# Stefan Metodiev

General Manager, Exploration

## Career chronology

- **Issuer-reported role; Joined DPM exploration in 2017; issuer states GM Exploration from February 2026 and currently labels him VP Exploration.: DPM Metals Inc.** — General Manager, Exploration. [Management Team](<https://dpmmetals.com/about-us/management-team/>) (Stefan Metodiev biography)

## Education and qualifications

### Reported qualifications [exec-15.education]

As reported by issuer · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports PhD in Geochemistry from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Geneva University. 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)

## Contributions and company outcomes

### Chelopech exploration results [metodiev.brevene]

June 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

DPM reported porphyry drilling results at Chelopech in June 2026 and identified Metodiev as a qualified person who reviewed the technical disclosure; exploration results are not a defined economic reserve or production.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The release identifies him as a technical reviewer; it does not establish sole responsibility for the discovery.

**Relevance:** Technical exploration oversight.

[Chelopech porphyry mineralisation release](<https://dpmmetals.com/site/assets/files/19126/060326_dpm_metals_announces_discovery_of_high-grade_porphyry_mineralization_adjacent_to_chelopech_mine.pdf>) (pp. 1 and 9, results and qualified persons)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevant career and role [exec-15.career]

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

Joined DPM exploration in 2017; issuer states GM Exploration from February 2026 and currently labels him VP Exploration.

**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>) (Stefan Metodiev 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.