Procemin-Geomet 2025

Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Technical Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

Miguel Becerra

Chair

Principal Global Processing & Metallurgy, RCoE, BHP

Marcela Oyarzún

2024 Chair

Corporate Director of Geometallurgy, Codelco, Chile

Leopoldo Gutiérrez

Co-organizer

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

Miguel Maldonado

Co-organizer

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

Nathalie Jamett

Co-organizer

Research, SMI-ICE Chile

Magín Torres

Program Chair

Metallurgy and Engineering Manager, Minera Altair, Chile

Bern Klein

Co-organizer

Professor, The Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Fabiola Bustamante

Coordinator

Gecamin, Chile

José Paredes

Corporate Relations Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

Jean Paul Bueno

Directing Member

Geology Manager, Cerro Lindo Mining Unit, Nexa Resources, Peru

Christian Dávila

Directing Member

Plants Manager, San Rafael Mining Unit, Minsur, Peru

Omar Cortés

Directing Member

Geology Manager, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

Salvador Gómez

Directing Member

Manager of Plant and New Projects, Fresnillo, México

César Jiménez

Directing Member

Plant Manager, Ministro Hales Division, Codelco, Chile

Patricia González

Directing Member

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

César Matías

Directing Member

Corporate Metallurgy Manager, Nexa Resources, Perú

Marcial Medina

Directing Member

Director of Process Plant and Projects, Hudbay, Peru

Flavio Moura

Directing Member

Process Section Manager, Barrick Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic

Claudio Muñoz

Directing Member

BOS Global Practice Lead, BHP, Australia

Miguel Pimentel

Directing Member

VP, 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

Eduardo Rosales

Directing Member

Process Plant Manager, Calibre Mining Corp., Nicaragua

Cesar Sosa

Directing Member

Manager of Mineral Processing, Freeport-McMoRan, USA

Fernando Torres

Directing Member

Chief Technical Officer, Mitsui Mineral Resources Development, Chile

Constantino Suazo

Directing Member

Head of Processing, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile

Luis Torres

Directing Member

Plants Manager, Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile

Rubén Zevallos

Directing Member

Sulfur Plant Manager, Marcobre, Peru

David Estrella

Directing Member

Concentrator Manager, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

Henry Aco

Metallurgy Supervisor, Goldfields Región Las Américas, Peru

Sergio Ahumada

Geology Superintendent, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

Gustavo Alcázar

General Manager, Moly-Cop, Chile

Marcos Alvim

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

Carlos Apaza

Head of Metallurgy, oquepala, Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Peru

Jorge Paulo Arce

Process Development and Quality Control Manager, Vale Base Metals, Brazil

María José Astudillo

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

Gonzalo Barcos

General Manager, M&G Mining Services, Chile

Regina Baumgartner

Section Leader, Applied Mineralogy and Geoscience, Technical Services, Teck Resources, Canada

Carolina Becerra

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

Daniele Beck

Senior Consultant, GeoEstima, Chile

Nelver Benavides

Concentrator Manager, Cuajone Unit, Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Peru

Gabriel Berkowitz

Technical Manager of Concentrator Plants, Empírica, Chile

Felipe Biela

Head of Discipline Processes, JRI Ingeniería, Chile

Isaac Boadi

Principal Advisor – Processing, Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper, USA

Antonio Bravo

Superintendent of Metallurgy, Compañía Minera Antapaccay, Peru

Clémence Du Breuil

Head of Geology and Modeling Department, Minerai de Fer Quebec, Canada

Jordan Capa

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

Darssy Carpio

Academic, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Peru

Julio Castro

Senior Metallurgist, Marcobre, Perú

Luis Castro

Corporate Superintendent of Metallurgy, Grupo Minero Las Cenizas, Chile

Felipe Contreras

General Manager, CleverMet, Chile

Mike Daniel

Principal and Managing Director, CMD Consulting, Australia

Claudio Delgado

Metallurgy Director, Redco Global, Chile

Leonardo Flores

Development Manager, Empírica Consultores, Chile

Juan Pablo Garcés

Metallurgy and Transition Leaching Superintendent, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Julio Giampaoli

Superintendent of Process Engineering, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

