Gerardo Fontes

• Bench froth flotation
• Grinding
• Solvent Extraction
• Column leach studies
• Gravity Concentration
• Agitated leach
• Plant Audit/In-field troubleshooting
• Report preparation and walked clients through results and recommendations
• Coordinate personnel to achieve targets

• Maintain KPI's for copper leaching and SXEW.
• Maintain and update Leaching and SXEW mass balances
• Column/bottle roll testing for budget and selection of leaching parameters.
• Run tests to classify ore for leaching or flotation process
• Supervision/monitoring copper solvent extraction plant to ensure maximum efficiency of the process.
• Daily check of organic and aqueous conditions and provide modifications to the process to increase copper recoveries.
• Daily monitoring to Copper Electrowinning to ensure max plating and max current efficiencies.

• Pleasantly greeted customers both in-person and on phone, providing exceptional assistance and service and promoting lasting business relationships.
• Identified collectors, frothers and many others products for sulfide flotation and services that would be best fit for customer projects.
• Assessed customer needs, explained complex technical information and provided information regarding useful products and promotions.
• Updated and organized records of customer accounts, contact information and transactions.
• Reported and presented sales, leads and new contacts to management when appropriate.
• Hosted customer meetings to discuss specifications and budgets to reach specific objectives.

• In situ leaching project, on charge of the analytical lab and support for SX-EW metallurgy
• Metallurgical Support for the Wellfields operations(In situ)
• Set up of the analytical laboratory

• Design and conduct flotation experiments for copper, molydenum, gold, lithium, apatite, rare earths, potash an other industrial minerals.
• Analyze data and report results to clients.
• Support hydrometalurgy department.
• Walked costumers through results and selection of the best products.
• Procurement of reagents and logistics

• Supervision of copper concentrator(mill)
• Conduct column leach studies
• Report results to Plant Manager
• Flotation Testing
• Ore characterization
• Concentrator mass balances
• Process water-water recovery
• Solvent extraction plant
• Electrowining plant

• Project Manager on metallurgical research;
• In situ leaching
• Bench froth flotation
• Grinding
• Solvent Extraction
• Column leach studies
• Gravity Concentration
• Agitated leach
• Plant Audit/In-field troubleshooting
• Report preparation and walked clients through results and recommendations
• Coordinate personnel to achive targets
• Direct contact with clients

Project Manager;

• In situ leaching
• Column Leach Studies
• Solvent Extraction
• Gravity Concentration
• Agitated Leaching
• Grinding
• Plant Audit/In-Flied Troubleshooting
• Report Preparation-walked clients through results and recommendations
• Coordinate personal to achieve targets

Support for small miners

• Column Leach testing for Gold, SIlver and Copper
• Metallurgical mass balances
• Bench Flotation Testing
• Gravity Concentration-Set up and Production

• Mold Construction-Parts for Copper Smelters
• Cooling Pipes Construction and Design
• Quality Control in Final Parts

Wollastonite Froth Flotation Plant

• Process Development
• Reagent Selecction
• Pilot Plant Tesing(Dry Process)
• Plant Design Asistance
• Lab Manager (Set up and Operation, 6 lab technitians)
• Flotation Plant and Dry Process Supervisor
• Product Development (Dry Process)
• Operation and improvement of Osokawa Mill and Classifier

MS Degree in Extractive Metallurgy

• Metallurgical Control of Production and Quality
• Feed -Blend Preparation
• Ipment and Receiving Concentrates

• Supervising 4 assembly lines - 30 technitians
• Electronic Filter (signal) Fabrication
• Quality Control on Final Products
• Equipment Set up
• Production Line Design

Complete Flotation Plant Supervisor

• Supervising complete Mill operation(feed conveyors to Thickners)
• Supervising 30 operators
• Metallurgical mass Balances
• Control of all flotation process parameters
• Control Room Supervisor