Lima, May 10, 2023. During the closing ceremony of the XIII Congress of Prospectors and Explorers (proEXPLO 2023), organized by the Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers (IIMP), it was announced that the geological engineer Walter Tejada will be the president for the next edition of said event, to be held in 2025.

“It is a great honor for me to be elected as the new president of proEXPLO, which is considered the main mining exploration event in our region, and which every year brings together thousands of participants, investors, and professionals dedicated to the tireless search of mineral resources that our country needs,” said Tejada upon assuming the responsibility the position.

After thanking for his designation, which was presented by Abraham Chahuan, president of the Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers, Mr. Tejada added that for the next edition of proEXPLO, he will take on the challenges of increasing the attractiveness of acquiring more investments for mining exploration in our country as well as broadening the focus of the congress to go even deeper in the study, prospecting, and development of potential deposits of critical mineral and rare earth.

“I know firsthand that this excellent management leaves us with a very high hurdle, but I am fully confident that with hard work, effort, and willingness, we will be able to meet the challenges that this type of international category event demands,” he pointed out.

proEXPLO 2025 President’s profile

Walter Tejada is a mining exploration and management executive with 27 years of technical and management experience in South America and Canada. He holds a professional degree in Geological Engineering from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and a Master of Science in Mineral Exploration from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Since 2019 he has been the Peru Exploration manager for BHP. Previously, he worked as country manager for Teck Resources until 2015 and as Global Asset manager for Teck Resources Limited until 2019. It is worth mentioning, that Mr. Tejada was also a member of the team that discovered and advanced the Poracota gold deposit and the Zafranal porphyry copper deposit.

Engineer Tejada has extensive experience in the management of environmental and social regulatory issues, tangible demonstrated by his achievements in the development of multiple exploration projects in Perú, the Andean region, and Canada.