Seref Girgin

Project Director, Senior Metallurgist, Mining & Metals, BBA, Canada

Cristian González

Latam Director, IntelliSense.io, Chile

Manuel González

Process Engineer, Caspeo, France

Christopher Greet

Global Mineral Processing Specialist, Magotteaux, Australia

Luis Grunewald

General Manager, MinPro, Chile

Campbell Haines

Metallurgical Superintendent, Newmont Mining Corporation, Australia

Tom Hilder

Principal Global – Processing and Metallurgy, BHP, Australia

Adam Johnston

Chief Metallurgist, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, United Kingdom

Daniel Jordán

Deputy Manager of Metallurgy, Alxar Minería, Chile

Francisca Jorquera

Principal Operational Readiness Concentrator, BHP, Chile

Olegario Júnior

Specialist Process Engineer, Vale, Brazil

Romke Kuyvenhoven

Senior Consultant, MDE Minerals Consulting, Chile

Admar De Oliveira Lage

Consultant Specialist in Mineral Processing, Ero, Brazil

Mariana Gazire Lemos

Geometallurgy Specialist, AngloGold Ashanti, Brazil

Jessica Lemos Lima

Research Engineer Specialist in Mineral Processing, LKAB, Sweden

Paulo López

Analyst Mine to Mill & Digital Projects, Orica, Australia

Suzy Lynch-Watson

Principal Metallurgist, Orway Mineral Consultants, Australia

Sebastian Maaß

Chief Scientific Officer, SOPAT GmbH, Alemania

Percy Madrid

Senior Process Consultant, JKTech, Australia

Verónica Mardones

Geologist, Unit of Geometalurgy, División El Teniente, Codelco, Chile

Belinda McFadzean

Associate Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Ernesto Menacho

Senior Geologist Short Term, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Mónica Mendes

Geologist Geometallurgist, Vale, Brazil

Eduardo Morin

Metallurgy Manager Latin America, Glencore Technology, Chile

Mauricio Naváez

Lead Process Engineering, Quebrada Blanca, Teck Resources, Chile

Flor Nuñez

Head of Geometallurgy, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

Aghil Ojaghi

Senior Process Engineer, DRA Americas, Canada

Jose Pariona

Superintendent Plant Operations, Minera Las Bambas, Peru

Christian Pasten

Commercial Manager Latam, Glencore Technology, Chile

Yordi Peña

Metallurgical Lead for Latam and Asia Pacific, Barrick Gold Corporation, Chile

Carolina Pérez

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

José Quinteros

Senior Process Engineer, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

Giseli Ramos

Geologist, Geometallurgy, Vale Base Metals, Brazil

Juan Luis Reyes

Deputy Director of Metallurgy, IMMSA, Grupo Mexico

Bernardo Rios

Process Engineer, Paterson & Cooke, USA

Marcelo Rocha

Manager Minerals Characterisation - Innovation Product Development en TAD Powered, BHP, Chile

Rodrigo Ruiz

Manager R&D Project, BHP Minerals Americas, Chile

Andreia Ruy

Senior Technical Sales Specialist, Seequent, Chile

Juha Saari

Director, Minerals Processing, Metso, Finland

Paulina Salgado

Production Geologist, Cía. Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Javiera Salvo

Process Specialist, Ausenco, Chile

Marcela Schmidt

Principal Global Metallurgy & Processing, BHP, Chile

Paul Shelley

Vice President Innovation, Moly-Cop, Australia

Daniel Silva

Process Control Superintendent, Quebrada Blanca,Teck Resources, Chile

Francisco Soto

General Manager, Empírica, Chile

Sergio Spichiger

Principal Consultant, Geometallurgica Consultores, Chile

Anelda van Staden

Senior Process Mineralogist, Teck Resources, Canada

Erico Tabosa

Minerals Process Specialist, Hatch, Australia

Sebastián Tello

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

Ronald Tessen

Head of Metallurgy, La Cima, Cía. Minera Gold Fields, Peru

Edson Tobar

Principal Process Concentrator, BHP, Chile

Valentina Toledo

Production Geologist, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Diego Torres

