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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Richard Holmes

Chief Development Officer

Career chronology

  • Current role; start date not stated in selected roster: Cyprium Metals Limited — Chief Development Officer. Diggers & Dealers Presentation (Slide 17, board and management; 4 August 2026)

  • Immediately prior to joining Cyprium in April 2026: Sandfire Resources — Chief Development Officer. Executive appointment (Page 1, prior Sandfire role)

  • By FY2022 to FY2024; exact start and exit dates not established: Sandfire Resources — Chief Development Officer; formerly Executive Growth. Sandfire annual report 2022 (Leadership profiles, Richard Holmes)

Personal achievements

Sandfire exploration leadership and competent-person work

2022–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Sandfire’s 2022 annual report identifies Holmes as Executive Growth, accountable for growth through partnering and acquisitions. Cyprium reports he previously headed exploration and growth at OZ Minerals and was involved in the Jericho copper discovery; it does not independently apportion that discovery to him.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The former and current issuers document his exploration leadership and reported involvement, not sole credit for the discovery.

Relevance: Experience directly relates to Cyprium’s exploration and development mandate.

Sandfire annual report 2022 (Leadership page, Richard Holmes); Executive appointment (Page 1, prior experience)

Contributions and company outcomes

Acid commissioning of Nifty heaps

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 Richard Holmes 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)

Industrial safety

Sandfire DeGrussa injury and company prosecution

2020 incident; 2023 sentencing · documented · medium materiality

WA WorkSafe reports Sandfire was fined A$551,250 in November 2023 after pleading guilty to a safety breach arising from a May 2020 DeGrussa underground rockfall that injured a worker. A July 2021 Sandfire release says Holmes had recently joined as Head of Exploration, but does not establish his exact start date; his tenure overlap with the injury is therefore unknown. Sandfire’s 2022 annual report identifies him in an exploration and growth role.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The available sources do not establish when Holmes joined relative to the May 2020 injury, any operational responsibility, or personal involvement. The criminal conviction applies to the company.

Relevance: Company safety context only, with no inference of individual wrongdoing.

Sandfire fined after worker injured underground (Government news story, 16 November 2023); Sandfire annual report 2022 (Leadership page, Richard Holmes); Strategic growth plan and senior appointments (Page 4, key management appointments)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit based on documented experience

As of 2026-10-31 · analyst inference · low materiality

Former Sandfire growth and OZ Minerals exploration roles are relevant to development, while independent attribution of exploration success remains 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.

Executive appointment (Page 1, Holmes)

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.

  • Sandfire described geological qualifications, but independent academic confirmation and exact Sandfire departure date remain unverified.

  • Holmes’s exact Sandfire start date and whether his tenure overlapped the May 2020 DeGrussa injury remain unverified; the July 2021 announcement only says he had recently joined.