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Gustavo Gabriel Jiménez Maldonado Process Engineer (Chemical Engineer)
Member of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM ID: 157830) and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME ID: 419 0087)
Mail:[email protected] Mobile: +51 987954913 / Phone: +51 1 4502568
Lima – Peru
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Chemical Engineer member of the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) with experience as a process engineer, participating in various projects in the mining industry, oil and gas, developing studies in process engineering at the conceptual, pre-feasibility, feasibility, basic and detailed engineering. My experience includes the design and simulation of crushing plants, grinding, flotation, thickening, hydrometallurgy of copper, gold cyanidation, fractionation of natural gas, natural gas transmission and combined cycle plants. It offers various degrees in the area of metallurgy and currently leading the masters in chemical engineering and process engineering. KEY SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE AREAS • Experience in scoping studies, pre –
feasibility and feasibility studies. • Metallurgical process. • Gas and oil process. • Chemical process. • Simulation of chemical and metallurgical
processes.
• Chemical and metallurgy process control. • Validation of process and instrumentation
diagrams (PFD, PCD and P&ID). • Sampling and data reconciliation. • Computer modeling and metallurgical
accounting. LANGUAGES • Spanish - (Native or bilingual proficiency) • English – (Professional working proficiency) • French - (Limited working proficiency)
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE Anddes Asociados S.A.C. September 2012 – Present Lead Process Engineer Duties: • Process engineering support for new projects and operating plants, including supervision of
metallurgical testing. • Support in hydrometallurgical projects, (Gold and Copper) Projects: • Trapiche Detailed and Conceptual Study of LIX-SX-EW pilot plant. • Cerro Verde Feasibility Study PAD 1 Phase III. (Sulphide Leaching)
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TWP Sudamerica S.A. July 2011 – August 2012 Process Engineer Duties: • Process Engineering Manager for simulation of crushing, grinding and flotation circuits of different
projects TWP South America. • Process design for concentrator plants (Crushing, Grinding, Flotation and Water Recovery
Circuits). • Develop of Process Design Criteria and Process Control Philosophy. • Metallurgical support to new projects and operating plants, including metallurgical testwork
supervision, plant audits and process engineering for new and existing plants, development of plant simulations.
• Process selection and flowsheet development. • Validation process and instrumentation diagrams (PFD, PCD, P&ID). Projects: • Hilarion, Milpo – pre feasibility study (Copper, Lead and Zinc Project). • Angostura, Eco Oro – pre feasibility study. (Gold Project). • Minera Bateas, Fortuna Silver – Plant optimization for crushing and grinding circuit (Copper, Lead
and Zinc Project). • Minera Bateas, Fortuna Silver – Process evaluation report. • Pachapaqui, Conceptual Study, Plant evaluation study (Copper, Lead, Zinc and Silver Project). • Atalaya Conceptual Study (Copper, Lead and Zinc Project). • Minera Bateas, SAG Mill – Ball Mill Grinding circuit conceptual study. (Copper, Lead and Zinc
Project) • Apogee, Process Evaluation. (Copper, Lead, Zinc and Silver Project). • Corani Due diligence, (Silver Project).
CE&A “Consultora Energética y Medio Ambiente” August 2010 - June 2011 Process Engineer Duties: • Chemical process support. • Process simulation, calculations and economic assessment of projects of the company and
development of feasibility studies. • Responsible for the development of simulations for different projects of the company, simulation
of fuel transport in HYSYS (piping), simulation of natural gas fractionation (HYSYS, CHEMCAD), fire-fighting systems.
• Validation of process and instrumentation diagrams (PFD, PCD and P&ID). • Development of feasibility studies, economic calculations, risk analysis (@ RISK, Crystal Ball) • Development of thermal plant simulation (Cogeneration).
FUNSUR S.A. February 2010 - July 2010 Process Engineer - Assistant Chief of Metallurgy Duties: • Metallurgical process. • Monthly planning of operations and production control. • Reporting of daily production. • Supervision and monitoring of operations in the oven Ausmelt.
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• Development of online monitoring system for plant data using the Software Exaquantum and process control system (DSC).
• Develop of mass and energy balances for Ausmelt Furnace. • Development of the interface online the chromatograph of gases, using data management
software. (Control of consumption of natural gas). • Model prediction of monthly consumption (consumption of gas, water, and energy).
Transmin Metallurgical Consultants April 2008 – December 2009 Process Engineer Duties: • Metallurgical support to new projects and operating plants, including metallurgical testwork
supervision, plant audits and process engineering for new and existing plants, development of plant simulations.
• Clients including major Peruvian base metal producers, major Peruvian precious metal producers and foreign copper, base metal and precious metal exploration and new project development companies.
