Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair for a Mining Issuer
United States·Mining & Metals·Publicly traded mining and mineral exploration· Denver·Posted 20 September 2026
Applications close 20 December 2026
Publicly traded mining and mineral exploration
The problem this seat exists to solve
A mining issuer needs an experienced audit chair to improve financial reporting discipline as exploration spending, financing activity and project commitments increase. The appointment will connect rigorous reporting oversight with an understanding of the uncertainties in a resource business. You will lead the committee agenda across financial reporting, audit quality, internal controls and material accounting judgements.
Judgements requiring close attention
- Challenge management assumptions around exploration assets, impairment indicators, going concern and financing plans.
- Review control weaknesses, whistleblowing arrangements and management remediation evidence.
Work with auditors and the wider board
You will oversee external auditor engagement and maintain effective private sessions with auditors and finance leadership. You will coordinate with other board committees so project, funding and disclosure risks are considered together.
The chair leads the audit committee under its approved charter and reports its conclusions to the board. Finance management prepares the accounts and operates the controls; independent auditors conduct the audit.
Your first reporting year
**First reporting cycle.** Assess the reporting timetable, audit plan and significant judgement register.
**Within six months.** Establish a prioritised control improvement programme with clear ownership and committee follow-up.
**Within twelve months.** Evaluate audit effectiveness and whether reporting issues are identified and resolved earlier in the cycle.
Qualifications for the chair
The role requires verified professional accounting qualification, prior audit committee chair experience and strong knowledge of financial reporting in mining or natural resources.
Additional useful experience includes experience with exploration-to-development transitions, equity financing and cross-listed resource companies.
Appointment terms
An initial three-year term is envisaged, with approximately twenty-five to thirty-five days annually and additional availability around reporting periods or major transactions. Start date, remuneration, travel and on-site attendance will be agreed for the appointment.
Terms
- Where the board sits
- Denver, United States
- Applications close
- 20 December 2026
- Appointment
- Board and committee chair appointment
- Engagement
- An initial three-year term is envisaged, with approximately twenty-five to thirty-five days annually and additional availability around reporting periods or major transactions.
- Cross-border
- International candidatures are accepted.
- Time commitment in this market
- Typically 5–8 board meetings a year plus committee meetings and continuous between-meeting engagement; audit-committee chairs of listed issuers carry a materially heavier load.
Before you apply — United States
Neither federal securities law, the listing standards nor Delaware corporation law imposes any citizenship or residency test on a director of a US public company.
- Residency test
- None.
- Nationality test
- None.
- Work authorisation
- A foreign national attending board meetings usually travels on a B-1 business visa or under the Visa Waiver Program; board attendance is a recognised permissible business activity. An executive or interim operating role requires work authorisation.
- Tenure limit once appointed
- None, and none is proposed. Long tenure is a live proxy-adviser and institutional-investor issue rather than a rule, and is raised at annual meetings rather than enforced.
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