Matias joined the Plusmining team in 2017, after two years as a project engineer at the Chile based-consulting firm GEM Mining Consulting. He is a professional with 9+ years of experience in consulting, advisory and research, participating in more than 150 studies for a wide range of national and international mining companies, as well as for private and public entities with interests in the mining business and natural resources sectors. In 2022, Matias was appointed as Head of Consulting at Plusmining. Furthermore, he leads Plusmining’s subsidiary in Canada since 2021.
His area of interest comprises mineral economics, mineral & metal market fundamentals, technical-economic evaluation of mining projects, strategic evaluation of mining business, financial, operational and technological trends affecting the mining industry, cycles in metal commodity prices, econometric and time series modeling, among others. He has academic research published in Resources Policy and Natural Resources Research journals.
Matias holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Civil Engineering with a Diploma in Mining Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, as well as a Master in Mining Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Languages: Spanish, English, French (beginner, ongoing learning).
