Worked on TVI Resource Development's Balabag Gold Project from plant design to feasibility studies, to project execution.Worked on TVI Resource Development's Scoping Study for one of its copper-gold projects Led the downstream pilot plant operations for Ni recovery and concentration from pregnant leach solutionsPerformed supervision, data analyses, and wrote the corresponding reports for the upstream bench scale and pilot scale tests conducted at the Beijing General… Show more Worked on TVI Resource Development's Balabag Gold Project from plant design to feasibility studies, to project execution.Worked on TVI Resource Development's Scoping Study for one of its copper-gold projects Led the downstream pilot plant operations for Ni recovery and concentration from pregnant leach solutionsPerformed supervision, data analyses, and wrote the corresponding reports for the upstream bench scale and pilot scale tests conducted at the Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (China)Performed confirmatory bench scale tests for the company’s Agata Nickel ProjectWrote corresponding reports and mass balances of all tests conducted relating to the company’s Agata Nickel Project Show less

Reported to the Philippines Group Technology ManagerConducted downstream test works that focus on nickel and cobalt recovery (through ion exchange and precipitation) and process optimization from pregnant leach solutions (PLS): (in laboratory and pilot plant scale)Supervised and led the installation of the downstream pilot plant for nickel and cobalt recovery (from block layouting to commissioning)Wrote reports of all accomplished test works that… Show more Reported to the Philippines Group Technology ManagerConducted downstream test works that focus on nickel and cobalt recovery (through ion exchange and precipitation) and process optimization from pregnant leach solutions (PLS): (in laboratory and pilot plant scale)Supervised and led the installation of the downstream pilot plant for nickel and cobalt recovery (from block layouting to commissioning)Wrote reports of all accomplished test works that included mass balances and metallurgical accounting sheetsOversaw heap leach trial plant operations (from agglomeration to leaching)Commissioned the heap leach trial plant facilityPrepared Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for heap leach trial plant operations Show less

Performed test works for agglomeration and column leaching of nickel lateritesConducted laboratory test works specifically on iron precipitation, ion exchange, and nickel product precipitationWrote reports of all accomplished test works that included mass balances and metallurgical accounting sheetsDesigned and commissioned an iron precipitation ­resin-in-pulp (RIP) mini-plantReported to the Research and Development Manager

Underwent on-the-job training in copper smelting and refiningConducted the research study: “Correlation of Anode Arsenic Content to Cathode Surface Grade at Different Current Densities”