Procemin-Geomet 2024

Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Technical Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

Marcela Oyarzún

Chair

Corporate Director of Geometallurgy, Codelco, Chile

Claudio Muñoz

Chair 2023

BOS Global Practice Lead, BHP, Australia

Leopoldo Gutiérrez

Co-organizer

Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Pia Lois-Morales

Co-organizer

Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

Dennis Vega

Co-organizer

Energy, Water and Emissions Processing Leader, SMI-ICE Chile

Nathalie Risso

Co-organizer

Assistant Professor, Mining and Geological Engineering Department, University of Arizona, USA

Mauricio Torem

Co-organizer

Head, Mineral Processing Research Group, Pontificia Universidad Católica Do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Magín Torres

Program Director

Consultant in Mineral Processing, Chile

Fabiola Bustamante

Coordinator

Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

Freddy Alcorta

Directing Member

Process Manager, Caserones, Lundin Mining, Chile

Jean Paul Bueno

Directing Member

Geology Manager, Unidad Minera Cerro Lindo, Nexa Resources, Peru

Salvador Gómez

Directing Member

Manager of Plant and New Projects, Fresnillo, Mexico

Patricia González

Directing Member

Operational Manager, Fortuna Silver Mines, Cía. Minera Cuzcatlán, Mexico

Marcos Guerrero

Directing Member

Vicepresident of Processes, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Juan Huidobro

Directing Member

Facilities Manager, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Jessica Lemos Lima

Directing Member

Process Engineer - Validation of routes and technologies, Vale, Brazil

Marcial Medina

Directing Member

Process Plant and Projects Manager, Hudbay, Peru

Flavio Moura

Directing Member

Benefit Operations Manager, Lundin Mining Corporation, Brazil

Miguel Pimentel

Directing Member

Vice President, Metallurgy and Process Engineering, Torex Gold Resources, Canada

Ismael Ramírez

Directing Member

Synergies and New Processes Manager, Southern Peru Copper, Peru

Marcelo Rodríguez

Directing Member

Metallurgy and Process Control Manager, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Ronald Sorensen

Directing Member

Technical Manager, Rio Tinto, USA

Cesar Sosa

Directing Member

Manager of Mineral Processing, Freeport-McMoRan, USA

Constantino Suazo

Directing Member

Head of Processing, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile

Fernando Torres

Directing Member

Chief Technical Officer, Mitsui Mineral Resources Development, Chile

Luis Torres

Directing Member

Plants Manager, Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile

Rubén Zevallos

Directing Member

Sulfur Plant Manager, Marcobre, Peru

Henry Aco

Metallurgy Supervisor, Goldfields Región Las Américas, Peru

Marcos Alvim

General Manager of Planning, Geosciences and Development, Vale Base Metals, Brazil

María José Astudillo

R&D Mineral Processing Data Analyst, Moly-Cop, Chile

José Luís Azán

Mine Geologist, Panamerican Silver, Shahuindo Mining Unit, Peru

Carolina Becerra

Head of the Geometallurgy and Mineralogy Unit, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Mauricio Belmar

Geology and Geothecnic Manager, Center for Advanced Mineralogy, SGS Minerals, Chile

Gabriel Berkowitz

Technical Manager, Empírica Consultores, Chile

Isaac Boadi

Principal Advisor – Processing, Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper, USA

Jordan Capa

Data Science Analyst I, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Freeport McMoran, Peru

Héctor Carreño

Innovation Director, North District, Codelco, Chile

Marly Carvalho

Product Manager, Coarse Flotation, Metso Corporation, Finland

Felipe Contreras

Manager Processing Analytics, Anglo American, Chile

Martín De La Cueva

Senior Geologist, Mining Solutions Specialist, MineSense Technologies, Peru

José Díaz

General Chief of Guard, Concentrator Plant, Toquepala Unit, Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Peru

Carolina Espinosa

Metallurgist, Quebrada Blanca 2, Teck Resources, Chile

Leonardo Flores

Country Manager, Woodgrove Technologies, Chile

Rossio García

Technical Manager Geology and Engineering, Datamine Peru, Ecuador

Osvaldo Gómez

Head of Geological Projects, Compañía Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Manuel González

Process Engineer, Caspeo, France

Cristian González

LATAM Director, IntelliSense.io, Chile

Luis Grunewald

General Manager, MinPro, Chile

Andrew Hoyle

Principal Metallurgist, Glencore Copper, Australia

Daniel Jordán

Expert Engineer Sulfide Processes, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Olegario Júnior

