Luis Velarde

Experience

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  Minera Yanacocha S.R.L.

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

  Senior Metallurgist

  • Development, Control of Production Plans (blending): Daily meetings with Planning and Operations mine to validate the programs of production according to the annual plan.• Leader Plan of Optimization SART Plant: Project of improvement to increase the production of 700 ton/year to 5000 ton/year of copper and silver concentrates, it includes metallurgical studies, extension of plant and training of operators, transitional metal treatment of high content of Silver and Copper.• Member of Equipment Gold Medal: Project "Improve Mill Throughput Variability", project to increase tonnage treated in mill SAG, gain estimation 3´000,000 (three million dollars). DONE• Metallurgical Balance of Production: Management of indicators and ratios of daily production (Information in line PI) Show less

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  Barrick Gold Corporation

  Apr 2011 - Feb 2017

  Senior Refinery Supervisor

  Refinery Senior Supervisor: Gold Room (Ex pat working conditions)Evaluation CIL (leach tank, striping, Cyanide destruction) and Refinery (Electro winning Cell, Filter Press, Retort and smelting) area. Trainer of local workers. Make of procedure of work (SOPs) and leader of manage the Mercury.Support in the commissioning and startup of the CIL and Refinery facilities, work closely with the Project Team, Pre Commissioning and startup of operation, Gold Room, Ramp up, (to produce 1’000,000 ounces Au/ year and 3’000,000 ounces Ag/year) Manage, coordination and production control of Refinery (electro winning cell, filter press, retort and furnace). Management programs of Mercury, Manage the bullion shipment process to ensure effective systems and controls are in place to minimize security risks, Show less

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  Barrick Gold Corporation

  Apr 2017 - Aug 2018

  Crushing, Leach Pad, Merril Crowe, Refinery, Process Control, Water Plant. CAPEX, OPEX. Crushing, Merril Crowe , Refinery

  • Process Superintendent

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Process Chief

    Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
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  Lundin Gold Ecuador

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2023

  Process General Foreman

  Crushing, SAG mill, Ball mill, Knelson, IRL, Flotation, CIL, Refinery, Detox.Construction, commission plants for startup operations.

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  Freeport-McMoRan

  Apr 2023 - now

  Senior Operational Risk

  Concentrating Division , Cu & AuNew projects, detecting operational risk and threats, process optimization, continuous improvement220 Kton/ Day, crushing, grading, flotation, concentrating pumping, tailing