# Simbarashe Goto Chief Operating Officer ## Career chronology - **As stated in 2026 company roster: Zimplats Holdings / Zimbabwe Platinum Mines** — Chief Operating Officer. [2026 integrated annual report]() (PDF physical p.25, management executive biographies) ## Industrial safety ### Mupfuti fatality and subsequent safety record [goto-safety] 2024–FY2026 · issuer reported · high materiality A Zimplats employee died in an underground vehicle accident at Mupfuti on 22 June 2024. The company reported 13 lost-time injuries in FY2025, reducing to four with no fatalities in FY2026; final independent investigation findings were not located. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The person’s relevant group or operating management role overlapped the period; sources do not establish personal fault. **Relevance:** Relevant to oversight of high-risk mining work. [2024 integrated annual report]() (Chairman’s letter and CEO safety report, Mupfuti accident); [2026 integrated annual report]() (physical p.12, FY2026 safety indicators) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to current responsibilities [goto-fit] Before and during Zimplats role · analyst inference · medium materiality The issuer reports a National Diploma in Mining and mining general-management roles since 2011, followed by appointment as operating-company COO in July 2026. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Career and qualifications are issuer-reported; the relevance judgment is an inference, not independent confirmation. **Relevance:** Shows experience pertinent to the assigned leadership role. [2026 integrated annual report]() (PDF physical p.25, management executive biographies) ## Evidence gaps - Separate person-specific topic searches, primary regulator and court records, complete prior-employer histories and independent credential verification remain incomplete. - The FY2026 annual report management, safety, financial and complaints pages were visually inspected; other cited pages were not all visually inspected. - The 2024 fatal accident’s final independent investigation and any regulatory outcome were not located.