# W. John DeCooman Jr.

Executive Vice President, Corporate Development

## Career chronology

- **Issuer-reported role; EVP Corporate Development from June 2024; previously Sweetwater Royalties CEO 2020–23 and SSR Mining business development 2009–20.: DPM Metals Inc.** — Executive Vice President, Corporate Development. [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (W. John DeCooman Jr. biography)

- **2020–2023: Sweetwater Royalties** — President and CEO. [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (W. John DeCooman Jr. biography)

- **2009–2020: SSR Mining** — Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy. [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (W. John DeCooman Jr. biography)

## Education and qualifications

### Reported qualifications [exec-3.education]

As reported by issuer · issuer reported · low materiality

BSc and MSc Mineral Economics, Pennsylvania State University and Colorado School of Mines. Credentials were not independently verified with the institutions or professional registers.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualifications, not independently verified.

**Relevance:** Experience and credentials relevant to the role.

[Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (Named management biography)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevant career and role [exec-3.career]

Dated and undated issuer biographies through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

EVP Corporate Development from June 2024; previously Sweetwater Royalties CEO 2020–23 and SSR Mining business development 2009–20.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography and dated roster; experience does not by itself prove individual contribution.

**Relevance:** Context for role fit.

[2025 Annual Report](<https://dpmmetals.com/site/assets/files/18911/dpm_2025_annual_report.pdf>) (W. John DeCooman Jr. officer listing on p. 133); [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (Named management biography)

## Evidence gaps

- Independent verification of reported qualifications and professional memberships was not completed.

- Prior-employer outcomes and dates, and role-specific responsibility, remain incompletely corroborated.

- Targeted local-language regulator, court and historical incident searches are incomplete; this screening is not a clearance.