About Totec
Built by operators
Totec Resources is led by a Professional Geologist CEO and a career resource-sector CFO, and backed by a family office that has built and funded ventures for three decades. This is who runs the company and how to reach us.
Who We Are
A purpose-built critical minerals platform
Totec Resources is a purpose-built critical minerals platform focused on strengthening the North American supply of the metals a modern economy depends on.
We work with the discipline of operators: acquire quality ground, explore it with technical rigour, and develop the projects that earn it. Our attention stays on North American assets, where domestic supply security matters most.
Secure high-quality projects in stable North American jurisdictions, with clear title and real geological upside.
Advance the ground with disciplined, technically led programs designed to define what is there.
Carry forward the projects that prove themselves, building toward the domestic critical minerals supply chain.
Leadership
The people running the company
Experienced resource-sector operators with a record of raising capital and advancing public issuers.
Deepak Varshney
More than 15 years across capital markets and mineral exploration. Instrumental in raising over $40M in the past three years, with leadership across multiple public resource companies. Holds a B.Sc. in Geosciences from Simon Fraser University.
Khalid Naeem
More than 18 years in financial management and capital markets across the resource sector. Has served as CFO to multiple public issuers, with responsibility spanning financial reporting, tax, M&A and risk management.
Board of Directors
Governance and oversight
Totec's board pairs the company's operating leadership with directors experienced across nuclear, mining and public markets.
James Walker
CEO and Director of NanoNuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE). A Chartered Engineer and Chartered Physicist with more than 15 years in nuclear, mining and mechanical engineering. Former U.K. Ministry of Defence project lead for the Rolls-Royce nuclear chemical plant, and previously head of strategy at Ares Strategic Mining. Holds degrees in Mechanical, Mining and Nuclear Engineering.
Zachary Kotowych
CEO of Bolt Metals Corp. Previously held corporate development roles at junior miners, most recently at Abitibi Metals, advancing the B26 Polymetallic Deposit and Beschefer Gold Project. Conducted mining equity research at Haywood and Red Cloud Securities. Exploration experience includes Great Bear (now Kinross), Carlisle (now Alamos) and Solstice Gold. Holds an MSc in Geophysics and an Honours BSc in Mathematics and Geology from the University of Toronto.
Rishi Kwatra
Corporate finance, business development and mergers and acquisitions across the resource sector, including project generation and the evaluation of early to advanced stage M&A opportunities in mining. Has led financings for both public and private issuers, and brings a network of international institutional and capital markets contacts. An entrepreneur and real estate investor. Studied International Trade and Business Administration in Finance at BCIT, and is fluent in several languages.
Deepak Varshney (CEO, Corporate Secretary & Director), James Walker (Director), Zachary Kotowych (Director) and Rishi Kwatra (Director).
Track Record
Where this board has worked
The organisations below are drawn from the biographies above. They are the companies and institutions in which Totec's directors and officers have held roles, or where they conducted the exploration and research work described.
Public company leadership
- NanoNuclear Energy Inc.NASDAQ: NNE. James Walker, CEO and Director
- Bolt Metals Corp.Zachary Kotowych, CEO
- Totec Resources Ltd.TSXV: TOTC. Deepak Varshney, CEO and Director
Capital markets
- Haywood SecuritiesMining equity research
- Red Cloud SecuritiesMining equity research
- Listed issuer boardsAudit committee experience across junior resource companies
Exploration and operations
- Abitibi MetalsCorporate development on the B26 deposit and Beschefer
- Great Bear ResourcesNow Kinross. Exploration
- Carlisle GoldfieldsNow Alamos. Exploration
- Solstice GoldExploration
Engineering and technical
- U.K. Ministry of DefenceProject lead, Rolls-Royce nuclear chemical plant
- Ares Strategic MiningHead of strategy
- University of TorontoMSc Geophysics, Honours BSc Mathematics and Geology
- BCITInternational Trade and Business Administration in Finance
Organisations are named to describe the professional background of Totec's directors and officers. Their inclusion does not imply any endorsement of, investment in, or affiliation with Totec Resources Ltd. by those organisations.
Strategic Backing
Aligned, long-term capital
Varshney Family Office
Totec is backed by the Varshney Family Office, which has founded and funded ventures totaling more than $100M over three decades in mining and real estate. That patient, aligned capital sits behind the company and its strategy.
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The figure describes ventures founded and funded by the Varshney Family Office generally, not capital committed to Totec Resources Ltd.
Contact
Talk to the company
For investor, partnership or media enquiries, reach the office directly or send a note below.
Sources
References
Every numbered claim on this page is attributed to the source it came from.
Sources are named to identify where the information came from. Their inclusion does not indicate any affiliation with, sponsorship of, or endorsement of Totec Resources Ltd. by the organisations cited, or by the Government of the United States. Third-party statements describe the metal and its supply chain. They are not statements about Totec Resources Ltd. or the White Willow Property, and no inference should be drawn from them as to the presence, grade or economic viability of any mineralization on the Property.