Westgold Resources Limited Annual Report 2021

21 Westgold Resources Limited Annual Report 2021 COMPANY SECRETARY Lisa Smith (Appointed 30 December 2019) Ms Smith holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce and brings over 15 years legal experience across a broad range of practice areas including commercial and corporate, regulation and compliance as well as experience with secretarial duties. Ms Smith has previously acted as principal lawyer for a private resources industry services firm and has substantial policy and advocacy experience. INTERESTS IN THE SHARES AND OPTIONS OF THE COMPANY As at the date of this report, the interests of the Directors in the shares and options of the Company were: Director Fully Paid Ordinary Shares Options/ Rights PG Cook 10,596,241 387,316 FJ Van Maanen 435,521 – PB Schwann – – WC Bramwell 34,150 – GR Davison – – Total 11,065,912 387,316 Excluding shares issued under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES The principal activities during the year of the Group were the exploration, development and operation of gold mines, primarily in Western Australia. EMPLOYEES The Group had 1,051 employees at 30 June 2021 (2020: 934). CORPORATE OVERVIEW Westgold is an explorer, mine developer, operator and gold producer with a large and strategic land package in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The Company has been a prolific deal maker and after listing on the ASX in December 2016 has consolidated over 1,300 km 2 of mining titles that encompass the Fortnum operations (in the north), the Meekatharra operations (in the centre) and the Cue operations (in the south), of our Murchison portfolio. The gold endowment of the region is extensive with the Murchison being one of the largest historic goldfields in Western Australia. To date the Murchison has produced more than 10 million ounces of gold with Westgold reporting a total Mineral Resource of 8.8 million ounces with 2.56 million ounces of gold in Ore Reserves (refer ASX announcement 13 August 2020). Westgold operates six underground mines, several open pits and three processing plants (currently with an installed processing capacity of ≈4 Mtpa) and in 2021 established a new Exploration and Growth division to explore and assess the next suite of potential gold mines in this prolific gold mining region. Westgold has continued to build its production profile since listing and in FY2021, gold output totalled 245,411 ounces from its Fortnum, Meekatharra and Cue Gold operations.