Process Engineer, Vale, Brazil

Romke Kuyvenhoven

Program Manager Latin America, Metcelerate, United Kingdom

Sergio Lagos

Process, Principal, Ausenco, Chile

Paulo López

Analyst Mine to Mill & Digital Projects, Orica, Australia

Cinthya Lozano

Integrated Operations Center Superintendent, Quellaveco, Anglo American, Peru

Suzy Lynch-Watson

Principal Metallurgist, Orway Mineral Consultants, Australia

Sebastian Maaß

Chief Strategical and Scientific Officer, SOPAT GmbH, Germany

Romina Maggiolo

Concentrator Production Manager, Los Colorados, BHP, Chile

Verónica Mardones

Geologist, Geometallurgy and Mineralogy Unit, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Arvin Mazhary

Principal Engineer – Geometallurgy, Torex Gold Resources, Canada

David Meadows

Chief Technology Officer, Bechtel Mining & Metals, USA

Cid Monteiro

Resource Manager, Ero Copper Corp, Brazil

Eduardo Morin

Senior Metallurgist Concentrator Plants, Casa Matriz, Codelco, Chile

Aghil Ojaghi

Senior Process Engineer, DRA Global, Canada

Valery Oses

Geologist, Mine Production, Cobre Panamá, First Quantum Minerals, Panama

Christian Pasten

Senior Business Development Latinoamerica, Glencore Technology, Chile

Carolina Pérez

Geologist, Geometallurgy and Mineralogy Unit, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Peter Radziszewski

VP Research and Innovation, Rampart Detection Systems, Canada

Rodrigo Ruiz

Manager R&D Project, BHP Minerals Americas, Chile

Katherine Salazar

Plant and Foundry Planner, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Paulina Salgado

Production Geologist, Mina Los Colorados, Cía. Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Mike Samuels

Principal Process Consultant, DRA Global, Canada

Bryners Sarmiento

Transformation Superintendent, Minsur, Peru

Jaime Sepúlveda

Executive Director, J-Consultores, Chile

Francisco Soto

General Manager - Metallurgical Consultant, Empírica Consultores, Chile

Sebastián Tello

Technical Officer Metallurgy, Mitsui & Co. Mineral Resources Development, Chile

Ronald Tessen

General Supervisor of Metallurgy, Minera Gold Fields, Perú

Valentina Toledo

Production Geologist, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Felipe Valdés

Global HydroFloat CPF Process Lead, Eriez, Chile

Max Valenzuela

Technical Manager, AMINPRO, Chile

Adel Vatandoost

Principal Geometallurgist, Fortescue Metals Group, Australia

Rafael Venegas

Process Manager, Wood Group, Chile

Alejandro Yáñez

Senior Manager – Concorde Technology, Metso Corporation, Finland

Patricio Zárate

Global Sulfides Technology Manager, Clariant Chile

Fernando Zeballos

Director of Metallurgical Projects, Cía. de Minas Buenaventura, Peru

Oluwatosin Adebayo

Research Asistant, Montana Technological University, USA

Marco Alfaro

Senior Geostatistics Consultant, Chile

Rodrigo Araya

Flotation Studies Manager, AtkinsRéalis, Canada

Sebastián Ávalos

Principal Mining Consultant, Advanced Predictive Modeling Technology, Canada

David Barriga

Senior Process Engineer, AMINPRO, Chile

Luis Bernal

Senior Process Consultant, Process Minerals Consulting, Chile

Galo Brito

Senior Process Management Engineer, Caserones, Lundin Mining, Chile

Moisés Bustamante

Professor, Institute of Minerals Research, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Lourdes Cacya

Geologist, Toquepala Unit, Southern Peru Copper, Peru

Claudia Castillo

Flocculation and Thickening Engineer and Researcher, Independent Consultant, Metcelerate, Chile

Renzo Chavez

Metallurgist II, Bagdad Mine, Freeport McMoran, USA

Luis Cisternas

Director, Doctoral Program in Mineral Processing Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Alex Doll

Comminution Consultant, Alex G. Doll Consulting, Canada

Arthur Ebenezer

Research Asistant, University of Mines and Technology, Ghana

Bianca Foggiatto

Technical Director, Comminution and Processing, Ausenco, Australia

Elisabeth da Fonseca

Geometallurgy Specialist, Vale, Brazil

Giovanni Franco

Professor Department of Materials and Minerals, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Dante García

