Francisco has 29 years of experience in mining and geology, with specialization in geostatistics and evaluation of Mineral Resources. Francisco has solid technical backgrounds in geology, geostatistics, database administration, mine and plant geology reconciliation processes and mineral resource declarations.

Representative projects:

Throughout his professional development, Francisco has worked in porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits and BMS Cu-Zn deposits for prefeasibility and feasibility studies, in underground and open pit operations. In addition, he has been part of Confidential Due Diligence studies for various Au and Cu projects and deposits in Chile, Peru and Brazil.

Work experience:

Francisco worked for Codelco Chile in the Salvador Division for 20 years. He started out as a mine geologist and later as a project and resource geologist. He has been a Senior Consultant at GeoEstima since 2016.

Ratings and software:

Francisco is a geologist from the University of Chile and with a master's degree in geostatistics (CFSG, 2003-2004)) from the Ecole des Mines in Paris, France and a Postgraduate in Fundamentals for the Certification and Valuation of Mining Assets from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaíso – Chile) and Queen's University School of Engineering (Kington Ontario, Canada) Department of Mining Engineering (2006). In addition Francisco highlights the use of Software at the Advanced Level of Datamine ™, Isatis Neo ™ and at the Intermediate Level of Leapfrog Geo ™.