About

Eduardo Paseta started his career in 2005 at private practice Peruvian law firm Osterling, gaining experience addressing legal issues related to environmental and natural resources matters – something that would serve him well later in his career. In 2006, Paseta joined Compañia Minera Antamina, a product of a joint venture between four leading companies in the worldwide mining industry (BHP Billiton, Glencore, Teck and Mitsubishi Corporate). Serving in its last position as legal and regulatory superintendent, Paseta worked at Antamina for almost nine years, until January 2015. It was then when he joined Marcobre as legal manager, which owns the Mina Justa project, a large-scale copper project in Peru that represents the major project of BRECA Group, one of the largest business conglomerates in Peru. Then, in July 2015 Paseta moved to Minsur, part of the BRECA Group, where he has the responsibility to ensure the legal and regulatory compliance for the operational units of its mining division such as San Rafael, Pucamarca, Pisco Smelter and Raura. He also covers exploration projects and supervising the legal aspects of Marcobre. During his time at Minsur, Paseta has led the involvement of the legal department in the decision making process of strategic and important corporate affairs and has promoted a preventive culture avoiding contingencies and adding value to the company. In his experience of major operations, Paseta worked on the Antamina expansion project, which required an investment of $1.2bn in 2010 and 2011. In addition, he was involved in the development of an important project for Minsur’s operation called San Rafael, the project consisted of the re-utilisation of mining tailings from an old deposit to extract tin – the investment required a total investment of around $200m. He is working on the pre-feasibility and feasibility study of Mina Justa copper project and is currently participating in its project finance which will require an investment of about $1.3bn. In addition, Paseta actively participates in the Peruvian National Society of Mining, Oil and Energy, a business organisation constituted as a non-profit association, which associates legal entities related to mining, hydrocarbons and electric activities. This entails treating relevant aspects for the mining industry and providing technical and legal opinions for new legislations.