Alberto Lavandeira

Mr Lavandeira is a mining engineer with over 45 years of experience operating and developing mining projects. He is currently CEO and Executive Director of LSE listed copper producer Atalaya Mining, which he joined in 2014 as COO and has been instrumental in successfully developing, expanding and operating the 15Mtpa Rio tinto copper operation in Spain. Formerly, he was President, CEO and COO of Rio Narcea Gold Mines which permitted, financed and built three mines including Aguablanca (Nickel Copper) and El Valles-Boinas (Gold) in Spain and Tasiast (Gold) in Mauritania. He was also involved in the key stages of development of the Mutanda Copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Earlier in his career, Mr Lavandeira worked within group companies of Anglo American, Rio Tinto and Cominco (now Teck).