Mr. Nelson Bodnarchuk
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Mr. Bodnarchuk is a seasoned mining leader with global, multi-commodity experience spanning the full industry lifecycle from exploration and EPCM to operations, business development, and capital markets. He has held key roles at Glencore, Cameco, and Torex Gold, where he transitioned from mining base metals and uranium to leading safety and innovation in the precious metals sector. As Vice President of Health and Safety at Torex Gold, he led a cultural and digital transformation that resulted in over 30 million hours of lost-time injury-free performance over five years, producing more than 3 million ounces of gold. In 2022, he founded Evocati Capital Resources (EVOC: TSXV), a growth-stage junior miner working to become Canada’s next polymetallic producer with assets across the Americas. And in 2025, he joined Fuerte Metals as VP of People & Systems, part of the Team that led the purchase of the Coffee Gold Project in the Yukon. Beyond building mining companies, he actively shapes the industry's future through board roles, including the Canadian Mining Institute’s Health & Safety Society, leading the Fatality Prevention Initiative, and Interstellar Mining, a private venture aiming to advance lunar resource extraction to fuel the new space economy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, an MBA with distinction, maintains his Project Management Professional certification, and has a Six Sigma Black Belt.