Aston Minerals Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Aston Minerals' CEO is Russell Bradford, appointed in May 2023, has a tenure of 1.5 years. total yearly compensation is 4.49M, comprised of 1.4% salary and 98.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.097% of the company’s shares, worth €6.94K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.5 years and 4.5 years respectively.

Key information

Russell Bradford

Chief executive officer

AU$4.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	1.4%
CEO tenure	1.5yrs
CEO ownership	0.1%
Management average tenure	1.5yrs
Board average tenure	4.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Russell Bradford's remuneration changed compared to Aston Minerals's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	-AU$12m
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-AU$18m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-AU$22m
Jun 30 2023	AU$4m	AU$65k	-AU$25m

Compensation vs Market: Russell's total compensation ($USD2.90M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD472.15K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Russell's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Russell Bradford

1.5yrs

Tenure

Mr. Russell Bradford serves as Managing Director and Director of Aston Minerals Limited since May 01, 2023. He served as the General Manager of Project Development at Mantra Resources Limited since July 20...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Peter Breese	Executive Chairman	1.5yrs	AU$100.00k	0.13% € 9.3k
Russell Bradford	MD & Director	1.5yrs	no data	0.097% € 6.9k
Oonagh Malone	Company Secretary	5.3yrs	AU$66.27k	0.16% € 11.7k

1.5yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: 28W0's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.5 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Peter Breese	Executive Chairman	1.5yrs	AU$100.00k	0.13% € 9.3k
Russell Bradford	MD & Director	1.5yrs	no data	0.097% € 6.9k
Robert Jewson	Non-Executive Director	7.5yrs	AU$68.39k	5.84% € 419.8k
Tolga Kumova	Non-Executive Director	7.5yrs	AU$72.00k	10.78% € 774.8k

4.5yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Board: 28W0's board of directors are considered experienced (4.5 years average tenure).

Aston Minerals Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Aston Minerals Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 26, 2024

Aston Minerals Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 29, 2023

No independent directors

Aston Minerals Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 30, 2022

No independent directors

European Cobalt Limited Announces Management Changes

Recent updates

New major risk - Market cap size

Aston Minerals Limited Evaluates Potential Extensions to High Grade Hangingwall and Edleston East Gold Targets

Aston Minerals Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 26, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings released: AU$0.005 loss per share (vs AU$0.023 loss in FY 2023)

New minor risk - Financial data availability

New major risk - Market cap size

New major risk - Market cap size

First half 2024 earnings released: AU$0.003 loss per share (vs AU$0.011 loss in 1H 2023)

Aston Minerals Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 29, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: AU$0.023 loss per share (vs AU$0.025 loss in FY 2022)

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

First half 2023 earnings released: AU$0.011 loss per share (vs AU$0.012 loss in 1H 2022)

Aston Minerals Limited Announces Maiden Gold Mineral Resource of 1.5 Moz Au at Edleston

Aston Minerals Limited Provides an Update on the Gold Drilling Results from the Edleston Project, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Provides Update on Resource Definition Drilling Across Bardwell Nickel-Cobalt Prospect and Initial Drill Testing of B2 Target, Edleston Project, Canada

No independent directors

Aston Minerals Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 30, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: AU$0.025 loss per share (vs AU$0.03 loss in FY 2021)

Aston Minerals Limited Provides Update on the Resource Definition Drilling Across the Bardwell Nickel-Cobalt Prospect, Edleston Project, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Reports Results from Metallurgical Testing of Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide Mineralisation from the Boomerang Nickel-Cobalt Target, Edleston Project, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Reports Results from the Early-Stage Metallurgical Testing of Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide Mineralisation from the Boomerang Nickel-Cobalt Target, Edleston Project, Canada

No independent directors

Aston Minerals Limited Provides an Update on Drilling Results and Exploration Underway Across the Bardwell and Olecranon Prospects Within the Boomerang Nickel-Cobalt Target, Edleston Project, Canada

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

Aston Minerals Limited Provides Update on Drilling Results and Exploration Underway Across the Bardwell Prospect Within the Boomerang Nickel-Cobalt Target, Edleston Project, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Provides Update on Drilling Results and Exploration Underway Across the Boomerang Nickel-Cobalt Target, Edleston Project, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Intersects 163.5M at 0.52% Ni and 0.016% Co from 186.5M within Boomerang Ni-Co Target at Edleston Project, Ontario, Canada

Aston Minerals Announces Significant Discovery at Bardwell

Full year 2021 earnings released: AU$0.03 loss per share (vs AU$0.002 loss in FY 2020)

Aston Minerals Limited Announces Extensive Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide Mineralisation Intersected At Edleston Project, Ontario, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Provides an Update on the Exploration Activities Underway Across the Edleston Project, Ontario, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Announces to Provide an Update with Respect to Exploration Activities Underway At the Edleston Gold Project

First half 2021 earnings released: AU$0.01 loss per share (vs AU$0.001 loss in 1H 2020)

Aston Minerals Limited Announces Diamond Drilling Intersected Veinlets of Visible Gold Within the Third Drill Hole of the Maiden Drilling Program at the Edleston Project, Ontario, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited Provides Update of Drilling Program, Edleston Gold Project, Ontario, Canada

Aston Minerals Limited (ASX:ASO) acquired 6 mining claims in Edleston Gold Project from 2362516 Ontario Inc. for AUD 0.19 million.

European Cobalt Limited Announces Management Changes

European Cobalt Ltd Announces the Completion of an Extensive Exploration Targeting Program Across the Edleston Gold Project Located in Ontario, Canada

Full year earnings released - €0.0021 loss per share

European Cobalt Limited (ASX:EUC) completed the acquisition of Edleston Gold Project in Timmins from 55 North Mining Inc.

CEO Compensation Analysis

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