Latin Rocks 2024

Program

October 9th

Chile

Porphyry |  09:00 – 11:00 

Dr. Federico Cernuschi, Consultant, Eclectic Rock. “Hydrothermal Alteration, Veining and the Formation of Copper and Molybdenum Ores in Porphyry Deposits: Reconciling hand-lens Observations with Microanalysis.”

Dr. Alan Wilson, Director and Chief Geologist, GeoAqua Consultants. “Geological characteristics and exploration criteria for high-K calc-alkalic and alkalic porphyries.”

Dr. Jorge Skarmeta, Consultant. “Looking at the internal structures of Chuquicamata and Río Blanco giant Cu-Mo porphyry deposits.”

Question and answer round

11:00 - 11:40 | Coffee Break SPONSORED BY Chrysos PhotonAssay™

Porphyry |  11:40 – 13:10 

José (Pepe) Perelló, Consultant, Independent.“Porphyry Copper Recurrence.”

Ben Pullinger, CEO, ATEX Resources. ”Valeriano, Quality over Quantity.”

Andrea Aravena, Geology Manager – Chile, Hot Chili. “Costa Fuego Advances to Pre-Feasibility .”

Jeremy Barrett, General Manager, Southernrock Geophysics. “Strengths and limitations of IP and MT in the exploration of porphyry copper systems.”

Question and answer round

13:10 - 14:40 | Lunch

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EXPLORATION

14:40 – 16:10 

Simon Bolster, Managing Director, DetectORE. “DetectORE (TM) low level gold by pXRF – so much more than a just a gold result anywhere.”

David Giles, Program 3 Leader, MinEx CRC. “How could MinEx CRC drilling and sensing technologies change the way that you do business?.”

Dr. Cari Deyell, Principal Spectral Geologist, VERACIO. “Integrated core scanning technologies – Applications throughout the mining lifecycle.”

Dr. Anthony Reid, Head of Geology, Fleet Space Technologies. “Scale reduction for exploration targeting using ambient noise tomography and AI: Learnings from Pakistan and Australian porphyry deposits.”

Question and answer round

16:10 - 16:30 | Coffee Break SPONSORED BY Chrysos PhotonAssay™

16:30 – 16:50

Julia Oliveira, Senior Technical Leader Latin America, Seequent. “Geotechnical and Exploration Methodologies: A Unified Software Workflow.”

IOCG |  16:50 – 18:50 

Dr. Irene del Real, Assistant Professor, Universidad Austral de Chile. “Geological controls on the formation of Andean IOCG deposits.”

Giancarlo Daroch, Exploration Director – Latin America, Capstone Copper. “Andean IOCG : A comparison across Mantoverde-Santo Domingo District.”

Hugo Caranza, Senior Geologist, Golden Arrow Resources. “San Pietro Project: Reinterpretation and discovery in the heart of an IOCG district.”

Claudio Martinez, Chief Geologist of the Margarita Project, Torq Resources. ”Margarita Project, a new IOCG challenge in Atacama.”

Dr. Paul Gow, CEO, Tribeca Resources. “La Higuera IOCG: New discoveries in an historic copper-gold district.”

Question and answer roun

SOUR TIME

October 10th

Chile

GOLD |  09:00 – 10:30 

Dr. Jorge Clavero, Partner, Amawta Geoconsultores. “Volcano tectonic setting of the Salares Norte Au–Ag epithermal belt, central Andes of northern Chile.”

Tim Laneyrie, CEO, Andean Silver. ”The Silver-Gold Cerro Bayo Project.”

Javier Muñoz, CEO & CO-Founder, Mineral Forecast. ”AI in targeting – Context is Key.”

Question and answer round

10:30 - 11:10 | Coffee Break SPONSORED BY Chrysos PhotonAssay™

ARGENTINA

Salta |  11:10 – 11:35

Steve Andersson, Exploration Manager Latin America, FQM. “Vendaval, A New Cu-Au Porphyry Discovery in Salta, Argentina.”

Question and answer round

San Juan | 11:35 –  13:25

Luis Arteaga, VP Exploration, Sable Resources. “New porphyries in San Juan, bridging the gap between two metallogenic belts.”

Humberto Brockway,  Consultant to NGEX. “Lunahuasi: Discovery of a New High Grade Cu-Au-Ag Deposit in the Vicuña District, Argentina.”

Darren King, Exploration Director, McEwen Copper. “Los Azules – An Update on One of the Largest Undeveloped Copper Projects in the World..”

Joseph van den Elsen, President & CEO, Pampa Metals. “Advancing the Piuquenes Copper-Gold Porphyry Project in San Juan, Argentina.”

Dr. Kevin B. Heather, Chief Geological Officer, Aldebaran Resources. “The Altar Project: Pivoting the Giant from Exploration to Development.”

The Risk | 13:25 –  13:50

Juan Cruz Diaz, Managing Director, Cefeidas Group. “Argentina’s Outlook: Political and Business Environment.”

Question and answer round

13:50 - 15:20 | Lunch

brazil

15:20- 17:40 

Dr. Roberto Xavier, Executive Director, ADIMB. “Mineral provinces in Precambrian cratons and orogenic belts in Brazil.”

Roque Coelho, Exploration Director, Fides Mining. “JACA PORPHYRY Cu-Mo ALTA FLORESTA – BRAZIL. An Example of an Economic Paleoproterozoic Porphyry Copper Deposit in a Highly Prospective Province..”

Iris Godoy, Senior Geologist, Lundin Mining. “Saúva Discovery & the Chapada Proterozoic Porphyry Systems.”

Edgar Hole, Project Geologist, Serabi Gold. “Discovery of new porphyry-epithermal systems in the Tapajós province, Central Brazil.”

Dr. Mike Richard, Chief Geological Officer, ERO Copper. “Ero Copper: Growth through Discovery and Execution.”

Simon Meldrum, Consultant, Resouro Strategic Metals. “The genesis of Tiros.”

Question and answer round

17:40 - 18:00 | Coffee Break SPONSORED BY Chrysos PhotonAssay™

18:00 – 19:00 

Fireside Chat: with Dr. Richard Sillitoe, interviewed by José Perelló.

beer night

19:00 – 22:00 

Sponsored by AKD INTERNATIONAL, in the Restaurant Muu Steak

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