Matthew Hayes

Founder at BLACK BEAR MINERALS LIMITED

Net worth: 5 M $ as of 2026-09-29

46 year

Consumer Services

Non-Energy Minerals

Profile

Mr. Matthew A. Hayes is an Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Essential Minerals Acquisition Corp., a Lead Manager at Bison Resources Ltd., an Executive Chairman at Black Bear Minerals Ltd., a Managing Director at Wagtail Capital Pty Ltd. and a Managing Member at Essential Minerals Sponsor LLC.
Mr. Hayes was previously employed as a Chief Executive Officer by Raisebook Pty Ltd. He also served on the board at Sun Silver Ltd. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Edith Cowan.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
BLACK BEAR MINERALS LIMITED 8.39%	2026-09-03	14,615,936 ( 8.39% )	5 M $	2026-09-29

Matthew Hayes active positions

Companies	Position	Start
BLACK BEAR MINERALS LIMITED	Founder	2022-05-31
Wagtail Capital Pty Ltd.	Chief Executive Officer	2017-08-31

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Former positions of Matthew Hayes

Companies	Position	End
Raisebook Pty Ltd.	Chief Executive Officer	-

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Private companies	4
University of Edith Cowan University of Edith Cowan Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Raisebook Pty Ltd.
James Bay Minerals Ltd. James Bay Minerals Ltd. Other Metals/MineralsNon-Energy Minerals Provides lithium mining services	Non-Energy Minerals
Wagtail Capital Pty Ltd.