PerÚ Rocks
Program
November 25th
Delegate Registration
Welcome. Iain Cassidy, Managing Director, Chile Explore Group.
Welcome Remarks by Henry Luna Cordova, Vice Minister of Mines, Ministry of Energy and Mines.
COPPER
SUPLY
Dr. William X. Chávez, Professor. “Copper. The New green. The Old green.”
Joe Mazumdar, Editor, Exploration Insights. “The Role of Perú in the supply of Copper.”
Question round
Coffee Break
THE GEOLOGICAL ENDOWMENT
Dr. Alan Wilson, Director and Chief Geologist, GeoAqua Consultants. “Geological characteristics and exploration criteria for high-K calc-alkalic and alkalic porphyries.”
José Perelló, Consultant. “Porphyry Copper Recurrence.”
Amelia Ormeño, Project Geologist, Seequent. “Unlocking Geological Potential: Enhancing Models with Structural Insights and Implicit Techniques.”
Dr. Victor Carlotto, Consultant. “New knowledge of Andean evolution and an update of the metallogenesis of Perú.”
Question round
Break
PROJECTS
COPPER I
Tula Castañeda, Project Manager, Hannan Metals Perú. “Discovery of large multi-stage Miocene porphyry, skarn and epithermal mineralization in the Peruvian back arc.”
David Portocarrero, Senior Geologist, Regulus Resources. “Geology of the Antakori Cu-Au-Ag project, northern Peru – advances in the understanding of the deposit.”
Manuel Montoya, Chief Technical Officer, Element 29. “Elida. Additional Exploration Strategies.”
Hector Posso, Lider and Founder, Xploraction. “Promesa y Frontera Projects: The Opportunity of New Concepts.”
Rothny Luis Valeriano Monrroy, Field Geologist, Marcobre.“Paragenetic sequence and structural evolution of the Justa mine deposit.”
Question round
Coffee Break
COPPER II
Erick Chavez, Partner, Minera Mohicano. “Potential for Cu porphyry mineralization in the IOCG Cretaceous belt, Acari – Arequipa.”
Chico Azevedo, Executive VP Business Development, Tourmalina Metals. “The Cu-Ag-Au High Sulphidation Mineralization and the Cu-Porphyry Potential in the Colquemayo Project, Moquegua, Southern Peru.”
Dr. Stuart Smith, VP Explorations, Calisto Cobre Resources Corp. “Antilla Project: multi layered porphyry targeting in siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.”
Ian Gendall, CEO and President, DLP Resources. “The Aurora Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Project – The Sleeping Beauty.”
Question round
November 26th
COPPER III
Alfonso Escobedo, Mine Geologist II, Las Bambas. “Differentiation of Endoskarns and Exoskarns at Chalcobamba, Las Bambas district.”
Steven Hughes, VP Explorations, C3 Metals. “Skarn-Porphyry-Epithermal Copper-Gold Mineralization along the Jasperoide and Khaleesi Belts, Southern Peru.”
Raymond Rivera, Principal Geologist, First Quantum Minerals Ltd.. “Update on the Geology and Potential of Haquira (Porphyry Cu – Mo).”
Samuel Canchaya, General Manager, Sampling OK SAC. “Geometallurgical characterization of Total Rock in the modeling of exploration projects.”
Luis Vela, VP Explorations, Panoro Minerals. “Cotabambas Project: Discovering a Giant of Cu-Au.”
Question round
Coffee Break
GOLD
Dr. Leandro Echevarria, VP Explorations, Highland Silver. “Multiepisodic ore deposit emplacement in the San Luis District, Ancash: High grade Au-Ag epithermal and Cu-Mo porphyry systems.”
Jose Aquino, Geology Director, Buenaventura. “Geological update of the San Gabriel project, Moquegua – Peru.”
Alvaro Fernandez-Baca, VP Explorations, Palamina Corp. “The Usicayos Project: Advancing the Puno Orogenic Gold Belt.”
Pb-Zn
Dr. Graham Carman, President & CEO, Tinka Resources. “Ayawilka: New Geological Interpretations define a world-class polymetallic deposit in Central Perú.”
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Advances and Challenges in Mining Exploration and Formalization Legislation:
Permitting: Moderated by Fiorella Rivera a distinguished panel of industry experts will analyze aspects of the permitting process where the system has improved while examining proposals to further expedite and facilitate exploration in the country
• María Colque, Social Management, Cúspide Copper
• Juan Cucho, Senior Environmental Engineer, Nexa Resources.
• TBC
Carlos Salas Ojeda, Legal Specialist of the General Directorate of Mining Formalization. “Draft Law on Small Mining and Artisanal Mining”.
Enrique Garay MSc. PGeo, Economic Geologist Consultant. “Peruvian Commision of Mineral Reserves and Resources – On course to CRIRSCO.”
Diego Macera, Director, Central Reserve Bank of Peru – BCRP. “Economic Perspectives of Peru: Medium Term Projections towards the end of 2026”.
Question round
Coffee Break
AI & HIPERESPECTRAL
Javier Muñoz, CEO & Cofundador, Mineral Forecast. “AI in Exploration Targeting.”
Matthew Pearson, Chief Exploration Officer, Fleet Space Technologies. “Unifying the End-to-End Exploration Journey to Accelerate Discovery.”
Dr. Cari Deyell, Principal Spectral Geologist, VERACIO. “Hyperspectral Analysis – An essential core-logging tool.”
Johnny Vargas, Principal Hysperspectral Geologist, Newmont. “Characterization and Spectral Zoning of the Transition from Epithermal Systems to Porphyry in the Peruvian Andes.”
Dr. McLean Trott, Director (Ore-body Knowledge), ALS-Goldspot. “Hyperspectral data and machine learning for porphyry copper deposit characterization in the Andes.”
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