Carlos Bertoni, executive vice president for project development at Highland Copper Company, will present “The Future of Mining in the UP: Developing New Copper Deposits” at Northern Michigan University. His talk will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Mead Auditorium in the West Science Building. It is free and open to the public. This event is part of the Your Wealth lecture series sponsored by the NMU Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship.

Bertoni is a professional geoscientist and seasoned mining company executive with more than 30 years of experience. He has been project manager of Highland since 2013. Bertoni previously acted as chief operating officer and Brazil country manager for Aura Minerals Inc., and as president/CEO of Northern Mining Explorations Ltd. and Guyanor Resources S.A.