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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Sharif Burra

Chief Executive Officer

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Reported production and acquisition

September–October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Yancoal reported 9.4 million tonnes attributable saleable production in the September 2026 quarter, and completion on 1 October of an 80% Kestrel interest. It said year-to-date attributable production was 4% above the prior corresponding period. Results are company-wide and affected by market and operational factors; individual contributions are not isolated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Issuer reports this person in group leadership during 2026; continued specific role at the cutoff and direct contribution to each result are not established.

Relevance: Illustrates company delivery during leadership.

Third quarter 2026 activities (Printed p1; figures visually checked in cached filing); 2025 financial results webcast, 26 February 2026 (Page 1, leadership list)

Industrial safety

Austar closure fatality and ongoing company prosecution

2024–2026 · alleged · high materiality

A worker died in a fall at Austar during mine closure on 17 September 2024, according to a NSW regulator preliminary release. The regulator’s prosecution list records an allegation against Yancoal Mining Services commencing 15 September 2026 and pending. The company entry lists an incident date of 17 December 2024, while entries for two other firms describe the same type of work with a 17 September date; whether the entries describe the same incident and the date discrepancy remain unverified. Charges are not findings of guilt.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Company-level events and an ongoing corporate charge; the sources do not establish this person’s involvement, knowledge, fault or precise duties at the event date.

Relevance: Material safety and governance context, subject to final case outcome.

Fatality: worker falls into mine shaft (Pages 1–2, preliminary fatality release); Prosecution summaries (Austar entries for Yancoal Mining Services, Boom Logistics and Solid Engineering)

2014 Austar underground fatalities and regulator outcome

2014–2016 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Two employees died in an Austar underground incident in April 2014. Yancoal’s 2015 annual report says the regulator advised it in April 2016 that it would not institute prosecution. The issuer says Burra held various Austar managerial positions but the dates and his role at the incident are not established.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The exact period and nature of the person’s Austar roles are unknown. Neither his involvement nor individual responsibility is established.

Relevance: Historic employer safety outcome with material tenure uncertainty.

2014 annual report (Printed p13; incident and then investigation); 2015 annual report (Safety section and Austar section; no prosecution notice); 2025 sustainability report (Printed p18; prior Austar roles without dates)

Reported injury rates and severe injuries

2024–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Yancoal reported 10 high-consequence work-related injuries in 2025 versus eight in 2024, while it reported no work-related fatalities in 2025. In its September 2026 quarterly report it said the rolling total-recordable-injury frequency rate increased to 7.14 from 7.00 at June 2026. Reporting periods and metrics are distinct; the FY2025 rate uses a separate reported basis.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-level safety measures during the documented 2026 roles do not establish individual causation.

Relevance: A material trend in operational safety performance.

2025 sustainability report (Printed p45 and performance tables; 2025 high-consequence injuries); Third quarter 2026 activities (Printed p1; Q3 2026 rolling injury rate, visually checked)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer reports prior Yancoal health, safety and sustainability executive and Austar managerial roles, with mining-engineering and MBA qualifications. Prior role dates and degrees remain independently unverified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference draws on issuer-reported experience; career dates and qualifications remain insufficiently corroborated.

Relevance: Relevance to responsibilities is inference, not a completed personal outcome.

CEO appointment (Pp1–2 CEO appointment and biography)

Evidence gaps

  • One broad named query was performed and reused across topic entries. Dedicated topic-by-topic investigations, all material former employers, independent court and regulator records, and credential verification remain incomplete.

  • The latest dated role evidence is the February 2026 company webcast unless otherwise identified; role continuity to 31 October is not independently established.

  • The search is public-record screening, not an exhaustive criminal, litigation, sanctions or credential check; namesakes are not attributed without identity evidence.

  • The NSW regulator’s 2026 prosecution entries have inconsistent incident dates and no final case outcome was found; personal involvement or fault has not been established.

  • The dates and duties of his historical Austar management roles and any connection with the 2014 incident remain unestablished.