LOS ANDES COPPER - Key Persons
Mr. Cassi is a sociologist and has a Master's Degree in Political Communication and Public Affairs.
He has 10 years of experience in community management.
He has worked for Esval (water utility) in charge of communities, for Codelco as was Deputy Manager for Community Relations for the Ventanas smelter, and for Kinross Chile as Community Relations Specialist.
Chartered Geologist with 32 years of diverse experience having worked in Asia, Africa and South America.
Mr. Amberg is a Qualified Person under NI 43-101.
He has managed various exploration projects ranging from grass roots through to JORC compliant feasibility studies.
In 2001 he returned to Chile where he started a geological consulting firm specialising in project evaluation and NI 43-101 technical reports.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Ms. Boone has more than 25 years of experience focused on sustainable business, climate risk, carbon markets and executive leadership.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Covarrubias has been overseeing the mining interests of Turnbrook Corporation prior to the recent consolidation of ownership of the Vizcachitas project.
Mr. Covarrubias was a banker with the Chase Manhattan Bank for almost a decade, covering the mining sector in Chile. He was based in New York and Santiago and his responsibilities included project financing, structured finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions.
He is a Chemical and Industrial Engineer from The Catholic University of Chile and holds a MSc in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mr. O'Kelly is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, London.
He has worked in metalliferous mining throughout the Americas, having previously being employed by Exxon, Anaconda and Rosario Mining Co.
He also has served as an officer of JP Morgan and a partner of Elders Finance and acted in the capacity of a director of Glamis Gold, Alamos Gold, Northgate, Campbell Mines and Rayrock Resources.
Mr O'Kelly currently is an independent financial and technical consultant based in Santiago Chile.
Mr. Covarrubas is an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Hand, a moving and transportation services company.
Prior to Hand, he worked with Acfin, the largest master servicer for asset-backed securities in Chile and a leading player in the Mexican market. Prior to Acfin, he worked with Australia Trade Commission expanding and promoting Australian business interests in Chile.
Mr. Covarrubias began his career in the agri-business sector working with the Conosur winery and Chiquita brands.
He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering and a BSc in Agro Resources from the Catholic University of Chile and an MBA from the University of Melbourne
Mr. Saldias is a geologist from the Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile.
Mr. Nijjar holds a CPA CMA designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and a BComm from the University of British Columbia.
He is a Managing Director of Malaspina Consultants Inc.
Mr. Nijjar has been working with public and private companies for the past 10 years in various role.
He is also currently the CFO of Darien Business Development Corp. and Clarmin Explorations Inc.
Job Titles:
- Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability / Lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Prior to Los Andes Ignacio was responsable for community affairs at CMPC, having managed community and stakeholder affairs for a number of its pulp and forestry divisions throughout the country.
Ignacio has worked for the Government of Chile, in the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency. He was responsible for the inter-ministerial coordination of the ChileAtiende project, a multi-service network linking communities, regional governments and public services."
Job Titles:
- Senior Mining and Project Consultant / Mining Engineer from the University of Chile, With 30 Years of Experience in Operations, Planning and Projects
Experience in asset optimisation and the development of concentrate treatment technology.
Worked for Barrick Gold, as Vice President of Project Construction responsible for the construction of large capital projects worldwide. Mr. Matta also worked for Falconbridge and Xstrata as Vice President of Projects and Development where he led the expansion of the Collahuasi copper project. He was also General Manager of the Altonorte Smelter in Antofagasta, Chile where he led the operation upgrade for this custom copper smelter, one of the largest in the world.
Mr. Miquel has experience working in international investment banking since 1990.
He has been Country Head for Chile, Peru and Colombia for Societe Generale, Director for Sudameris (Intesa BCI Group), and Country Head for Venezuela and Chile for BNP Paribas.
During the last 15 years, Mr. Miquel has been working in structuring, negotiating and distributing some of the major transactions in the energy and mining sectors, for multinational and local groups and governments, in South America.
He holds a degree in Mathematics applied to SocialSciences and a degree in Economics from the Universidad de Chile
Job Titles:
- Certified Accountant
- Controller
- Regional Financial Officer for the Chilean Subsidiary of Mincom International
Mr. Loch is a Certified Accountant with over 30 years of experience with multinational companies.
Mr. Loch has worked as Regional Financial Officer for the Chilean subsidiary of Mincom International from 1997 to 2010.
From 1987 to 1997, he worked at Raychem, as Controller for Chile and Peru and prior to Raychem, he was Controller for 7 years at the Chilean subsidiary of Transammonia Inc. (New York).
Job Titles:
- CEO / BAA ( Lawyer ) University of Chile
BAA (Lawyer) University of Chile, LLM, JSD Yale University, MPP Princeton University, with 11 years of experience in the mining sector. Worked for BHP (2011-2021) as Vice President of Corporate Affairs for the Americas, VP Ligation (Global), VP Legal Brazil, and VP Legal Copper. Experienced professional in the areas of stakeholder management, risk management, crisis management, project management, and commercial and legal affairs.
Mr. Gilman is a mining engineer who has more than 30 years of experience as a deal maker in the metals and mining sector.