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2 nd International Seminaron Geometallurgy

techni cal and

social program

December 1 ˜ 3

Sheraton Hotel,Santiago, Chile

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General Information

InformationPlease approach the registration desk with any enquiries or comments.

Lost & FoundAll lost items should be reported to the Gecamin staff at theregistration desk. All found items must be taken to seminarregistration desk.

ParkingDiscounted hotel parking tickets for Geomet 2014 participants canbe obtained at the registration desk.

Simultaneous Interpretation(English and Spanish)If you plan to use the simultaneous interpretation services, pleasehave your identification card with you when requesting your headset.Headsets must be returned at the end of each day.

InternetIn addition to the computers at the foyer entrance, complimentaryWi-Fi is available in all areas of the conference.

RecommendationsFor safety reasons, please keep your personal belongings with youat all times. Gecamin is not to be held responsible for any stolenproperty. Please wear your delegate badge at all times in order tofacilitate your access to the technical and social activities.

Program update: programa.gecamin.com

Gecamin Contacts

Carlos Barahona+562 2652 1500

Julio Beniscelli+562 2652 1500

René Catalán+562 2652 1500

Alejandra Rivera+562 2652 1500

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Hotel Floor Plan

Pedro de Valdivia B

Technical Sessions

Pedro de Valdivia A

Technical Sessions

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B Nueva Minería & Energía

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Short Course / Poster Session

Clay in Andean porphyry copper deposits:Geometallurgical implications

Instructors: Ursula Kelm, Marcos Pincheiraand Oscar Jerez

Language: Spanish

07:30 -17:30

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Ore characterisation and geometallurgicalmodelling at the Productora Cu-Au-Mo

deposit, ChileAngela Escolme, David Cooke, Julie Hunt and Ron Berry,University of Tasmania; Louise Fisher, Australia;Warren Potma, Hot Chili Limited, Australia

Monday, December 1

December 1-3

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Monday, December 1

16:00 Registration

Foyer

18:00 Authors and Session Chair Coordination Meeting

Pedro de Valdivia Ballroom A

19:00 Inauguration Ceremony

Pedro de Valdivia Ballroom A & B

Words of Welcome

Carlos Barahona, Geomet 2014 Executive Director,General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Sonia Helle, Geomet 2014 Directing Member, Director,Instituto , Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Regina Baumgartner, Geomet 2014 Co-Chair,Gold Fields Exploration, Peru

Sergio Spichiger, Geomet 2014 Chair,Mine Geology Manager, Anglo American Copper, Chile

Opening AddressThe importance of geometallurgical ore characterisationfor the Mining Business

Angus McFarlane, Senior Geoscientist, , Australia

Technical and Social Program

Welcome ReceptionFoyer20:0022:00

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Online Program

programa.gecamin.com

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Pedro de Valdivia

Ballroom

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08:20 Day 2 program update

Julio Beniscelli, Geomet 2014 Technical Coordinator,Senior Mining Consultant, Chile

08:30 State of the art of mineralogy characterizationin the mining industry

Wolfgang Baum, Director, FLSmidth,

09:00 Clays in geometallurgy: Why does nobody like them?

Ursula Kelm, Professor, Instituto , Universidad de

Concepción, Chile

09:30 Geometallurgy in exploration versus operationalphase: Same objectives but with different approaches

Regina Baumgartner, Senior Geoscientist, Gold FieldsExploration, Peru

Plenary Session 1

Chair: Nicolás Cruz, Anglo American Copper, Chile ( TBC )

10:0010:50

Poster Session and Coffee BreakFoyer, Courtesy of Geoinnova

Tuesday, December 2

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Pedro de Valdivia

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Session 1

Tuesday, December 2

LunchBohío Park

12:3014:00

10:50 Process Mineralogy: A key for Geometallurgyin copper operations

Wolfgang Baum, Dave Meadows and Philip Thompson,FLSmidth Inc.

11:10 Considerations for spectral collectionand data analysis

Daniel Shiley and Brian Curtiss, Panalytical ,

11:30 Trace element content and distribution in majorsulfide phases from Chilean porphyry Cu-Mo deposits

Osvaldo Rabbia, Laura Hernández y Oscar Jerez, Instituto, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Andrés Martínez,

Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Thomas Ulrich, AarhusUniversity, Denmark; Gabriel Leiva and César Briceño,Radomiro Tomic division, Codelco, Chile

11:50 Influence of mineralization style on copper recovery inrougher flotation

Francisco Marín, Andina division, Codelco Chile andUniversidad de Concepción, Chile

12:10 Geometallurgy and Applied Mineralogy

Irene Aracena and Juan Rayo, Ingeniería, Chile

Applied Mineralogy

Chair: Juan Carlos Álvarez, Cía. Minera Zaldívar, Chile

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Pedro de Valdivia

Ballroom

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Session 2

LunchBohío Park

12:3014:00

10:50 Integrating data analysis, geostatistics and mineplanning to compute the ultimate pit

