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Expert in Precious Metals Chemistry, Mining, Refining
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert is an inorganic chemist/ extractive metallurgist who has been active in precious metals recovery and refining for 24 years, mainly gold, silver, platinum and palladium. He has a thorough knowledge of pyro-, hydro- and electro-metallurgy methods, processes, capital equipment, sampling, chemical analysis for recovering/refining PMs and PGMS from anode slimes, minerals, electronics, bullion, scrap metal, jewelery residues, carat gold and any material containing them. He is aware of new developments in Ion exchange, solvent extraction and others.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise |
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Degree |
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Institution |
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1971
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Maestro Industrial Químico
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Chemistry
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Escuela de Maestría de Bilbao
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2012 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Technical Consultant
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Implementing an aqua regia refining process
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2011 to 2012
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(Undisclosed)
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Technical Manager
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refining precious metals, diamonds recovery.
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2000 to 2011
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Self employed, Contractor
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Technical Consultant
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Precious Metals refining
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A lawyer representing a gold mining company in Central America with strong opposicion from ecological and media groups contacted Expert to give a clear explanation of the project, inform of alternatives to cyanide, analysis of proposed flow sheet, similar projects around the world.
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A small precious metals refinery in Spain asked Expert to develop a new flow sheet for recovery and refining gold, silver, platinum and palladium. A new acid leaching method was developed , less agressive, based on ion-exchange recovery.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Mining expert to assist with feasability study.
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Electrometallurgy expert to assist with designing scalable process specific Ore and Concentrate
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Expert in gold mining for consulting on the feasibility study of a new goldmine.
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Spanish
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English
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French
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