Process and Metallurgy Superintendent, Gold Fields, Peru

Erika Torres

Regional Manager of Mineral Processing, Glencore, Peru

Jacqueline Unda

Metallurgy Manager, Asmin, Chile

Felipe Valdés

Process Manager, Eriez, Chile

Pamela Valenzuela

Senior Geometallurgist, Caserones, Lundin Mining, Chile

Max Valenzuela

Technical Manager, AMINPRO, Chile

Pablo Valiente

Geologist Geometallurgist, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Roberto Valle

Director Process Improvement – Global Consulting & Technology, Hatch, Peru

Adel Vatandoost

Principal Geometallurgist, Fortescue Metals Group, Australia

Kristian Waters

Associate Professor, McGill University, Canada

Patricia Watson

Geometallurgist, Gold Fields, Chile

Caroline Woywadt

Managing Director, Gebr. Pfeiffer Mining, Germany

Alejandro Yáñez

Senior Manager – Concorde Technology, Metso Corporation, Finland

Oscar Alruiz

Principal Consultant, Alruiz Consultoria, Chile

Georgios Anastassakis

Director of Mineral Processing Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Rodrigo Araya

Flotation Studies Manager, AtkinsRéalis, Canada

Sebastián Ávalos

CTO and Principal Consultant, Advanced Predictive Modeling Technology, Canada

Shenxu Bao

Dean of School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China

Luis Bernal

Senior Process Consultant, Process Minerals Consulting, Chile

Pablo Brito-Parada

Associate Professor, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, England

Moisés Bustamante

Professor, Institute of Minerals Research, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Lourdes Cacya

Geologist, Toquepala Unit, Southern Peru Copper, Peru

Claudia Castillo

Senior Process Engineer, Independent Consultant, Metcelerate, Chile

Jannie Van Deventer

Honorary Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia

Alex Doll

Mineral Comminution Consultant, Alex G. Doll Consulting, Canada

Pablo Durán

Senior Engineering Director, VP, Codelco, Chile

Dámaris Fernández

Academic & Research Fellow on Critical Raw Materials for Energy and Digitalisation, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Bianca Foggiatto

Head of Comminution Processing Integration, Weir Minerals, 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 Mining, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Miguel Giuliano

Senior Production Geologist, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

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

Francisca Justel

Academic Department of Mining Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Pia Lois-Morales

Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

Adriana Luna

Environmental Impact Report Evaluator, Ministerio de Minería de San Juan, Argentina

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

Geologist, Center for Advanced Mineralogy, SGS Minerals, Chile

Catalina Martínez

Geologist Mineralogy Geomet, Empírica Consultores, Chile

Douglas Mazzinghy

Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Olivia Mejías

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

Evelyn Melo

Co-Director Magister Geometallurgy, Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Marisa Monte

Researcher Engineer, Mineral Technology Center, Cetem, Brazil

Nelson Mora

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

Jaime Morales

Mining Center Director, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Felipe Navarro

Researcher Alges Laboratory, AMTC, Universidad de Chile

Yasna Ogalde

Senior Process Engineer, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, 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

Javier Pizarro

Senior Metallurgist, Mineralurgia, Chile

Aldo Quiero

Director of the Mining Civil Engineering Degree, Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile

Nathalie Risso

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mining and Geological Engineering, The University of Arizona, USA

Jean Rojas

Superintendent of Processes, Cía. Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Verónica Rueda

Process Consultant, Chile

Enrique Sáez

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland, Australia

Felipe Sepúlveda

Academic, Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Saeed Soltani-Mohammadi

Academic, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kashan, Iran

Victor Tenorio

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

Mauricio Torem

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

Djoan Kate Tungpalan

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

Carina Ulsen

Professor, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lina Uribe

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

Paulina Vallejos

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

Christiam Vasquez

Metallurgist, Cía. Minera Antamina, Peru

Ray Van Wagoner

Principal Engineer - Process, Rio Tinto Copper Technical, USA

Ersin Yener Yazıcı

Professor, Dept. of Mining Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

Mauricio Bergerman

Professor Department of Mining Engineering and Petroleum, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fernando Betancourt

Director Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Nathan Fox

Senior Research Fellow, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Australia

Roberto Gómez

Academic, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Nathalie Jamett

Researcher, SMI-ICE Chile

Hamid Maanouchehri

Adjunct Professor, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Luis Magne

Academic, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Miguel Maldonado

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

Ignacio Ramos

Academic, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Executive Committe

Directing Members

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