Julio Porras, Esp.MsC

Julio Porras, Esp.Msc

Julio is a geologist with experience in mineral projects and environmental studies. He is a specialist in Geographic Information Systems, Master in Geographic Information Technologies and in Mining Geology. With 25 years of experience, Julio has worked in different roles in the development of mining projects in their prospecting, exploration and exploitation stages, open pit or underground, with the presence of ASGM communities. He has extensive knowledge of the mineral exploration and beneficiation process, as well as knowledge of environmental determinants for mining.

Julio has extensive experience in the development of exploration campaigns, deposit modeling and definition of mineral resources in areas where the ASGM is present, in technical assistance processes to these communities, working on improving gold production and the adoption of better mining safety systems and extractive mining techniques, in Colombia in the mining areas of Marmáto (Caldas), Apía and Quinchía (Risaralda), the mining areas of Chocó, in Amagá, Frontino, Zaragoza, Segovia and Remedios (Antioquia), the Cesar area, the South of Bolívar and in other countries such as Peru and Chile. Julio speaks Spanish and English.