EXPERTISEFlorencio is a mining engineer, and is an expert in backfill operation and management, selection, design and implementation of the full range mine backfilling types and systems.Florencio’s specialization include fill plants process and design, borehole and reticulation set up, fill transport modeling, planning and scheduling, bulkhead and drainage design, fill mass exposure stability, test work and mix design.PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONSMaster of Science (Mining Engineering) The University of New South WalesBachelor of Science (Mining Engineering) Saint Louis UniversityMember of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEFlorencio has more than 24 years operational and technical mining experience, gained in Australia and overseas. He has been a backfill specialist for the past 9 years. This is supported by 15 years of broad range of mining background.Florencio joined AMC in early 2012 and has since applied his significant operational experience and expertise to various backfill projects managing and working on numerous backfill studies, designs, test work, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, technical assistance, reviews and audits.Prior to joining AMC, Florencio spent more than seven years as senior backfill engineer at Xstrata’s Mount Isa Copper Operations managing the operation of the backfill systems to meet the pastefill, hydraulic fill and rock fill annual backfill requirement of 3 million tonnes annually.Florencio’s other significant roles while employed at Mount Isa Mines Xstrata Copper were as drill and blast engineer, as operations project engineer, and a member of the copper mine business continuous improvement group.Florencio’s other overseas mining experiences include as projects and field operations engineer, as a scheduling and planning engineer in a copper block caving mine, as a production engineer and as a mine engineer in a gold and silver underground mine.