Clients: • Norsemont – Copper flotation. • Catalina Huanca – Copper, Zinc, Lead flotation. • Minsur – Tin gravity separation.
HLC (External Services) - PETROBRAS December 2006 – April 2007 Process Engineer Duties: • Support in process engineering projects in natural gas compression, design and simulation in
Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus for NG compressor stations, development of basic and detailed engineering compressor stations for natural gas EZA 04, C1, EPN30.
EXPERIENCE IN OTHERS AREAS Process Control Engineer Training • National University of Callao – Unit Operations Laboratory.
Process Control, February 2004 – December 2005. • Cementos Lima S.A. – Cement packing plant. Training – Process Control Room, 2003.
EDUCATION 2001 – 2008 University of Callao - Chemical Engineering School (B. Eng. Chemical Engineering) 2013 – 2014 National Engineering University (Master in Process Engineering) 2013 – 2014 National University Major San Marcos (Master in Chemical Engineering) RESEARCH PROJECTS DEVELOPED • Economy and simulation of processes in cogeneration plants and natural gas compression
(Undergraduate Thesis). • Comparative analysis of steady-state simulation, dynamic applied to metallurgical processes.
(January 2009 - October 2009). • Simulation and preliminary economic assessment of ammonia plant (January - October 2006).
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• Systems implementation supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) unit operations laboratory of the National University of Callao (May - December 2004).
• Industrial Control Technology Applied to laboratory operations and unit processes of the UNAC (October 2004 - May 2005).
• Feedback and tuning control in chemical process (January - August 2005)
CONFERENCES CONDUCTED • Latin American congress of chemical engineering, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 2005 "Systems of
control and data acquisition (SCADA) in industrial processes". • Congress of chemical engineering students, Huancayo, October 2005 "Feedback control". • Regional congress of chemical engineering students, Lambayeque, June 2005 "Industrial PID
controllers tuning methods". • Congress of chemical engineering students, Trujillo in October 2006 "Simulation of chemical
processes". • Conference of chemical engineering, National Major San Marcos University, Lima, November
2006 "Simulation and economic assessment of chemical processes."
COURSES • Measurement, modeling and simulation of flotation circuits using JKSimfloat, April 2008
(JKTech). • Solid and liquid separation processes (INTERMET), November 2011. • Metallurgy of gold and silver (INTERMET), December 2011. • Minesight (Geo - modeling, Design, Planning and Scheduling), December 2011. • Metallurgy of gold (INTERCADE), September 2012. • Hydrometallurgy of copper (INTERCADE), September 2012. • Modelling and simulation of metallurgical plants (INTERCADE), September 2012. • Metallurgy of gold – Short course (Dr. Fathi Habashi), October 2012. • Metallurgy of copper – Short course (Dr. Fathi Habashi), October 2012. • Mineral Processing – Short course (Dr. Jan Miller), October 2012. • Process Modeling using Aspen HYSYS Oil and Gas, December 2007. • Refinery modeling using Aspen HYSYS, December 2007. • Advanced Process Modeling using Aspen HYSYS January 2008.
RESEARCH PROJECTS IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT • Geometallurgical modeling in gold deposits for predicting the behavior of the heap leach recovery.
Volume I • Geometallurgical modeling in polymetallic mineral deposits for the prediction of the behavior of
the process variables in concentration plants. Volume II. • Simulation and optimization of heat exchanger networks in oil refineries (Master degree thesis). • Study of heap leaching kinetics for auriferous minerals using the unreacted core model (Master
degree thesis).
TECHNOLOGY• JKSimMet (intermediate level) • Limn (intermediate level) • JK Simfloat (basic level)
• METSIM (basic level) • Intermediate in Microsoft Excel. • Aspen Plus (intermediate level)
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• Aspen Hysys (intermediate level) • Energy Analyzer (intermediate level) • Bilmat – Mass Balance Reconciliation • PROMAX (basic level) • VMG Virtual Material Group (basic level)
• Chemcad (intermediate level) • ProII (intermediate level) • Various SCADA packages (basic level). • Comsol Multiphysics. • AFT Fathom.
PERSONAL REFERENCE • Graeme Farr, Senior Process Consultant
TWP Projects, South Africa Email: [email protected]
• Alejandro Nario, Senior Process Engineer. TWP Sudamerica S.A. Email: [email protected].
• Deon Martinaglia, Project Manager – Mechanical Engineer TWP Sudamerica S.A. Email: [email protected]
• Luis Miguel La Torre, Lead Process Engineer. Transmin Metallurgical Consultants Mobile: 51-01-992783790. Email: [email protected].
• Roger Lingley, Senior Process Engineer TWP Projects, South Africa Email: [email protected]
