Hotel Swissôtel , December 11-13

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Gold Sponsors Organizers Official Media TV Gecamin Contacts 1 Centex - Bruker A Gecamin G Programa Rumbo Minero B Universidad Nacional Executive DIrector TECHNICAL Coordinator Silver Sponsors Media Partners Mayor de San Marcos Carlos Barahona Adam Johnston 2 Reflex – Imdex H El Inversor C Pontificia Universidad 3 Sampling OK I Horizonte Minero +56 2 2652 1500 +56 2 2652 1500 Católica del Perú 4 Geovariances J Revista Tecnología Minera Hotel Logistics Coordinator D Instituto GEA 5 Transmin Metallurgical K MinerAndina Alessandra Castillo Amada Plaza Institutional Partners Consultants L ProActivo +56 2 2652 1500 +56 2 2652 1500 E APCCI 6 Carl Zeiss Group M Minería y Energía 7 Tescan 2 3 Ballroom Ballroom Sunday, December 11 A & B Monday, December 12 A & B

16:00 Registration Foyer 18:00 Authors and Session Chair Coordination Meeting Ballroom A Plenary Session 1 Inauguration Ceremony Chair: Regina Baumgartner, Senior Geoscientist, Gold Fields La Cima, 19:00 Words of Welcome Peru; Adjunct Lecturer, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Carlos Barahona, Executive Director Geomet 2016. General Manager, Gecamin, Ursula Kelm, Co-Organizer Geomet 2016. Director, Instituto de 08:00 SPA Day 2 Program Update Geología Económica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Chile Adam Johnston, Technical Coordinator Geomet 2016. Chief Augusto Chung, Co-Organizer Geomet 2016. Academic, Metallurgist, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru; Vice President of Projects, Rio Alto Mining, Peru 08:05 ENG Top ten geomet challenges for RTCD in 2017 Christopher Wright, Principal Advisor Geometallurgy, Rio Tinto Edmundo Alfaro, Co-organizer Geomet 2016. Academic, Copper and Diamonds, USA Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; and Metallurgy Technical Manager in SGS, Peru 08:35 SPA Retos y desafíos en el control geometalurgico del talco Adam Johnston, Technical Coordinator Geomet 2016. Chief Hilario Gorvenia, Metallurgical Processes Superintendent, Metallurgist, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru Minera Chinalco, Peru Opening Address 09:05 SPA Predictive models of grindability and concentrate Operational versus early to advanced stage exploration quality: tools for maximizing data availability projects geometallurgy Leonardo Flores, Geological Support, Chile; Sergio Pichott and Regina Baumgartner, Chair Geomet 2016. Senior Geoscientist, Mauricio Romero, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile Gold Fields La Cima, Peru; Adjunct Lecturer, Pontificia SPA Geometalurgia, proyecto Óxidos Encuentro Universidad Católica del Perú 09:35 Sandra González, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile; Rodrigo Riquelme, GeoInnova Consultores, Chile; and Liey Si Wong, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

20:00 Welcome Reception 10:05 Coffee Break and Poster Session Foyer Foyer Courtesy of Moly-Cop Courtesy of GeoInnova 4 21:30 10:50 5 Ballroom Ballroom Monday, December 12 A B

Session 1 Session 2 Advanced mineralogy Data science in geometallurgy Chair: María Soledad Bembow, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile Chair: María del Carmen Ojeda, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí,

10:50 SPA Sulfide detection by hyperspectral analysis in the 10:50 SPA Applying data science techniques to metallurgical thermal infrared range characterization Javier Merrill, Nicolás Urrutia, CSIRO, Chile; Paula Martínez and Daniel Baeza, Felipe Navarro, ALGES, AMTC-Universidad de Leandro Voisin, AMTC-Universidad de Chile Chile; and Brian Townley, Universidad de Chile 11:10 SPA Development of a proxy to identify molybdenum 11:10 SPA Recovery domaining using heterotopic cosimulation mineralization based on hyperspectral characterization combined with deterministic recovery model Matías Painepán, Leandro Voisin, AMTC-Universidad de Chile; Rodrigo Riquelme, Alan Rojas, GeoInnova Consultants, Chile; Angus McFarlane, CSIRO, Australia; Víctor Montenegro, CSIRO, and Gerardo García, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile Chile; and Gerardo García, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile 11:30 ENG Automated mineralogy using the new AMICs system 11:30 SPA Thresholds selection for geometallurgical domaining Paul Miranda, Eagle Engineering, USA Alejandro Cáceres, GeoInnova Consultores, Universidad de Chile; and Yerko Martínez, GeoInnova Consultores, Chile 11:50 ENG Identification of alteration minerals from the Candelabro 11:50 SPA Data classification using geostatistical hierarchical project with hyperspectral core imaging clustering for robust and dynamic domaining Maria Pasten, Andrew Menzies, Universidad Católica del Norte, Christianne Mariz and Laurent Wagner, Geovariances, France Chile; Brigette Martini, Corescan, Chile; Peta Hughes, SGS Minerals, Chile; Brian Bennett, SGS, Australia; and James Dent, Rio Tinto, Chile 12:10 ENG Advanced automated mineralogy by μ-XRF: 12:10 SPA Optimization of production scheduling under geometallurgical applications geometallurgical uncertainty in an underground mining Andrew Menzies, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; Sam operation Scheller, Roald Tagle, Max Patschke, Bruker Nano GmbH, Exequiel Sepúlveda, University of Adelaide, Australia and Germany; and Gertruida Gloy, Bruker, Australia Universidad de Talca, Chile; Peter Dowd and Chaoshui Xu, University of Adelaide, Australia

