Compañia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (“Buenaventura” or “the company”) announced the retirement of Mr. Carlos Gálvez, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, after almost forty years with the company. Mr. Leandro García, Buenaventura's Controller, will succeed Mr. Gálvez as Vice President and CFO effective December 1, 2017, to lead Buenaventura's financial, commercial and administrative departments. Mr. Leandro García served as Buenaventura's Treasurer from 1990 to 1997 and as Financial and Commercial Manager of Sociedad Minera El Brocal until 2000.

Mr. García briefly left the company to become General Manager of BTL Drugstores until 2005 and General Manager of Inkafarma drugstores until June 2011. He then rejoined Buenaventura as Controller in July 2011.