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Sam Porter

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Technical Expert - Mill Operations/Metallurgy at Freeport Indonesia
📍 Tembagapura, Papua, Indonesia

Sam is a Technical Expert in Mill Operations and Metallurgy with 11 years of experience, primarily in large copper and gold concentrators. His expertise covers the optimization of flotation and comminution circuits. He holds a Masters in Mining Engineering from The University of British Columbia.

His background includes hands-on experience with commissioning copper and cobalt hydrometallurgy circuits for the Kamoto Copper Company in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Technical Expert - Mill Operations/Metallurgy
Location
Tembagapura, Papua, Indonesia
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Mineral Processing Optimization
His career focuses on the continuous improvement and optimization of comminution, flotation, and thickening circuits for large-scale copper and gold operations.
Metallurgical Project Management
Has held senior roles focused on capital projects, plant commissioning, and process improvement with companies like Newmont and KAZ Minerals.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Technical Expert - Mill Operations/Metallurgy
Freeport Indonesia
1-2023 - 12-2024
Senior Project & Tailings Metallurgist
Newmont Corporation
3-2022 - 1-2023
Senior Project Metallurgist
KAZ Minerals
5-2020 - 3-2022
Senior Metallurgist Advanced Process Control (APC)
KAZ Minerals
12-2017 - 5-2020
Plant Metallurgist
Kamoto Copper Company S.a
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Education
Master's Degree
The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc)
Queen's University
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