2011 LLM Graduate Nino Coppero Visits Denver in Role as Attorney for New Peruvian Copper Mine Owned by HudBay Minerals of Toronto

Nino Coppero, a 2011 LLM Graduate from the Denver Law Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Graduate Program, was in Denver last week in his role as attorney for a new copper mine being planned for southern Peru.

The new mine, Constancia, is located near Cuzco. It is owned by HudBay Minerals of Toronto.

While in Denver he met with a local engineering firm that is working on the processing plant permit.

Before joining HudBay Minerals, Mr. Coppero worked with the firm of Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano Abogados in Lima. At the firm he worked for Luis Carlos Rodrigo, a well known mining lawyer, who has also taught at Denver Law.

Mr. Coppero is a Fellow for the Sustainable Development Strategies Group and has taught mining and oil and gas law at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences College of Law.

Editor's note: In the photo, Mr. Coppero is standing; Lucy Daberkow, Associate Administrative Director for the Graduate Program is on the left and Don Smith, Director of the Graduate Program, is sitting in front.