# Tsvetomir Velkov

Vice President, Technical Services

## Career chronology

- **Issuer-reported role; Joined Chelopech as intern, geotechnical engineer from 2001; became Chelopech GM in 2022 and VP Technical Services in 2024.: DPM Metals Inc.** — Vice President, Technical Services. [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (Tsvetomir Velkov biography)

## Education and qualifications

### Reported qualifications [exec-13.education]

As reported by issuer · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports study at St. Ivan Rilsky University; degree completion was not independently verified. 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)

## Personal achievements

### Chelopech Smart Centre transition [velkov.smart]

By October 2022 · issuer reported · medium materiality

DPM’s 2022 leadership announcement attributes the transition of the Smart Centre from pilot to operation to Velkov.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer directly credits leadership; incremental financial contribution is not established.

**Relevance:** Operational technology delivery.

[Bulgarian operations leadership update](<https://amcham.bg/2022/10/25/dundee-precious-metals-bulgarian-operations-leadership-update/>) (2022 leadership announcement); [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (Tsvetomir Velkov biography)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevant career and role [exec-13.career]

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

Joined Chelopech as intern, geotechnical engineer from 2001; became Chelopech GM in 2022 and VP Technical Services in 2024.

**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>) (Tsvetomir Velkov 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.