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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Clinton Bennett

Chief Operating Officer

Career chronology

Education and qualifications

Reported technical qualifications

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

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

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

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

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.