Bezant Resources Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Bezant Resources' CEO is Colin Bird, appointed in Jan 2020, has a tenure of 4.25 years. total yearly compensation is £77.97K, comprised of 61.6% salary and 38.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 4.29% of the company’s shares, worth £102.51K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.5 years and 6.1 years respectively.

Key information

Colin Bird

Chief executive officer

UK£78.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	61.6%
CEO tenure	4.3yrs
CEO ownership	4.3%
Management average tenure	3.5yrs
Board average tenure	6.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Colin Bird's remuneration changed compared to Bezant Resources's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£1m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£1m
Dec 31 2022	UK£78k	UK£48k	UK£1m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£166k
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Dec 31 2021	UK£97k	UK£50k	-UK£1m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Dec 31 2020	UK£146k	UK£50k	-UK£977k
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£989k
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Dec 31 2019	UK£61k	UK£48k	-UK£1m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-UK£938k
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-UK£750k
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-UK£798k
Dec 31 2018	UK£88k	UK£40k	-UK£846k

Compensation vs Market: Colin's total compensation ($USD97.18K) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD346.09K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Colin's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Colin Bird (80 yo)

4.3yrs

Tenure

UK£77,969

Compensation

Mr. Colin Bird, P.Eng., C.ENG, FIMMM, has been Executive Chairman of Bezant Resources Plc since March 2, 2018 and its Chief Executive Officer since 2020. Mr. Bird has been the Chief Executive Officer of AI...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Colin Bird	Executive Chairman & CEO	4.3yrs	UK£77.97k	4.29% £ 102.5k
Raju Samtani	Finance Director & Director	3.5yrs	UK£40.00k	1.45% £ 34.6k
Edward Slowey	Technical Director & Director	3.5yrs	UK£37.65k	0.42% £ 10.1k
Michael Allardice	Secretary	less than a year	no data	no data

3.5yrs

Average Tenure

73yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BZT's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Colin Bird	Executive Chairman & CEO	6.1yrs	UK£77.97k	4.29% £ 102.5k
Raju Samtani	Finance Director & Director	3.5yrs	UK£40.00k	1.45% £ 34.6k
Edward Slowey	Technical Director & Director	3.5yrs	UK£37.65k	0.42% £ 10.1k
Evan Kirby	Independent Non-Executive Director	15.3yrs	UK£14.48k	0.40% £ 9.5k
Ronnie Siapno	Independent Non-Executive Director	16.5yrs	UK£12.00k	0.012% £ 280.1

6.1yrs

Average Tenure

72yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BZT's board of directors are considered experienced (6.1 years average tenure).

Bezant Resources Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Bezant Resources Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 28, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Bezant Resources Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 29, 2022

Less than half of directors are independent

Executive Chairman & CEO recently bought UK£80k worth of stock

Bezant Resources Plc Announces Board Appointments

Recent updates

New minor risk - Share price stability

Bezant Resources Plc Provides an Update for Hope and Gorob Copper-Gold Project Situated Within EPL 5796 in Central Namibia

Bezant Resources Plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £0.8 million.

Bezant Resources plc Announces Results from Phase 1 Metallurgical Test Work on West Manganese Sample

Bezant Resources Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 28, 2023

New major risk - Shareholder dilution

Bezant Resources plc Provides Information on the Maiden Drill Programme at its 100% Owned Kanye Manganese Exploration Project in Botswana and an Update on the Hope and Gorob Project in Namibia

Less than half of directors are independent

Bezant Resources plc Provides Update on Kanye Manganese Project in Botswana

Bezant Resources Plc Updates on the Hope and Gorob Near-Surface Drill Programme Targeting Copper - Gold Mineralisation

Bezant Resources Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 29, 2022

Bezant Resources plc Provides Hope and Gorob Project Shallow Drilling Update

Caerus Mineral Resources Plc Announces Joint Venture Drilling Update

Caerus Mineral Resources plc and Bezant Resources plc Announce Cyprus Joint Venture Drilling Update

Caerus Mineral Resources Bezant Resources Provides Update on Work Planned and Underway, Historical Exploration At the Anglisides Project, Troulli Expansion Programme and Update on Metallurgical Test Work

Less than half of directors are independent

Bezant Resources and Caerus Mineral Resources Announce the Results of an Independent Initial Mineral Resource Estimate

Caerus Mineral Resources and Bezant Resources with Joint Venture Focuses on the Troulli Mine Development Project and Other Copper - Gold Jv Targets in Cyprus

Bezant Resources Plc Provides Updates on Hope and Gorob Project

Bezant Resources plc Provides Information on Recent Work Completed and Further Programme Planning At Its' 100% Owned High-Grade Kanye Manganese Project in Botswana

Executive Chairman & CEO recently bought UK£80k worth of stock

Bezant Provides Shareholders with an Update on the Caerus Joint Venture Programme Underway in Cyprus

Bezant Mobilises a Drill Rig to Test Several New Airborne EM Targets in the Vicinity of the Hope and Gorob Copper-Gold Deposits in Namibia

Bezant Resources Plc announced that it expects to receive £1 million in funding from Sanderson Capital Partners Limited, Asset Management Arm

Bezant Resources Plc Announces Modelling of Em Survey Data and Drill Planning Completed At Hope Cu-Au Project

Bezant Resources plc Provides Update on Minemba Prospect, Zambia

Bezant Resources plc Provides Update on Kanye Manganese Project, Botswana

Bezant Resources Plc Announces Preliminary Evaluation of Airborne EM Survey Data at Hope Cu-Au Project

Bezant Resources plc Announces the Commencement of Diamond Drill Target Testing over the Kalengwa Exploration Project Area in Zambia

Bezant Resources Plc (AIM:BZT) completed the acquisition of Metrock Resources Ltd from Tiger Royalties and investments Plc, Breamline Pty Ltd and M & A Wealth Pty Ltd.

Bezant Resources Plc Announces Drilling Results at Hope Copper-Gold Project

Bezant Resources Plc (AIM:BZT) entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to acquire Metrock Resources Ltd from Tiger Royalties and investments Plc, Breamline Pty Ltd and M & A Wealth Pty Ltd for £13 million.

Bezant Resources plc Provides Update on Acquisition of 30% JV Interest in Zambia with KPZ International Ltd

Bezant Resources Plc Announces Board Appointments

Bezant Resources Plc Provides Update on MMIH (Singapore) Transaction and Mankayan Copper-Gold Project, Philippines

Bezant Announces Commencement of Exploration Work, Including Drill Target Testing, over the Hope Copper-Gold Project in Namibia

Bezant Resources Plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £0.625 million.

Bezant Resources Plc (AIM:BZT) completed the acquisition of Virgo Resources Limited for £0.69 million.

Bezant Resources Plc (AIM:BZT) completed the acquisition of 30% stake in Kalengwa Exploration Project, Zambia.

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