Marimaca Copper Corp. announced the appointment of Giancarlo Bruno Lagomarsino as Non-Executive Director with effect from November 1, 2023. Giancarlo, a mechanical engineer by training, is a seasoned mining professional with extensive experience across the mining value chain from maintenance, safety and mine management up to senior operational management positions of some of the most important copper mines in Chile.

Mr. Bruno Lagomarsino is a Chilean national and has spent all his 35-year career in Chilean copper operations. He commenced his career at the Los Bronces Mine, then owned by Exxon, in 1988. Over the course of the next 20 years, he worked across numerous operations and various roles finishing with Anglo American as Operations VP of its Collahuasi Mine and, finally, VP of the Anglo Norte business unit, prior to its sale in 2015.

Giancarlo was a member of the consortium that acquired Anglo Norte and became CEO of the entity, Mantos Copper SA, in June 2015. In that role, Giancarlo was a key member of the team that improved and expanded operations at Mantos Blancos, delivered significant exploration success, and financed and commenced construction of the Mantoverde project, which is expected to commission in late 2023. Most recently, Mr. Bruno Lagomarsino was Senior VP of Capstone Copper in charge of its Chilean operations.