With Southern Peru Copper Corporation staff in the Cuajone Pit

Standing - From left: Jose Valdivia (Southern Peru Copper), Craig Parry (Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration, Chile), Riaan Esterhuizen (Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration, West Africa), Jason Campbell (Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration, Peru), Adam Burley (Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration, West Africa), Craig MacDougall (Noranda Pacific, Australia), Fernando Matos (CVRD, Chile), Valério Jardim Oliveira (CVRD, Brazil), Jun Rovillos (Ivanhoe Mines, Philippines), Camilo Raggo (Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration, Chile).
Kneeling - From left: Juan Castro (Rio Tinto Mining & Exploration, Peru), Oscar Concha (Southern Peru Copper), Gerson Oliveira (CVRD, Brazil), Ricardo Presnell (Kennecott Exploration, USA).

The group departed from the Cuajone mine gate at 2:00 pm for the long drive to Arequipa, arriving at the airport by 7:00 pm to fly to Lima. They were at their hotel in Miraflores by 10:45 pm to overnight.

Photograph by Mike Porter