Applications Leader, Moly-Cop, Peru

Mauricio Garrido

Senior Resource Estimation, Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Miguel Giuliano

Senior Production Geologist, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

Gerardo González

Process Engineer, WSP, Peru

Hernán Guerrero

Principal Metallurgist, Minera Las Bambas, Peru

Rodrigo Gutiérrez

Senior Geometallurgist, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Yves Van Haarlem

X-ray Technologies Group Leader, CSIRO Mineral Resources, Australia

María Cecilia Hernández

Academic Department of Metallurgy and Mines, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Ricardo Jeldres

Academic Department of Chemistry and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Cristian Jeraldo

Technical Director, AsGeoMin, Chile

Julio Lipa

Metallurgy Senior - Concentrator Plant, Minera Las Bambas, Peru

Adriana Luna

JTPS, Mining Research Institute, Universidad de San Juan, Argentina

Miguel Maldonado

Director of the Master's Program in Cs. Eng. Extractive m/Metallurgy and Cs. Materials Engineer, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

José Antonio Mamani

Senior Geologist, Modeling and Resource Estimation, Gatos Silver, Mexico

Juan Pablo Mardones

Research, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Francisco Marín

Geologist, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile

Felipe Martínez

Mineralogist, Centro de Mineralogía Avanzada, SGS Minerals, Chile

Catalina Martínez

Geologist, Area Mineralogy, GEOMAQ, Chile

Douglas Mazzinghy

Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Olivia Mejías

PhD Candidate, Bryan Research Center, SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia

Evelyn Melo

Academic, Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Nelson Mora

Geometallurgist, BHP Western Australian Iron Ore, Jimblebar Operations, Australia

Neida Moreno

Engineer, Independent, Chile

Tatiana Órdenes

Professor, Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

José Ojeda Ore

Metallurgist Engineer, Quellaveco, Anglo American, Peru

Julián Ortiz

Mark Cutifani / Anglo American Chair in Mining Innovation & Professor, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Pablo Pichinao

Technical Specialist Comminution Americas, Anglo American, Chile

Javier Pizarro

Process and Geometallurgy Consultant, Mineralurgia, Chile

Karin Quintana

Geomet Mineralogist Geologist, Empírica Consultores, Chile

Lorenzo Reyes

Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Sergio Rivera

Senior Researcher, Centro de Investigación y Extensión Geo Minero Metalúrgico, Chile

Jean Rojas

Head Improvement Processes, Cía. Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Xiomara Rubio

Expert Geometallurgy Geologist, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Enrique Sáez

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, W.H. Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre, SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia

Felipe Sepúlveda

Academic, Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Saeed Soltani-Mohammadi

Academic, University of Kashan, Iran

Lina Uribe

Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Talca, Chile

Sebastián Urrejola

Principal Comminution - Processing, Anglo American, Chile

Julio Valenzuela

Academic Department of Metallurgy and Mines, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Paulina Vallejos

Researcher and Projects Engineer, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Christiam Vasquez

Metallurgist, Cía. Minera Antamina, Peru

Jorge Villanueva

Sr Regional Geometallurgist, Newmont Mining, Mexico

Ray Van Wagoner

Principal Engineer - Process, Rio Tinto Copper Technical, USA

Wendy Ware

Global Principal VBiRD & Geometallurgy, Anglo American, Australia

Juan Yianatos

Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Max Zanin

Managing Director, MZ Minerals, Australia

Victor Balboa

Junior Research Engineer, SMI-ICE Chile

Yahaira Barrueto

Postdoctoral Researcher, SMI-ICE Chile

Fernando Betancourt

Director Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Roberto Gómez

Academic, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Pia Lois

Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

Bojan Marinkovic

Head of The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sergio Moraga

Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

Felipe Navarro

Researcher Alges Laboratory, AMTC, Universidad de Chile

José Ojeda

Processing Team Co-leader: Energy, Water and Emissions, SMI-ICE Chile

Andrés Ramírez

Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Rodrigo Magalhães de Souza

Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica Do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Victor Tenorio

Professor of Practice, Mining and Geological Engineering, The University of Arizona, USA

Jinhong Zhang

Associate Professor of Mining and Geological Engineering, University of Arizona, USA

Executive Committe

Directing Members

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