Ausgold Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Ausgold's CEO is Ben Stockdale, appointed in Oct 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is A$1.10M, comprised of 43% salary and 57% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.061% of the company’s shares, worth A$451.67K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.9 years and 2.3 years respectively.

Key information

Ben Stockdale

Chief executive officer

AU$1.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	43.05%
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.06%
Management average tenure	less than a year
Board average tenure	2.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article • Jun 02

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Ben Stockdale's remuneration changed compared to Ausgold's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2026	AU$1m	AU$474k	-AU$10m
Mar 31 2026	n/a	n/a	-AU$11m
Dec 31 2025	n/a	n/a	-AU$12m
Sep 30 2025	n/a	n/a	-AU$12m
Jun 30 2025	AU$725k	AU$316k	-AU$11m

Compensation vs Market: Ben's total compensation ($USD784.31K) is about average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD994.48K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Ben's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Ben Stockdale

less than a year

Tenure

AU$1,100,308

Compensation

Mr. Benjamin Stockdale, also known as Ben, was Chief Financial Officer of Ausgold Limited from June 2024 until May 14, 2026 and serves as Co-Company Secretary since October 2025 and serves as its Chief Exe...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
John Dorward	Executive Chairman	2.3yrs	AU$1.76m	1.06% A$ 7.9m
Benjamin Stockdale	CEO & Co-Company Secretary	less than a year	AU$1.10m	0.061% A$ 451.7k
Mark Mitchell	Chief Operating Officer	1.8yrs	AU$951.52k	no data
Tammie Dixon	Chief Financial Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Qing Huang	Co-Company Secretary	less than a year	no data	no data

0.9yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: AUC's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
John Dorward	Executive Chairman	2.3yrs	AU$1.76m	1.06% A$ 7.9m
Adrian Goldstone	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.3yrs	AU$224.15k	0.19% A$ 1.4m
Mark Turner	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.4yrs	AU$224.15k	0.15% A$ 1.1m
Paul Weedon	Independent Non-Executive Director	1.8yrs	AU$308.94k	0.063% A$ 467.8k

2.3yrs

Average Tenure

64yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: AUC's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/09/16 09:14
End of Day Share Price	2026/09/16 00:00
Earnings	2026/06/30
Annual Earnings	2026/06/30

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Ausgold Limited is covered by 3 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
James Williamson	Bell Potter
Tim McCormack	Canaccord Genuity
Brandon Gaspar	SCP Resource Finance LP

Ausgold Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Ausgold Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 13, 2026

Ausgold Limited Announces Appointment of Tammie Dixon as Chief Financial Officer

Ausgold Limited Appoints John Sofield as Project Director

Independent Non-Executive Director recently sold AU$180k worth of stock

Ausgold Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 28, 2025

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Recent updates

New major risk - Financial position

OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC) entered into a definitive scheme implementation deed to acquire Ausgold Limited (ASX:AUC) from Dundee Corporation (TSX:DC.A) and other shareholders for approximately AUD 770 million.

Ausgold Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 13, 2026

Ausgold Limited Announces Appointment of Tammie Dixon as Chief Financial Officer

Price target increased by 24% to AU$3.05

Ausgold Limited Appoints John Sofield as Project Director

Price target increased by 14% to AU$1.76

Ausgold Limited has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 80 million.

Forecast to breakeven in 2028

New major risk - Shareholder dilution

Ausgold Limited has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 10 million.

Price target increased by 12% to AU$1.66

Independent Non-Executive Director recently sold AU$180k worth of stock

Ausgold Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 28, 2025

Price target increased by 9.2% to AU$1.58

New major risk - Shareholder dilution

Ausgold Limited has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 35.150001 million.

Price target decreased by 8.8% to AU$1.32

We Think Ausgold (ASX:AUC) Needs To Drive Business Growth Carefully

New minor risk - Market cap size

Price target increased by 28% to AU$1.50

New major risk - Financial position

High number of new and inexperienced directors

New minor risk - Market cap size

Ausgold Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 26, 2024

New major risk - Market cap size

New major risk - Shareholder dilution

New minor risk - Share price stability

Ausgold Limited announced that it has received AUD 3 million in funding from Arlington Group Asset Management Limited, Dundee Resources Limited

First half 2024 earnings released: AU$0.001 loss per share (vs AU$0.001 loss in 1H 2023)

We're Keeping An Eye On Ausgold's (ASX:AUC) Cash Burn Rate

Ausgold Limited Announces Board Changes

Ausgold Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 23, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: AU$0.002 loss per share (vs AU$0.002 loss in FY 2022)

Companies Like Ausgold (ASX:AUC) Could Be Quite Risky

Ausgold Limited Announces Resignation of Timothy Kestell as Director

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$153k worth of stock

Here's Why We're Watching Ausgold's (ASX:AUC) Cash Burn Situation

First half 2023 earnings released: AU$0.001 loss per share (vs AU$0.002 loss in 1H 2022)

Ausgold Limited Provide Initial Results from the Multi-Rig Drilling Program

Ausgold Limited Commences Katanning Gold Project DFS

Is Ausgold (ASX:AUC) In A Good Position To Invest In Growth?

Ausgold Commences Multi-Rig Exploration Program At Katanning

Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$120k worth of stock

Less than half of directors are independent

Is Ausgold (ASX:AUC) In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans?

Full year 2022 earnings released: AU$0.002 loss per share (vs AU$0.003 loss in FY 2021)

Ausgold Limited Provides Positive Results from AUC Intersects Further High-Grade Gold in Regional Drilling

Ausgold Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 03, 2022

Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$133k worth of stock

Ausgold Limited Provides Update of Exploration Activities at its 100% Owned 2.16Moz Katanning Gold Project

Ausgold Limited Announces Results of the Prefeasibility Study and Maiden Ore Reserve for its 100%-Owned Katanning Gold Project

Ausgold Limited Intercepts Sulphides at Jinkas Deeps Clarification

Ausgold Limited Provides Update on Activities at its 100% Owned 2.16 Moz Katanning Gold Project

Ausgold Limited Expands Katanning Gold Resource to 2.16 Million Ounces

AUC Completes 30,000M Drilling Campaign Ahead of Resource Update

Ausgold Limited Provides Positive Results from New Drilling At the Company's 100%Owned Duggan Prospect

Less than half of directors are independent

Ausgold Limited Drilling Identifies Further Near-Surface High-Grade Gold

Ausgold Limited Provides an Update of Exploration and Development Activities at the Company's 100%-Owned Katanning Gold Project

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$95k worth of stock

First half 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Ausgold Limited Provides Update of Exploration Activities At the Katanning Gold Project (Kgp)

Ausgold Limited Updates on New KPG Drilling Extends Mineralisation Further 900M South

Is Ausgold (ASX:AUC) In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans?

Here's Why Ausgold (ASX:AUC) Must Use Its Cash Wisely

Full year 2021 earnings released: AU$0.003 loss per share (vs AU$0.002 loss in FY 2020)

Ausgold Limited Hits High-Grade Mineralisation At Katanning South

Ausgold Limited Provides an Update of Exploration Activities At the 100%-Owned Flagship Katanning Gold Project