130 131 left– Chulec Hospital had the best medical facilities in the country. Right– Frequent analysis was part of the risk prevention philosophy of the company. involved applying everything I had learned to Peru, so I accepted immediately”, he wrote in his memoir. At first, don Alberto supervised the extraction of copper, then they added the supervision of the lead and zinc veins and, through a series of changes in positions and promotions, very quickly became Chief Geologist of the main mine, where he would have some U.S. assistants. Shortly after, he added Goyllarisquizga, which was experiencing a drop in production, to his responsibilities, and discovered that topographic plans had not been made of the coal mine. So he picked up that information and submitted a report to the managers of the company in New York that left a superb impression. Based on it, new reserves were found. Such was the impression he caused, that president of the corporation, Robert P. Koenig, asked him to organise the Exploration Department of the Lima-based company. From that office, Mr. Alberto was able to travel throughout Peru and recommended that purchase options be acquired for Antamina, Las Bambas and Tintaya, which the company did, although without sharing his same enthusiasm. In May 1951, Mr. Ricardo Alvarez Calderon Pro sought him out, in representation of the company that owned Julcani in Huncavelica, a mine which Cerro was leasing. He arrived asking him to intercede with the corporation because the rumour was spreading that it was no longer interested in operating Julcani, but only in buying its concentrates to refine them in La Oroya. A year later he made a second visit to Huancavelica and was surprised by the investment in the concentrator and the hydroelectric plant, in contrast to the mule-drawn cars of the mines. In submitting his report, Chairman Koenig told him that senior management remained disenchanted with the mine as it was too small and distant. Thus, in February 1952 don Alberto dared to take the leap, leaving the company and leasing Julcani with a purchase option. When the one-year rental contract expired, he raised enough money among family cerro de pasco The greatest investment of the XXth century
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