share issue re kangankunde consultant

I have two questions about this matter.

1) How many new shares may a company the size of Lynas issue in an ad hoc manner like this?

2) Having worked in a Corporate environment where it was compulsory to re certify export and corporate governance training every 12 months. One of the things high on the list to be avoided was anything that looked like a "Corporate Gift" particularly in any country where "Corporate Gifts" may be a normal way of doing business. A bonus issue to a consultant that is valued at approx 25% of the deal cost looks a bit like a duck. Does it talk like a duck? Is it a duck?