12:30 Lunch 12:30 Lunch Grand Ballroom Grand Ballroom Courtesy of Laboratorio Plenge Courtesy of Laboratorio Plenge 6 14:00 14:00 7 Ballroom Ballroom Monday, December 12 A B

Session 3 Session 4 Applied mineralogy Industrial practice Chair: Irene Aracena, JRI Ingeniería, Chile Chair: Romke Kuyvenhoven, Empírica Consultores, Chile

14:00 ENG The strengths and limitations of automated SEMs in 14:00 SPA Geometallurgical development at Zafranal geometallurgy, what can be achieved and what not to expect George Mogollon and Adam Johnston, Trasmin Metallurgical Mahdi Ghobadi, Activation Laboratories, Canada Consultants, Peru; and Andrew Hoyle, Ausenco, Peru

14:20 SPA Rock type characteristics associated to copper recovery 14:20 SPA Impacto de la alimentación de roca Hornfels sobre el in leaching process tonelaje diario procesado del sistema SABC y predicción del Rubicelia García, Carmen Ojeda, Manuel Martínez, Metallurgical tonelaje de procesamiento del molino SAG Institute, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Humberto Villanueva, Francisco Rodríguez y William Carbajal, and Juan Reyes, Industrial Minera, Mexico Minera Chinalco, Perú 14:40 ENG The role of automated mineralogy in geometallurgy: two 14:40 SPA Agregando variables de recuperación de cobre y case studies consumo de ácido al modelo geológico de Quebrada Blanca Sandra Birtel, Marius Kern, Thomas Heinig and Jens Gutzmer, Enrique Chait, Teck Quebrada Blanca, Chile; and Rodrigo Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology / Schiller, Ausenco, Chile HelmholtzZentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Germany 15:00 SPA Mineralogy applied to geometallurgy: broadening the 15:00 SPA Geometallurgical modeling applied to coal deposits: a scope and new challenges case study of moatize coals María Eugenia Cisternas, Laura Hernández, Óscar Jérez, Anivaldo Chevanea, Sergio Fernando, Vale, Mozambique; and Ursula Kelm, Marcos Pincheira, Osvaldo Rabbia and Vilma Carlos Arroyo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Sanhueza, Instituto GEA, Universidad de Concepción, Chile 15:20 SPA Geometallurgy of complex low-grade silver ores: 15:20 ENG Moving from data to performance a case study Mariela Zuñiga, Derek Barratt, DJB Consultants, Canada; and Jocelyn Quinteros, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Rodrigo Maldonado, Mantos Copper, Chile Chile; Elaine Wightman, Bill Johnson, JKMRC, SMI, Australia, and Dee Bradshaw; University of Cape Town, South Africa

15:40 Coffee Break and Poster Session 15:40 Coffee Break and Poster Session Foyer Foyer Courtesy of GeoInnova Courtesy of GeoInnova 8 16:20 16:20 9 Ballroom Ballroom Monday, December 12 A B

Session 5 Session 6 Challenges in characterization Comminution testwork Chair: Ursula Kelm, Instituto GEA, Universidad de Concepción, Chile Chair: Gustavo Escobar, Cía. Minera Gold Fields, Peru

