Gunther Sotomayor

Leading a team of experts in mining related fields to provide support & expertise in Project Development, Project & Construction Management for Investors, small & medium size EPCM or CM companies and Implementation of systems and methodologies for Project Evaluation, Cost Control, Project Control, Bidding, Budgeting & Project Execution.

Leading Toroparu Project in Guyana, a Gold/Copper Project with 6 Moz Au & 100 MTon of copper reserves, 355 MUSD CapEx for a 7,000 TPD CIL process plant with a production rate of 200,000 oz Au per year Deliverables & Achievements: - Negotiation and Signature of the main contracts: Mine Operator Contractor, Value: 500 MUSD. BOT Power Supply Contract, Value: 165 MUSD. Early Works, Massive Earthworks & 230 Km Access Road, Value: 50 MUSD. EP Contracts, Value: 22 MUSD.

Vice President of Projects for the development of all greenfield project with focus on "Curipamba" mining project, a VMS project located in Las Naves city Province of Bolivar in Ecuador with a total CapEx of 185 MUSD, NPV of 450 MUSD & 40% IRR after taxes

Project Manager in charge of off-site infrastructure for the development of the "Fruta del Norte" mining project (FDN), a gold project located in the Zamora Region of Ecuador with a total CapEx of 760 MUSD. Portfolio: - Permit/Design/construction of 230KV transmission line (107 towers, double circuit, 42 Km) - Permit/Design/construction New bridge-Zamora river (Suspended bridge, 150 m span, 600 m access) - Main Access Road (13 Km) - Tailings Dam Design (2.3 Mm3 earthworks, initial Dam).

Worked as Project Manager on behalf of the owner (Freeport Minerals Inc, NYSE: FCX) for the “Cerro Verde Production Unit Expansion” (CVPUE), 240 KTPD expansion project, resulting in the largest copper mine in the world (by 2015) with a total output of 360 KTPD and a total CapEx of 4,600 MUSD.

Main Responsibilities engineering phase lead, NI 43-101 Technical studies for PEA, PFS, FS & Detail engineering stages, Construction Manager, Start up Manager, Lead deliverance of construction projects to operations. Responsibilities includes: prepare bid pacakges for the different mining development phases, bid evaluation & awarding, EPCM contract management, EPCM contractors overseeing, constructibility guidance, planning, scheduling, budget, cost control & trending.

Direct Responsable of planning, scheduling, price estimations & cost control of Mirador Project (http://www.corriente.com/copper_assets/mirador.php), as well as the theoretical framework for estimations, monitoring, follow up & work performance of every element of the whole Project using sophisticated project control tools (as Privamera v5.0) which includes resource allocation and control.

In charge of forecasting, planning and coordinating several EPC projects for Repsol YPF in Ecuador, with a global value of $10 millions, which includes: Water Tanks, Oil Process Facilities, Well head facilities & Pumps stations. Main duties includes: Project management, Progress report, Weekly billings & Billings report, Project Forecasting, Engineering-Purchasing-Construction coordination.

Full responsibility for operative budget formulation, follow up & control. Financial & cash flow reports to Management & Board. Financial and operational business information research, monitoring and data mining. Perform business plans & investment projects analysis with management & board, management control indexes an other related business data and provide full operative and strategic information support to board and/or management and perform some administrative tasks.

Lead the Quality Control Area during the Margarita Power Plant civil phase project at Porlamar, Venezuela. I realized the technical bid offer and supervising the structures, equipment & piping up, hydrostatic test and commissioning of Arco Oriente Villano Project in its three main bases: Villano, Puyo and Baeza, Ecuador and City Investing Co. (today, ENCANA) Tarapoa Pump Station & Main Process Facilities at Tarapoa, Ecuador.

Lead a work team of 5 people (a “cell unit”) to perform open hole evaluations: CDN, IPL, NGR, TBL, Platform Express, etc. Performed data log interpretation prior to develop completion and production well strategies as well as cemented holes evaluations to determine cementation quality and “curing” processes in case of deficient cementation. Handled and Supervised Radioactive Tools and Explosive for wells production: Procedures and Techniques.

Project Management

Radioactive tools for Open Well Evaluation

Thermofluids, Design & Renewable Energy