Mr DeCooman has nearly 30 years' executive leadership and mining finance experience, including the start-up of Sweetwater Royalties as President and CEO, a privately held base and industrial minerals royalty company, from 2020 to 2023. He was Senior Vice President for Business Development and Strategy at SSR Mining where he was responsible for corporate strategy, business development, and investor relations from 2009 to 2020. Prior to these experiences, he has more than fifteen years of mining project finance and advisory responsibilities at Deutsche Banc Alex Brown and Standard Bank and corporate positions in Finance, Business Development and Exploration. Other current directorships: Silver Mountain Resources Inc (TSX). He is Chair of the Safety, Health and Environment Committee.