16:20 SPA Evaluation of the hyperspectral analytical technique: 16:20 SPA Revisión técnica del sag grindability index (SGI y application to the epithermal deposit at El Guanaco, mini-SGI) Antofagasta region, Chile Renato de la Cruz, Peter Amelunxen, Patricio Berrios y Luis Karen Gallardo, Andrew Menzies, Universidad Católica del Panduro, Aminpro, Perú Norte, Chile; Brigette Martini, Corescan, Chile; Peta Hughes, SGS Minerals, Chile; Cari Deyell-Wurst, SGS, Canada; and Jorge Osorio, Guanaco Compañía Minera, Chile 16:40 ENG Fast analysis of clay or amorphous phases towards one 16:40 SPA Developments on process modeling for short-term wt-% by x-ray powder diffraction planning Karsten Knorr, Bruker AXS, Germany Constantino Suazo, Caserones, SCM Minera Lumina Copper, Chile 17:00 SPA Protocolo de evaluación de minerales de arcillas en 17:00 ENG An integrated geometallurgy method to predict procesos de flotación liberation potential Samia Pérez, Javiera Gerding, Centro de Estudios Mineralógicos, Anh Nguyen, Emmy Manlapig, JKMRC, SMI, Australia; and Khoi GeoAtacama Consultores, Chile; y Andrew Menzies, Universidad Nguyen, KN Consulting, Australia Católica del Norte, Chile 17:20 SPA Análisis geometalúrgico: Las Bambas 17:20 SPA Una nueva prueba de bajo costo para complementar la Dante García, Germán Ocaña y Ricardo Ramos, Minera Las prueba bond estándar para la caracterización geometalúrgica Bambas, Perú Fernando Torres, Peter Amelunxen, Luis Panduro y Patricio Berrios, Aminpro, Perú 17:40 SPA Técnicas complementarias para la identificación de 17:40 SPA Optimización de variables de operación en molinos SAG arcillas, importancia en el beneficio mineral haciendo uso de simulaciones DEM Eduardo Campos, María Soledad Bembow, Camila Riera y César Poma y Levi Guzman, Moly-Cop, Perú Rodrigo Riquelme, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

18:00 Networking Cocktail 18:00 Networking Cocktail Foyer Foyer

10 19:30 19:30 11 Ballroom Program Updates Tuesday, December 13 A & B programa.gecamin.com

Plenary Session 2 Chair: Marcela Oyarzún, Technical Director of Processes and Geometallurgy, Codelco, Chile

08:20 SPA Day 3 Program Update Adam Johnston, Technical Coordinator Geomet 2016. Chief Metallurgist, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru 08:30 SPA Influencia de la caracterización del mineral en las recuperaciones y calidad de los concentrados de cobre y molibdeno de la planta concentradora Toquepala René Llerena Medina, Head of Metallurgy, Toquepala, Southern Gecamin Publications Peru Copper Corporation, Peru —Download Proceedings at— 09:00 SPA Geometallurgy in action gecaminpublications.com Nicolás Cruz, Principal Geometallurgy, Anglo American, Chile 09:30 SPA Impacting in comminution process through the blasting Jair Alarcón, Process Plant Specialist Lead LATAM, Orica, Chile

10:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session Foyer Courtesy of GeoInnova 10:50 13 Ballroom Ballroom Tuesday, December 13 A B

Session 7 Session 8 Geometallurgical model architecture Applied geometallurgy Chair: Samuel Canchaya, Sampling OK, Peru Chair: Dante Garcia, Minera Las Bambas, Peru

10:50 SPA Geometallurgical models, their Interaction with plant 10:50 ENG Forecasting and planning by geometallurgical models and the importance of final reconciliation characterization of a copper ore body Francisco Soto, Javier Pizarro, Romke Kuyvenhoven, Empírica David Bulled and Cesar Sosa, SGS, Canada Consultores, Chile; and Orlando Rojas, GeoEstima, Chile 11:10 SPA Reconciliation principles for geometallurgical purposes 11:10 SPA Aplicación modelos quimiométricos en la caracterización Hugo Ríos, Regina Baumgartner and Paul Gómez, Gold Fields geometalúrgica en Antucoya La Cima, Peru Pablo Valiente y Xiomara Rubio, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile 11:30 SPA Adaptive processing requires geostatistical simulation 11:30 ENG Predicting concentrate quality using cluster analysis in Raimon Tolosana-Delgado, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden- an Australian magnetite mine Rossendorf, Germany; Ute Mueller, Edith Cowan University, Annick Manfrino, Sigma Blue, Australia Australia; Gerald van den Boogaart and Jens Gutzmer, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany; Clint Ward, Cliffs NR, Australia 11:50 SPA A case study of geometallurgical modeling of metal 11:50 SPA Influence of the Bonanza vein mineralogy in the recovery with unequal sampling hydrometallurgical leaching process of Au and Ag, El Peñón Mauricio Garrido, Felipe Navarro, AMTC-Universidad de Mine, Chile Chile; Exequiel Sepúlveda, University of Adelaide, Australia; Javier Órdenes, El Peñon, Yamana Gold, Chile Universidad de Talca, Chile; and Brian Townley, Universidad de Chile 12:10 SPA Geometallurgy in narrow vein deposits 12:10 SPA Impact of sampling quality in mineral resource Adam Johnston, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru; and evaluation Simon Mortimer, Atticus Geoscience, Peru Alejandro Cáceres, GeoInnova Consultores and Universidad de Chile; Rafael Cirión and Pablo Carrasco, GeoInnova Consultores, Chile

