Academic Advisory Board

Raúl has more than 20 years of experience in the cave mining industry, in engineering and applied research areas. Raúl is an Associate Professor at the University of Chile, specializing in Mining Engineering, teaching courses in Geomechanics, Materials Handling, Ventilation, and Underground Mine Design. Recognized for a distinguished career in mine planning and the development of design tools applied to mining engineering. Raúl’s organizational and technical skills have been crucial to developing valuable projects for Codelco DET and PMCHS, Newcrest Mining Cadia and Wafi-Golpu, Rio Tinto and Agnico Eagle-Goldex. He was Co-Chairman of both the Eighth Mass Mining Conference MassMin 2020 and UMining 2024.