the selected roster; no claim of personal responsibility for company outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to corporate finance responsibilities, but public evidence does not establish the depth or results of prior assignments.

Corporate Presentation – Luni Niobium Project (May 2026) (p.4, leadership team); WA1 Resources Investor Presentation (November 2023) (p.19, Tom Hunter biography)

Evidence gaps

  • No exact start date for Hunter’s WA1 finance role or named prior employers were located in the sources reviewed.

  • WA1 issuer material describes his CA background but no independent CA membership or degree verification was completed.

  • The A$100 million placement overlaps his finance role and Canaccord names him among the company team, but his individual transaction duties remain undocumented.

  • Criminal, sanctions, litigation, professional-register, safety and environment searches were scoped open-web checks, not comprehensive checks.