This week in talent moves, Codelco’s CEO Rubén Alvarado Vigar submitted his resignation after serving during what the company described as a “challenging period”, with Jorge Gómez Díaz appointed as incoming CEO from 13 July 2026.
Gómez is a civil mining engineer with more than 30 years of high-level experience in the mining industry. He has most recently led Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi for the past 14 years and was responsible for a major corporate transformation.
Gómez was recognised by EY Chile and El Mercurio as Executive of the Year in a 2025 award, recognising his contribution to the Chilean mining industry.
This follows Codelco’s appointment of Bernardo Fontaine Talavera as Chairman of the Board on 27 May. Fontaine has stressed the company’s mandate to produce in a “safe, efficient, and profitable manner”, with a new strategy focused on four strategic pillars: safety, maximising contributions to the treasury while avoiding additional debt, “getting the house in order” through transparency and clear management, and operational, economic, environmental, and social sustainability.
Codelco is a Chilean state-owned company and a global leader in copper production.
Pure Resources strengthens defence materials platform
Pure Resources (ASX:PR1) has announced the appointment of retired US Navy Vice Admiral (VADM) Jeff Trussler to the Advisory Board for the coming 12 months to support the company’s Defence Materials Platform and Thermal Management Strategy.
VADM Trussler is a three-star officer of the US Navy, with a career focused on undersea warfighting, nuclear propulsion, national security operations, intelligence, and information warfare.
He currently works in national security advisory services, providing expertise across defence, intelligence, and advanced technology.
Trussler is joining Pure Resources to provide strategic expertise in national security and intelligence, supporting the company’s engagement with the US Department of Defense, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the US Armed Forces, and other allied defence partners. He will also be a key representative of the company at defence and other industry forums in the US and Australia.
Pure Resources is an Australian advanced materials and critical minerals company focused on an integrated mine-to-market strategy, including a wholly owned upstream graphite and garnet asset in Western Australia, a strategic partnership for rare earths with the US Department of Energy, and a downstream research and development partnership with Rice University for high-performance carbon nanotube fibre.
Asante Gold strengthens Ghana operations with new CDO
Asante Gold (TSX-V:ASE) has appointed Glenn Baldwin as Chief Development Officer, bringing more than 30 years of international experience to the role.
Baldwin is a commercially-focused mining executive, with key experience in enterprise development, operations, and leadership, having held senior executive roles across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and South America.
He has most recently been Head of Mining at BGN International, where he focused on establishing a new mining business as the company expanded into critical minerals.
Baldwin will be based in Ghana with a near-term operational focus on leading turnaround and performance improvement at the Bibiani and Chirano mines as the company focuses on consistent and predictable production.
Baldwin will also lead efforts to advance the company’s Kubi project toward production.
Asante Gold is a gold exploration, development, and operating company with projects in Ghana.
Write to Amy Rotman at Mining.com.au
Images: Codelco, Asante Gold
