Full background report
W. John DeCooman Jr.
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Career chronology
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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 (W. John DeCooman Jr. biography)
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2020–2023: Sweetwater Royalties — President and CEO. Management Team (W. John DeCooman Jr. biography)
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2009–2020: SSR Mining — Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy. Management Team (W. John DeCooman Jr. biography)
Education and qualifications
Reported qualifications
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 (Named management biography)
Suitability for the current role
Relevant career and role
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 (W. John DeCooman Jr. officer listing on p. 133); Management Team (Named management biography)
Evidence gaps
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Independent verification of reported qualifications and professional memberships was not completed.
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Prior-employer outcomes and dates, and role-specific responsibility, remain incompletely corroborated.
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Targeted local-language regulator, court and historical incident searches are incomplete; this screening is not a clearance.