EMERALD RESOURCES NL — Board/Management Information 2026

Feb 23, 2026

ASX Announcement & Media Release

24 February 2026

Fast Facts

ASX Code: EMR Shares on issue: 660,599,501 Market Cap: ~A$4.4 billion Cash, Bullion & Listed Investments (Dec 25) Cash: A$299.3M (US$200.4M) Bullion: A$35.6M (US$23.7M) Listed investments: A$37.8M (US$25.3M)

Board & Management

Jay Hughes, Non-Executive Chairman Morgan Hart, Managing Director Mick Evans, Executive Director Ross Stanley, Non-Executive Director Billie Slott, Non-Executive Director Michael Bowen, Non-Executive Director Josh Redmond, Chief Operating Officer Mark Clements, Company Secretary Bernie Cleary, Operations Manager Cambodia Brett Dunnachie, Chief Corporate Officer Shannon Campbell, Chief Financial Officer

Company Highlights

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Senior Leadership Strengthened with Josh Redmond Appointed Chief Operating Officer

Emerald Resources NL (ASX: EMR) (“ Emerald ” or “ Company ”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Josh Redmond as Chief Operating Officer across the Group's operations.

Josh's appointment further strengthens the senior leadership team as the Company enters a transformational growth phase with the planned commencement of full development activities at the Company’s 100% owned Dingo Range Gold Project in Western Australia and 100% owned Memot Gold Project in Cambodia in CY26 together with the underground mining development at the 100% owned Okvau Gold Mine.

Josh joined the Company in 2023 as Operations Manager of the Dingo Range Gold Project which has emerged as a significant gold opportunity in a relatively underexplored greenstone belt with expanding mineral resources and a strong pathway to development.

Team

 Highly credentialed gold project operational and in-house development team;

 A proven history of building projects on time and on budget. Gold Production

• Okvau Gold Mine commissioned on time on budget in 2021;

 ~470Koz gold produced project to date

Growth

 Significant exploration and resource growth potential in Cambodia:

• Okvau Gold Mine reserve expansion;

• Memot Project (100%) open pit indicated and inferred resource of 45.0Mt @ 1.2g/t Au for 1.7Moz

• 1,190km[2] of prospective tenure

• Significant exploration and resource growth potential in Australia:

• Dingo Range Gold Project located on the underexplored Dingo Range greenstone belt

• Dingo Range open pit measured, indicated and inferred resource of 40.9Mt @ 1.1g/t Au for 1.41Moz

• 1,110km[2] of prospective tenure

ESG

• Focussed on a net positive impact on near-mine environmental and social values by targeting strict compliance with corporate governance, international guidelines (IFC PS’s) and local laws by engaging and collaborating with all stakeholders.

• Commitment to carbon neutral operations in Cambodia.

Josh is a Mining Engineer from the WA School of Mines with over 16 years’ experience in the resources industry spanning across Australia, Brazil and Cambodia. Prior to joining Emerald he was General Manager - Mining and Country Manager - Cambodia for MACA where he was instrumental in the commencement of mining activities at Okvau.

Josh’s appointment is effective immediately.

Emerald’s Managing Director, Morgan Hart, commented;

“We are pleased to announce Josh’s appointment which reflects his significant contribution to the Group particularly in his operational management of the Company’s Dingo Range Gold Project in Western Australia and technical assistance on the Company’s Okvau Gold Mine in Cambodia.

“He embodies our core values of honesty, respect, safety, performance, accountability and collaboration and has embedded a strong culture within the Group through his own actions. His trusted leadership skills have driven his team to achieve the project milestones necessary to support the commencement of development at Dingo Range.

“Josh will now manage operational performance across the Group alongside our long standing Executive Director, Mick Evans, who will utilise his vast experience in mining project development to focus on the construction and commissioning of the Company’s Dingo Range and Memot Gold Projects to deliver our objective of becoming a multi-mine 300K to 400Koz per annum gold producer.”

This ASX release was authorised on behalf of the Emerald Board by: Morgan Hart, Managing Director.

For further information please contact Emerald Resources NL

Registered Office

1110 Hay Street West Perth WA 6005 T: +61 8 9286 6300 F: +61 8 6243 0032 W: www.emeraldresources.com.au

Morgan Hart Managing Director

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Forward Looking Statement

Certain statements contained in this document, including information as to the future financial or operating performance of the Company and its projects, are forward looking statements. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward looking statements are provided as a general guide only and should not be relied on as an indication or guarantee of future performance. Given these uncertainties, recipients are cautioned to not place undue reliance on any forward looking statement. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law, the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements in this document to reflect any change in expectations in relation to any forward looking statements or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

No New Information

To the extent that announcement contains references to prior exploration results and Mineral Resource estimates, which have been cross referenced to previous market announcements made by the Company, unless explicitly stated, no new material information is contained. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the relevant market announcements and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially change.

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