BIOGRAPHY
Juan José Quijano Fernández, Abogado

Juan José Quijano Fernández, was born in Chile December 2, 1943.  He is a Chilean, Lawyer expert and Professor in Mining Law, mining Industrial and businessman.

Juan José Quijano Fernández is the son of Alfonso Quijano Olivares who is the ex-Minister from the State of Chile, ex-Vice President and Director of the State Bank of Chile.  Juan José Quijano Fernández’s mother is Ms. Guadalupe Fernández Ceballos ex-Government of the town of San Javier where Juan José Quijano Fernández was born where his grandfather worked in the wine business.

Juan José Quijano Fernández studied law at the Universidad Católica de Chile and finished in 1971 receiving the title of Lawyer from the Supreme Court of Justice.  Juan José Quijano Fernández is a specialist in Foreign Investments, Mining Law and Economic Legislation.

Juan José Quijano Fernández has been a General Manager and Director for several Chilean companies and he is currently the largest producer of red pears in Chile through his own company, Chilean Gold Fruits Ltd. and Sociedad Huertos del Maule Ltd. that has over 320,000 trees.

To date, Juan José Quijano Fernández is the largest owner of gold sedimentary deposits in Chile with over 250 different mines registered in his own name.  He is the owner of the sedimentary gold deposit known as “Madre de Dios” which is the largest in the country selling gold in the past of over USD $70 million.  The reserve in gold of the Madre de Dios project is estimated at more than USD $800 million.

Juan José Quijano Fernández is also the manager of Medinah Minerals (South America) and Cerro Dorado (South America) who work in the important porphyry gold/copper moly projects of Alto de Lipangue near Santiago, Chile that Juan José Quijano Fernández discovered in 1977 and sold to the companies in
1998-99.

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