Ariel (Eddie) King

Non-Executive Chairman of Great Northern Minerals Ltd. (ASX: GNM) and Non-Executive Director of Westar Resources Ltd. (ASX: WSR, appointed March 2025 alongside Ashley Hood following Simon Eley's and Chris Newman's departures from the board; has exercised executive duties on WSR's board pending a permanent CEO appointment, with no CEO named since Jason Boladeras' March 2025 resignation) -- a real, disclosed concurrent directorship across both small-cap ASX boards, not a name collision. Holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Systems) from the University of Western Australia. Previously a manager for an investment banking firm specialising in technical and financial analysis of bulk commodity and other resource projects for investment and acquisition, and a corporate adviser/representative for a stockbroking firm managing capital raisings and originating acquisitions for ASX-listed companies. Currently a Director of CPS Capital Group. Other current board seats: Executive Chairman of Rubix Resources Ltd. (ASX: RB6), Executive Director of Ragnar Metals Ltd. (ASX: RAG), Non-Executive Chairman of Bindi Metals Ltd. (ASX: BIM) and Eastern Resources Ltd. (ASX: EFE), and Non-Executive Director of M3 Mining Ltd. (ASX: M3M) and Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd. / QPM Energy Ltd. (ASX: QPM). Formerly a director of Lindian Resources Ltd. (ASX: LIN), Bowen Coking Coal Ltd. (ASX: BCB), Axxis Technology Group Ltd. (ASX: AYG, renamed ECS Botanics Ltd., ASX: ECS), European Cobalt Ltd. (ASX: EUC, renamed Aston Minerals Ltd., ASX: ASO), Six Sigma Metals Ltd. (ASX: SI6), and Sultan Resources Ltd. (ASX: SLZ). Independently confirmed via WSR's, GNM's, and a third company's (Ragnar Metals Ltd.) own current board pages to be the same individual -- Ragnar Metals' own page explicitly names both Westar Resources and Great Northern Minerals side by side as his current seats. Previously recorded as two separate Person records ("Eddie King" at WSR, "Ariel (Eddie) King" at GNM) in this database until merged (Task #777).