Ignacio García Schmidt

Ignacio's consulting experience has been focused on the design of tailings storage facilities, including aspects such as evaluation of tailings alternatives, detailed design, construction and operation support, tailings deposition, water management, dam safety, performance monitoring, closure and non-conventional tailings projects.

Ignacio is a Professional Engineer in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Before moving to Canada, he worked 8 years in Australia. His work has been focused in these two countries in operations of varied complexities. He is passionate about transferring knowledge across the industry and providing best practice expertise to operations in Latin America, including work experience in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Brazil, which is facilitated by his knowledge of the culture and languages.