12:30 Lunch 12:30 Lunch Grand Ballroom Grand Ballroom Courtesy of Orica Courtesy of Orica 14 14:00 14:00 15 Ballroom Ballroom Tuesday, December 13 A B

Session 9 Session 10 Rapid characterization Flowsheet considerations Chair: Juan Oliva, Cerro Vanguardia, Anglo Gold Ashanti, Argentina Chair: Jorge Ventosilla, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru

14:00 SPA Identification and quantification of trace REE-minerals 14:00 SPA Modelamiento de velocidad de sedimentación using automated mineralogy Gerardo García y Xiomara Rubio, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile Ernesto Álvarez, Andrew Menzies, Marina Vargas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; Mauricio Belmar, SGS Minerals, Chile; Alex Belmar and Martin Marquardt, Biolantánidos Minería, Chile 14:20 SPA Espectrometría FTNIR semi-cuantitativa, herramienta 14:20 SPA Geometallurgy of copper tailings applied to optimization principal para implementar la data geometalúrgica of water recovery Samuel Canchaya, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; Pontificia Pamela Garrido, Irene Aracena, María Teresa Zandarín and Juan Universidad Católica del Perú; Sampling OK, Perú Rayo, Research Center, JRI Ingeniería, Chile 14:40 ENG New tools for geometallurgical modeling and process 14:40 SPA Influence of geometallurgical properties on thickened monitoring: XRD in combination with PLSR tailings consolidation Uwe König and Nicholas Norberg, PANalytical, Netherlands María Teresa Zandarín, Irene Aracena, Pamela Garrido and Juan Rayo, Research Center, JRI Ingeniería, Chile 15:00 ENG The Management of clay in copper projects 15:00 ENG Eliminating slow ramp-up the importance of Christopher Wright, Principal Advisor Geometallurgy, Rio Tinto geometallurgy and interaction on flow sheet design Copper and Diamonds, USA Dave Meadows, Bechtel, USA; and Wolfgang Baum, Ore and Plant Mineralogy, USA 15:20 ENG Inline analyses of geology and process parameters for informed geometallurgical decision making Benjamin Tordoff, Eddy Hill and Shaun Graham, Zeiss Natural 15:20 SPA Review of non-additivity and density sampling impact Resources Laboratory, Zeiss Microscopy, UK for linear estimate of SPI Orlando Rojas, GeoEstima, Chile; and Javier Pizarro, Empírica Consultores, Chile

15:40 Coffee Break and Poster Session 15:40 Coffee Break and Poster Session Foyer Foyer Courtesy of GeoInnova Courtesy of GeoInnova 16 16:20 16:20 17 Ballroom Tuesday, December 13 A & B Upcoming Conferences

Panel Discussion 16:20 Tips and tricks for bridging the gaps Chair: Adam Johnston, Chief Metallurgist, Transmin 2nd International Seminar on Operational 5th International Seminar on Geology for Metallurgical Consultants, Peru Excellence in Mining the Mining Industry Invited Panelists March 29 – 31, 2017 / , Chile 5th International Seminar on Mine Planning Regina Baumgartner, Senior Geoscientist, Gold Fields La Cima, gecamin.com/minexcellence August 23 – 25, 2017 / Santiago, Chile Peru; Adjunct Lecturer, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú gecamin.com/geomin.mineplanning Nicolás Cruz, Principal Geometallurgy, Anglo American, Chile Romke Kuyvenhoven, Metallurgical Consultant, Empírica Consultores, Chile Marcela Oyarzún, Technical Director of Processes and First International Congress on Geometallurgy, Codelco, Chile Water in Industrial Processes 14th International Congress on Mining Maintenance June 7 – 9, 2017/ Santiago, Chile Closing Ceremony September 6 – 8, 2017 / Santiago, Chile gecamin.com/waterinindustry 17:50 Seminar Balance and Final Comments gecamin.com/mapla.mantemin Carlos Barahona, Executive Director Geomet 2016. General Manager, Gecamin, Chile Ursula Kelm, Co-Organizer Geomet 2016. Director, Instituto de 9th International Seminar on Geología Económica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Chile 13th International Mineral Processing Process Hydrometallurgy Edmundo Alfaro, Co-organizer Geomet 2016. Academic, Conference Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; and Metallurgy International Conference on 4th International Seminar on Metal Solvent Extraction Technical Manager in SGS, Peru Geometallurgy Adam Johnston, Technical Coordinator Geomet 2016. Chief June 21 – 23, 2017 / Santiago, Chile October 4 – 6, 2017 / Santiago, Chile Metallurgist, Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru gecamin.com/hydroprocess.icmse Regina Baumgartner, Chair Geomet 2016. Senior Geoscientist, gecamin.com/procemin.geomet Gold Fields La Cima, Peru; Adjunct Lecturer, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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