PASS Masters Course - Asturias Spain
The first PASS Masters Course for 2011 was conducted in March for employees of Xstarta Zinc in Spain.
They all work at the San Juan de Nieva Smelter located in Asturias Spain.
The course was conducted in the ZEN Balgaras hotel in Aviles by Vic Seedwell and Jaime Gutierrez.
Participants from left to right are :
Back Row - Alicia Llovio Pinera, Jorge Rafael Rouget Moreno, Jaime Gutierrez - PASS, Antonio Manuel Tobias Sanchez, manuel Oscar Garcia Gonzalez, Vic Seedwell - PASS
Front Row - Gregorio Maurciano de la Fuente and Manuel A. Menendez MirandaPASS Masters Courses in 2011
English Course
Jim Burns will be conducting PASS Masters Courses in Kelowna, Canada in November 2011. To find out the details go to the PASS Inc website on the following link PASS Inc.Spanish Courses 2011
A second Spanish PASS Masters Course will be conducted by Vic Seedwell in South America in the second half of 2011. Details of dates and venue will be provided in the coming months.Guinea West Africa
PASS has now been implemented into the BHP Billiton - SMFG Nimba Iron Ore Project in Guinea West Africa.
New Client - ENAEX S.A, Chile
Enaex S.A has just implemented PASS into its Explosive Grade Ammonium Nitrate Plant north of Anofagasta in the port of Mejillones.
Jaime Gutierrez completed the initial implementation in mid February this year.
New Clients - BHP Billiton in West Africa
Liberia, West Africa
PASS was sucessfully implemented into the the BHP Billiton Liberia Exploration Iron Ore Project in West Africa during February this year by Vic Seedwell.
PASS is being used at all the project sites and in the main office in Monrovia.
Photo : Drilling at Sanniequellie, Liberia
PASS Masters Course, Santiago Chile 2010
Another successful PASS Masters Course was completed in Santiago, Chile in December 2010. The 11 course participants were from Chile, Peru and Argentina.Company's represented were Minera Doña Ines de Collahuasi SCM, Xstrata Tintaya, Alumbrera and Energia Austral.
Photo: From left to Right - Rodolfo Inostrosa (Colllahuasi), Vic Seedwell (PASS Inc.), (Energia Austral), Eduardo Merubia (Collahuasi), Hector Ricardo Diaz (Alumbrera), (Collahuasi), Fabian Velarde (Alumbrera), Jaime Gutierrez (PASS Inc.), Jose Leo Abarca (Tintaya), Luis Diaz (Collahuasi), Jorge Barboza (Collahuasi), Lino Pizarro (Collahuasi), Henry Lopez (Tintaya)
El Pachon - Argentina
El Pachon Copper project started the implementation of the PASS in September 2009.
It is a cross border mining project, located in San Juan province, Argentina located 5 kilometers from the Chilean border. El Pachon is owned by Xstrata Copper.
Las Bambas - Peru
The Las Bambas Copper project started the implementation of the PASS in August 2009.
It is located in the Peru's Cotabambas and Grau Provinces and is owned by Xstrata Copper.