SEG STUDENT CHAPTER ANNUAL REPORT. SEG STUDENT CHAPTER UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER October September Juan David Acevedo Peña

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1 SEG STUDENT CHAPTER ANNUAL REPORT SEG STUDENT CHAPTER UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER October September 2016 STUDENT CHAPTER EXECUTIVE COMMITTE ( ) PRESIDENT: VICE- PRESIDENT SECRETARY: TREASURE: Juan David Acevedo Peña Daniela María Pinilla Granados Antony Hernández Sánchez Liley Andrea Bueno Silva REPORT ON THE STEWART R. WALLACE STUDENT CHAPTER FUNDING PROGRAM BENEFIT. First International Fieldtrip JESUS HERNANDO MENDOZA PERU, The first international fieldtrip JESUS HERNANDO MENDOZA Peru, 2016 was developed since july 5 th to July 12 th of 2016, in the cities of Cajamarca (Cajamarca Province) and Huamachuco (Sanchez Carrión Province), north of Peru. The main objective of this fieldtrip was to know in first hand some of the most important ore deposits in Perú, and gain some experience in the field of mineral deposits, and how the mining process of a deposit is developed, especially in a country where this activities are well executed, besides from encourage future generations of students of Geology in our university to risk to do this kind of activities. The fieldtrip included the participation of ten students of geology from our University, Universidad Industrial de Santander, members of the Society of Economic Geologists Student Chapter SEG.UIS. The activities developed in the fieldtrip where the follow: On July 6 th the participants had to perform some medical exams in the city of Cajamarca required from all the mining companies, due to the high elevations in which the mines where located. The participants also attended to the opening event of the fieldtrip, which was a conference about the Geology of Cajamarca and of the Yanacocha mining district, in the Yanacocha S.L.R. facilities.

2 On July 7 th the participants had the first visit of the fieldtrip, to the high epithermal ore deposits of the Yanacocha mining district.

3 On July 8 th the participants had the visit to the mining company Coimolache S.A., to the high epithermal ore deposits of Tantahuatay.

4 On July 11 th the participants had the visit to the mining company Goldfields La Cima S.A., to the porphyry Cu-Au ore deposits of Cerro Corona.

5 On July 12 th the participants traveled form Cajamarca to Huamachuco, to visit the mining company Rio Alto Mining, to the sediment hosted high epithermal ore deposits of La Arena.

6 During this fieldtrip the participants were able to learn all about the processes of exploration, reserves calculation, exploitation, Ore recovery, environmental recovery and social management apply in each of the company mines that where visited in Peru, which could work as a well example of mining processes to developed in the future for deposits in Colombia. During this fieldtrip the participants also were able get to know the employees of each mine, share knowledge and experiences, which allowed the participants to forge a working link of support between industry and academy. All these activities were able thanks to the Stewart R. Wallace Student Chapter Funding Program, which the Student Chapter SEG-UIS of the Universidad Industrial de Santander were benefited. The money received from this program was used for the expenses throughout the filedtrip of the 10 participants, all of them students of Geology from the Universidad Industrial de Santander, members of the student chapter SEG-UIS. The expense that were covered include the lodging for 6 days in Cajamarca and 2 days in Huamachuco, the transportation from the hotel to the mines and vice versa, the medial exams require from each mining company, and the life insurances also require to enter to a mine in a foreing country, all this for the all the 10 participants. Showing up in the next table below are the values of the expenses during the fieldtrip that were covered with the money recived from the founding program, which was $1500 USD. CONCEPT (for 10 people) PRICES (in USD$) Lodging (Hotel for 8 days). 726 Transportation. 346 Life insurances. 50 Medical Exams. 378 Total: 1500