In the last 17 years, he has worked in the mining industry as a Chief Geologist for Cominco Peru, Chief Geologist of the Andes Exploration Group in South America for Teck Cominco and recently as a Principal Geologist of the Andes Exploration Group for Teck. During the past 6 years, he has been involved in project generation, strategic planning, evaluations and recommendations for Teck throughout South America (Peru, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia). 

Mr. Montoya is currently VP of Exploration, General Manager for South America at GlobeTrotter Resources Group.

Mr. Montoya has worked on a diverse group of projects that includes Porphyries, Epithermals, CRD-Skarns, MVT’s, VMS’s, Sedex, Orogenics and IOCG’s, etc. He was responsible for the Zafranal Cu-Au porphyry discovery in Southern Peru for Teck.