Javier is a geologist and geostatistician with 12 years of experience in mineral resource evaluation, geometallurgy and exploration in copper deposits.

During his professional career, Javier has worked on estimates with multivariable methods (co-kriging, principal components), grade estimation and mineralogical data, geostatistical simulations, database reviews and implicit geological modelling.

Representative projects:

Throughout his professional career, Javier has worked in porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits, precious metals (Au-Ag) deposits, Skarn deposits, for pre-feasibility studies, feasibility and underground and open pit operations.

Work experience:

Javier has worked for three years in various open-cut copper operations in Chile belonging to AMSA (Minera Centinela), Mantos Copper (Mantle Verde) and BHP Billiton (Spence) and exploration (Cuprum Resources Limited). He has been a consultant at GeoEstima since 2015.

Ratings and software:

Javier is a geologist from the Universidad Católica del Norte and has a diploma in Geostatistical Evaluation of Deposits, Generation XII from the University of Chile (2016), Diploma in Geostatistics Applied to the Estimation and Evaluation of Mining Deposits from the Mining Chamber of Peru in 2015- 2016 and has complemented his knowledge through the Strat 3D course, the Seminar "Resource Estimation and Reservoir Evaluation", taught by Edmundo Tulcanaza in 2014, course on Quality Assurance and Control in Geological Exploration, taught by Armando Simón (2018), Seminar on "Epithermal deposits, gold and silver in America" College of Geologists of Chile 2018. Software management at Advanced Level of LeapfrogGeo™ and Isatis Neo™ stands out, and at Intermediate Level of Vulcan™, IoGas™ and Datamine™