Alfredo López, Maximiliano Alarcón, Diego Mancilla andAngus McFarlane, -Chile; Xavier Emery and NelsonMorales, , Universidad de Chile

11:10 Physicochemical modeling of the behavior of differentmineralogical units on experimental milling

Pía Lois, Brian Townley, Willy Kratch and Julián Ortiz,

Universidad de Chile

11:30 Building a geomet model using comminution data andits relation with the geology of Quebrada Blanca

Enrique Chait, Cía. Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca, Chile

11:50 Estimation of copper grade in concentrate by multipleregressions

Marlene Reyes, Mauricio Romero and Domingo Muñoz,Chuqicamata division, Codelco, Chile

12:10 Simulation of rock type domains in the Río Blancodeposit accounting for their chronology

Xavier Emery, , Universidad de Chile; Nasser Madani,, Universidad de Chile and -Chile

Sampling and orebody modeling I

Chair: Regina Baumgartner, Gold Fields Exploration, Peru

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Pedro de Valdivia

Ballroom

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Session 3

Tuesday, December 2

14:00 Black copper phases in the supergene oxidation zoneof porphyry deposits: Compositional and texturalaspects and impact on copper recovery

Marcos Pincheira, Sonia Helle, Ursula Kelm and Oscar Jerez,Instituto , Universidad de Concepción, Chile

14:20 Comparison and evaluation of mineralogical results:Q v/s Optical Mineralogy

Mauricio Belmar, Daniela Moreno, Paulina Andaur and KarinQuintana, Minerals Services, Chile

14:40 pXRF in exploration and ore control: Advances,integration with other tools and considerations

R. Vargas, Reflex Instrument South America Limitada, Chile;M. Antezana, Reflex Instrument South America Limitada, Peru

15:00 Proxy data applicable to geometallurgical modelingfor pre-feasibility projects: La Colosa case study

Paula Montoya and Helmer Paz, La Colosa project,AngloGold Ashanti Colombia

15:20 Overburden characterization in underground mine,Andina Division, Codelco Chile

Claudio Martínez and Ricardo Vargas, Andina division,Codelco, Chile

Applied Mineralogy and case studies

Chair: Peter Amelunxen, Aminpro, Chile

15:4016:20


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Pedro de Valdivia

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Session 4

14:00 Quantifying the uncertainty in the spatial layout ofrock units in an iron ore deposit

X. Emery, , Universidad de Chile; M. Maleki, ,Universidad de Chile and -Chile; A. Cáceres, ,Universidad de Chile and Geoinnova Consultores, Chile; D.Ribeiro and E. Cunha, , Brazil

14:20 Prediction of process plant yield using high definitiondown-hole data

Robert Howard, Case Consulting, Australia

14:40 Use of uncertainty indicator for defininggeometallurgical sampling strategy: Los Bronces mine

M. Rocha, M. Díaz and C. Ulloa, Los Bronces division, AngloAmerican Chile; E. Segovia, E.S Ing. & Consultoría, Chile

15:00 Geometallurgical samples: how many and where tolocate them?

A. Cáceres, Geoinnova Consultores, Chile; S. Spichiger andN. Cruz, Anglo American Copper, Chile; S. Godoy, AngloAmerican Chile; X. Emery, , Universidad de Chile

15:20 Estimating geometallurgical variables under differenttest conditionsA. Cáceres, , Universidad de Chile and GeoinnovaConsultores, Chile; P. Carrasco, Geoinnova Consultores,Chile; N. Cruz, Anglo American Copper, Chile; S. Godoy,Anglo American Chile; X. Emery, , Universidad de Chile

Sampling and orebody modeling II

Chair: Manuel Díaz, Anglo American, Chile ( TBC )

15:4016:20


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Pedro de Valdivia

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Session 5

Tuesday, December 2

16:20 Case study of the arsenic enrichment ratio, Andinadivision, Codelco Chile

Claudio Martínez, Andina division, Codelco, Chile

16:40 Geometallurgical development in the gold processing:Kinross Maricunga Mining company

Hugo Moreno, José Ponce and David Navarrete, Cía. Minera

Maricunga, Kinross Gold Corporation, Chile

17:00 Structural properties of clays and their effect on therecovery of copper sulfides by flotation

Lina Uribe and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad deConcepción, Chile; Oscar Jerez, Instituto , Universidad deConcepción, Chile

17:20 The AirJet test

Gerson Sandoval, Peter Amelunxen, David Barriga, LeonardoFlores, Patricio Berrios and Roger Amelunxen, Aminpro, Chile

17:40The short test

Patricio Berríos, Peter Amelunxen, David Barriga and GersonSandoval, Aminpro, Chile

Case studies and mineral characterization

Chair: Mauricio Romero, Codelco, Chile

18:0022:00

Cocktail and Seminar DinnerFoyer and Bohío Park

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Pedro de Valdivia

Ballroom

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Session 6

16:20 Geostatistical estimation of mineralogical variables togeometallurgical characterization of iron ore

