Appointment of Non-Executive Director and Appendix 3X

mineralsexploration.com.au

7 September 2026

APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Board of Minerals Exploration Limited (ASX: MEX) (Company) is pleased to
announce the appointment of Tony McDonald as Non-Executive Director, effective
today.
Tony McDonald graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the Queensland University of
Technology. He practiced law for more than 25 years and overlapped legal, corporate
secretarial and non-executive director roles before moving full-time to management
roles in the mineral resources sector. This included as Managing Director of Cerro
Resources NL (listed ASX / TSX until taken over in 2013) and Managing Director of
Santana Minerals Limited from 2013 to 2019 and then as non-executive Director until
retired in 2024. He has held non-executive director roles at a number of ASX listed
companies, predominantly mineral resource explorers across multiple international and
Australian jurisdictions.
"The Company’s Chairman, Norman Seckold, said: "We welcome Tony McDonald to the
Board of Minerals Exploration Limited. He adds substantial expertise and experience at
an important stage of the Company. "
In accordance with Listing Rule 3.19A, attached is an Appendix 3X, Initial Director's
Interest Notice, for Tony McDonald.
-ENDS-
This announcement has been authorised by the Board of Minerals Exploration Limited.
For enquiries contact:
Brett Mitchell
Executive Director
+61 8 6319 1900
BMitchell@mineralsexploration.com.au
About Minerals Exploration Ltd – NZ Gold Focused Explorer
Minerals Exploration Limited (ASX/NZX: MEX) is implementing an aggressive brownfields
exploration strategy at its portfolio of New Zealand gold assets. These assets host
known high-grade mineralisation from historical production and exploration activities,
are located in the historical Hauraki and Otago Goldfields and sit close to major
deposits. The Company is led by Directors and Management with an outstanding track
record of exploration success and value creation and is dual-listed on the ASX and NZX.

Appendix 3X
Initial Director’s Interest Notice



+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

30/9/2001 Appendix 3X Page 1
Rule 3.19A.1
Appendix 3X

Initial Director’s Interest Notice

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given
to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.
Introduced 30/9/2001.

Name of entity:
Minerals Exploration Limited
ABN:
85 650 124 324

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.1 and as agent for the
director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director:
Tony McDonald
Date of appointment:
7 September 2026

Part 1 - Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Number & class of securities
-




Part 2 - Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Name of holder & nature of interest
Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant
interest.
Number & class of securities
Company Fifty Pty Ltd <McDonald Family A/C>
1,875,000 shares
Company Fifty Pty Ltd <McDonald Super Fund A/C> 1,209,673 shares

Appendix 3X
Initial Director’s Interest Notice



+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

30/9/2001 Appendix 3X Page 2
Part 3 – Director’s interests in contracts
In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (ii) of the definition of “notifiable interest of a director”
should be disclosed in this part.

Details of contract
Nil
Nature of interest



N/A

Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)

N/A


Number and class of securities to
which interest relates


N/A