Crossing the Itacaiunas River by ferry, en route to Salobo.   From left:  Jaoa Carlos Rigon (CVRD, Salobo expert), Sergio Cattalani (CVRD Inco, Canada), Denise Rocha (CVRD, Brazil), Eugenio Espada (Minera Barrick Misquichilca, Colombia), Marcio Sales (CVRD, Brazil, crouching), Daniel Muller (Ivanhoe Mines, China), Tony Goddard (Barrick Gold of Australia), Graeme Corlett (Ivanhoe Mines, China).
Photographs by Mike Porter.