# Jeff Sommers Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **Appointed 2025-06-27; current as at 30 October 2026: Cyprium Metals Limited** — Chief Financial Officer. [Diggers & Dealers Presentation]() (Slide 17, board and management; 4 August 2026); [Cyprium bolsters senior leadership team]() (Page 1, executive appointment) - **Previous role; exact dates not established: Folium Capital** — CFO of Australian agricultural investments. [Cyprium bolsters senior leadership team]() (Page 1, executive appointments) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Acid commissioning of Nifty heaps [cym_jeff_sommers_issuer_event] 2026-09-14 · issuer reported · medium materiality The issuer reported acid commissioning of nifty heaps: commenced. This records an employer-level event; the reviewed evidence does not attribute the event to Jeff Sommers individually. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The event occurred at the issuer level during the documented period; no source establishes this executive’s individual contribution or causal responsibility. **Relevance:** Context for delivery and oversight in the current role; do not treat it as personal performance evidence. [Operations Update - Phase 1 Cathode Restart Project]() (page 1, Highlights and page 3) ### Finance profile and completed funding [cym_sommers_funding_2026] 2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Cyprium announced Sommers as CFO on 27 June 2025. It reported completing an A$80 million capital raise by the December 2025 quarter and later announced up to A$83 million of debt and equity funding, some conditional, after the September 2026 quarter. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The evidence records company-level outcomes during the role; individual causation or blame has not been established. **Relevance:** Relevant to liquidity and finance oversight; the announced conditional funding is not treated as fully received. [Cyprium bolsters senior leadership team]() (Page 1); [December 2025 quarterly activities]() (Page 1, highlights); [September 2026 quarterly activities]() (Page 1, funding package footnote) ## Suitability for the current role ### Role fit based on documented experience [cym_jeff_sommers_role_fit] As of 2026-10-31 · analyst inference · low materiality The issuer reports prior finance roles at Folium and other corporations, relevant to funding and reporting, but individual financial outcomes and qualification verification remain limited. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an evidence-limited analyst judgment, not an adverse claim about the executive. **Relevance:** Role-specific experience and credentials are central to assessing the current position; the available record is insufficient for a positive or negative conclusion. [Cyprium bolsters senior leadership team]() (Page 1, Sommers) ## Evidence gaps - Prior-employer dates and personal contribution to company outcomes are incompletely corroborated. Searches are screening-level and do not constitute court, sanctions or criminal clearance. - The issuer reports a Wisconsin accountancy masters and CPA designation; independent award and membership verification was not obtained.