Mr Graham Ascough BSc, PGeo, MAusIMM Independent Non-Executive Chair: Appointed 29 November 2013; retired 16 September 2024. Special responsibilities Member of the Audit and Financial Risk Committee Experience and expertise Mr Ascough is a senior resources executive with more than 30 years of industry experience evaluating mineral projects and resources in Australia and overseas. He is also currently non-executive Chairman of ASX listed companies: Geopacific ResourcesMetals Limited and Black Canyon Limited. Mr Ascough, a geophysicist, has had broad industry involvement playing a leading role in setting the strategic direction for companies, completing financing and in implementing successful exploration programmes. He is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a Professional Geoscientist of Ontario, Canada. Mr Ascough has served as a director of several companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in recent years, including Musgrave Minerals Limited. Previously, he was the Australasian Manager of Nickel and PGM Exploration at the major Canadian resources house, Falconbridge Limited, which was acquired by Xstrata Plc in 2006. Other directorships of listed companies in the past three years PNX Metals Limited (formerly Phoenix Copper Limited) (appointed December 2012; PNX Metals Limited was delisted from the ASX on 12 September 2024); Patronus Resources Limited (appointed 11 September 2024) Black Canyon Limited (appointed 25 August 2013; Company listed on ASX 5 May 2021) Geopacific Resources Limited (appointed 7 November 2023) Musgrave Minerals Limited (appointed May 2010 until 29 September 2023) Company Secretary Mr Lucas Welsh (appointed 1 July 2024) B.Com, CA, MBA, GAICD Mr Welsh is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years experience in senior finance roles in the resources sector with operations in Australia and overseas with WMC Resources and St Barbara Limited. Mr Welsh previously worked in the Transaction Services department at PwC. Mr Welsh’s experience includes capital and debt raisings, treasury, taxation, financial reporting, procurement, risk management, governance and transformation. Meetings of Directors The number of meetings of Directors (including meetings of Committees of Directros), and the number of meetings attended by each of the Directors of the Company during the financial year was: Meeting of Directors Audit and Financial Risk Committee Eligible to attend Attended Eligible to attend Attended Mr Malcolm Norris 11 11 2 2 Mr Patrick Duffy 11 10 – – Mr Stephen Stroud 11 11 2 2 Mr Neal O’Connor 11 11 1 1 Mr Graham Ascough 2 2 1 1 Further details of the operation of all Committees are contained in the Corporate Governance Statement. 27 Sunstone Metals Limited Annual Report 2025
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