Universidad Politecnica De Madrid | Germany
Edmundo Tulcanaza is a seasoned mining engineer and researcher whose work bridges mining, geostatistics, resource economics, and sustainable extraction of strategic minerals. Educated at Universidad de Chile (Mining Engineering, 1966), he pursued postgraduate studies in Geostatistics & Mineral Economics at École des Mines Paris (1971), later completing an MSc in Geospatial Technologies at Universität Münster (2022), and is currently a PhD candidate at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2023-2026) studying ecosystems of strategic minerals. Over decades in academia and industry, he has lectured in Chile and Peru, worked as a research assistant at Harvard, been senior engineer in the USA, served as Managing Director of Mineral Resources & Mine Projects at CODELCO Chile, and since 2011 acted as senior consultant for mine asset certification, valuation, and strategic management. His research interests focus on natural capital valuation in mineral ecosystems, mine development risk, exploration decision-making, and resource/reserve reporting under international standards (e.g. NI 43-101, CRIRSCO). Among his major contributions is the book Evaluación de Recursos y Negocios Mineros. He has been awarded recognitions like the Alexander Sutulov award (Chile, 2008) and held leadership roles including in CRIRSCO. His h-index and citation counts are not publicly verified in major indexing services at this time, but his work is widely cited in mining economics and resource estimation. He continues to influence both policy and practice in sustainable mining asset reporting.
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Featured Publication
Tulcanaza, E. (2025). “Towards sustainable extraction of lithium-bearing brine resources: Role of natural capital in the High Andes business strategies” in Mineral Economics.”