Carlos Arroyo, Roberto Galery and Paulo Viana, UniversidadeFederal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; IIssamu Endo and Ivo Eyer,Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil; Wesley Almeida,

, Brazil

16:40 Comminution testwork in a geometallurgical plan andassessment of confidence in projections of mill feed rates

Derek Barratt and Mariela Zúñiga, Consultants, Canada

17:00 Inferring values in geometallurgical databases for 3Dmodelling by heterotopic cosimulation

Alejandro Cáceres, Pablo Carrasco and Rodrigo Riquelme,Geoinnova Consultores, Chile; Xavier Emery, ,Universidad de Chile

17:20 Geometallurgical characterization throughevent modeling

Simon Mortimer, Atticus Geoscience Consulting, Peru; Adam Johnston, Transmin Metallugical Consultants, Peru

17:40Uncertainty-based classification model of themetallurgical recovery in Los Pelambres deposit

Alejandro Cáceres and Rafael Cirión, Geoinnova Consultores,Chile; Felipe Ibarra and Felipe Contreras, Minera LosPelambres, Chile; Xavier Emery, , Universidad de Chile

Sampling and orebody modeling III

Chair: Jorge Cortínez, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile

18:0022:00

Cocktail and Seminar DinnerFoyer and Bohío Park

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Wednesday, December 3

08:20 Day 3 program update


08:30 Use of geometallurgical information for themanagement and disposal of waste materialsfocused on mining operations closure

Celedonio Aranda, Senior Environmental Engineer, Cía.Minera Antamina, Peru

09:00Mine closure: The contribution of geometallurgyto chemical stability

Lilian Valdebenito, Project Engineer EnvironmentalManagement and Mine Closure, , Chile

09:20 Chemical Stability Guide for mine closure:Technical scope, definitions and advances

Angela Oblasser, Director Environmental Risk Management,Fundación Chile

09:40 Discussion

Plenary Session 2:Geometallurgy applied to environmental issues

Chair: Sonia Helle, Instituto GEA, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

10:0010:50


Pedro de ValdiviaBallroom

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Session 7


LunchSan Cristobal Ballroom

12:3014:00

10:50 Automated hardness Mill Test

Iván Solís and Luis Parada, Mineral Services, Chile

11:10 The MiniBond test

Patricio Berríos, Peter Amelunxen, David David Barriga andGerson Sandoval, Aminpro, Chile

11:30 The SedScan test

Jon Engels, Tailpro Consulting, Chile; Peter Amelunxen,Aminpro, Chile

11:50 Geological characterization of draw points in the ElTeniente Mine: An improvement tool for short-termmine-plant planning

María Olivia Mejías, Manuel Salazar and Eduardo Diez, ElTeniente division, Codelco, Chile

12:10 Leonhardite-laumonite transition in rocksand its potential to affect mineral extractionprocesses/installations

Ursula Kelm, Oscar Jerez and Arturo Bravo, Instituto, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Mauro Poblete,

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile

Mineral characterization

Chair: Oscar Jerez, Instituto GEA, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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A & B

Session 8


14:00 Throughput uncertainty assessment inLos Bronces depositA. Cáceres and R. Gutiérrez, , Universidad de Chile and

Geoinnova Consultores, Chile; S. Godoy, Anglo AmericanChile; N. Cruz and S. Spichiger, Anglo American Copper,Chile; M. Díaz and M. Rocha, Los Bronces division, AngloAmerican, Chile; X. Emery, , Universidad de Chile

14:20 A review of metallurgical recovery estimationpractices in the mining industry

P. Carrasco, A. Cáceres and R. Riquelme, GeoinnovaConsultores, Chile; X. Emery, , Universidad de Chile

14:40 Utilizing geometallurgy for predictinghydrometallurgical processingAngus McFarlane, Laura Kuhar, Nicky Chapman, Jian Li, DaveRobinson and Nicki Bardwell, Australia

15:00 Systematic review of geometallurgical modelOrlando Rojas, GeoEstima, Chile; Francisco Soto and Javier Pizarro, Empírica Consultores, Chile

15:20 Tools for quality assurance in geometallurgicalinformation from laboratory results Javier Cruz, Andes, Chile

15:40 Use of distributed spreadsheet processing technologyfor geometallurgy programsPeter Amelunxen, Aminpro, Chile; Stuart McKenzie and MarkPetrik, Purple Robot Software Inc., New Zealand

Principles and industrial practices

Chair: Sergio Spichiger, Anglo American Copper, Chile

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A & B

16:00

Seminar Balance and Final Comments

Sergio Spichiger, Geomet 2014 Chair,Anglo American Copper, Chile

Regina Baumgartner, Geomet 2014 Co Chair,Gold Fields Exploration, Peru

Sonia Helle, Geomet 2014 Directing Member,Instituto , Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Carlos Barahona, Geomet 2014 Executive Director,Gecamin, Chile


16:1017:30Farewell CocktailFoyer, Courtesy of Geoinnova

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Notes

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