Rua Gold's CEO is Robert Eckford, appointed in Apr 2024, has a tenure of 2.25 years. total yearly compensation is CA$664.00K, comprised of 39.8% salary and 60.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.55% of the company’s shares, worth NZ$784.58K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.4 years and 2.3 years respectively.
Key information
Robert Eckford
Chief executive officer
CA$664.0k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
39.76%
CEO tenure
2.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.5%
Management average tenure
2.4yrs
Board average tenure
2.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Robert Eckford's remuneration changed compared to Rua Gold's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
-CA$15m
Dec 31 2025
CA$664k
CA$264k
-CA$13m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-CA$28m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-CA$28m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
-CA$26m
Dec 31 2024
CA$184k
CA$186k
-CA$26m
Compensation vs Market: Robert's total compensation ($USD473.93K) is about average for companies of similar size in the NZ market ($USD413.62K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Robert's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
CEO
Robert Eckford
2.3yrs
Tenure
CA$664,000
Compensation
Mr. Robert Eckford is Director of Lithium Africa Corp. from February 11, 2026. Mr. Eckford is Director of Roxmore Resources Inc. (formerly known as Axcap Ventures Inc.) from November 14, 2025. Mr. Eckford...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Robert Eckford
CEO & Director
2.3yrs
CA$664.00k
0.55% NZ$ 784.6k
Zeenat Lokhandwala
CFO & Corporate Secretary
2.4yrs
CA$230.00k
0.25% NZ$ 358.3k
Simon Henderson
COO & Director
2.4yrs
CA$329.00k
0.0050% NZ$ 7.2k
2.4yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: RGI's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Robert Eckford
CEO & Director
2.4yrs
CA$664.00k
0.55% NZ$ 784.6k
Simon Henderson
COO & Director
2.4yrs
CA$329.00k
0.0050% NZ$ 7.2k
Oliver Lennox-King
Non-Executive Chairman
2.4yrs
no data
5.99% NZ$ 8.6m
Tyron Breytenbach
Independent Director
2.3yrs
no data
0.37% NZ$ 525.6k
Richard Thomas
Independent Director
less than a year
no data
0.0078% NZ$ 11.2k
Tristan Kingcott
Independent Director
less than a year
no data
no data
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Board: RGI'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
2026/07/19 23:50
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/17 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Rua Gold Inc. is covered by 2 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.