# Clinton Bennett Chief Operating Officer ## Career chronology - **Current selected company roster; appointment date not specified: PDI Gold Limited** — Chief Operating Officer. [PDI Gold Annual Report FY2026]() (Page 13, leadership team) - **November 2024–at least April 2026; later subsidiary-role continuity not established: Robex Resources** — Chief Operating Officer. [2025 Robex annual meeting circular]() (Executive officers and services) - **October 2023 commencement confirmed by issuer; departure date unverified: Tietto Minerals** — Chief Operating Officer. [Tietto appointments announcement]() (Page 2, COO commencement); [Tietto Minerals September 2023 quarterly activities report]() (Page 10, COO commenced in October 2023) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported technical qualifications [bennett_education] August 2023 announcement · issuer reported · low materiality Tietto reported a master of science in energy and mineral economics, a master of law in energy and resource law, a bachelor of science and a postgraduate extractive-metallurgy diploma. These credentials were not independently checked. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Company-reported qualifications; no institutional verification was obtained. **Relevance:** Relevant qualifications for operations leadership. [Tietto appointments announcement]() (Page 2, appointment biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Kiniéro reached production [clinton_bennett_kiniero] 2025–June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality PDI reported that Robex completed Kiniéro construction on schedule and budget, with first gold in December 2025 and commercial production in February 2026; the mine poured 92,430 ounces in the first half of 2026. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The company describes a team outcome during the executive’s reported role; the individual share of the outcome and independent verification are limited. **Relevance:** Project execution and operating delivery relevant to current work. [PDI Gold Annual Report FY2026]() (Pages 76 and 83, performance and production); [March 2026 Quarter presentation]() (Page 16, role and project biography) ## Industrial safety ### Abujar fatality preceded scheduled COO start [bennett_tietto_timing] August–October 2023 · issuer reported · medium materiality Tietto reported an Abujar contractor fatality on 28 August 2023. Its 30 October quarterly report states Bennett commenced as COO in October 2023, after the fatality; the exact day and his role in the later review were not established. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. The fatality preceded his issuer-confirmed October COO commencement; no involvement or individual fault is inferred. **Relevance:** Important context for interpreting prior operations safety history. [Tietto 2023 annual report]() (Pages 2–4, reported fatality); [Tietto appointments announcement]() (Page 2, scheduled October start); [Tietto Minerals September 2023 quarterly activities report]() (Page 10, safety incident and October COO commencement) ### Three September-quarter injuries [bennett_q3_safety] September 2026 quarter · issuer reported · medium materiality PDI reported three recordable injuries in the September 2026 quarter and a 12-month TRIFR increase from 1.8 to 2.0. This is company-reported and the underlying incident investigations were not obtained. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The COO role overlaps the period; the causes and individual responsibility are not established. **Relevance:** Recent safety performance in the operations portfolio. [September 2026 quarterly activities]() (Page 5, health and safety) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant reported experience [clinton_bennett_role] Career through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality Clinton Bennett has issuer-reported experience relevant to the current chief operating officer role. The career chronology gives the underlying roles; independent verification and precise earlier tenure remain limited. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role fit is an analytical inference from disclosed roles, not an independent verification of credentials. **Relevance:** Relevant experience for the executive function. [PDI Gold Annual Report FY2026]() (Page 13, leadership team); [March 2026 Quarter presentation]() (Page 16, management biographies) ## Evidence gaps - Independent credentials and professional membership were not confirmed with institutions. - Prior-employer dates, outcomes and personal contributions require broader independent corroboration. - Court, regulator and local-language records across relevant jurisdictions were not comprehensively reviewed; this is a limited public-source screen. - The review reused broad name-and-employer searches across topics; dedicated searches of each topic for each former employer and every jurisdiction were not completed. - The exact October 2023 COO start day and any role in the later safety review remain unverified; the month was confirmed by the quarterly report.