David Gordon "Gordo" Fillmore

We met Gordon back in 2015 while he was working with Freeport McMoRan at the Cerro Verde project in Arequipa Peru - he was in charge or the Crushing and Conveying system of one of the biggest mining operations at the time.

Then Gordon joined us back in 2017, his first assignment was working in Nova Scotia, east of Canada. He performed an incredible job, alongside Dick Stafford, Fred Botha, Ray Longhurst and Keith Baldwin.

Later he helped us develop a project for Silbayane Platinum smelter and did the execution, After, he came back to the office, then worked for on a one-of-a-kind project for Teck along with Alberto Martinez, this was a unique plant for the development of an Ozone project for the cleaning of a river in southern Canada, where he successfully completed and was given accolades by our client Teck.

Then he worked alongside with me in helping with the Quebrada Blanca Phase II project development, we really enjoyed our time with Alex during our stay in Santiago, Chile. He was always a promoter of our young engineers and technicians. Passing his knowledge, he was always on time and ready to work, no matter what. He was also instrumental in helping build our project commissioning planning systems along with Ron Pyatt, Jeff Van Dyke and Al Macha in the structure of our systemic action and work-packages, his last assignment with us was at Neptune (2019) where he performed and laid the foundation for the teams to come, to this day.

Gordon and I had a personal relationship, during the Covid period (2 years) we spoke 2-3 times a week on how to help our professions, develop new systems and always a friend. He took an assignment to work with Freeport McMoRan after he left RCC (February 2020) as Commissioning Manager for a mega project in Indonesia, but always continued a conversation and rapport with me.

I loved discussing new ideas and methods with him, he was innovative and saw ways to use his experience and help us develop our systems, at first - he was a bit taken a back, but after using them - he was a believer in organizing the work and planning, ready to execute a well-planned job. I spoke with him 3 weeks ago, he invited me to come visit him in St. George and spend some time together. I regret not having taken his invite.

I learned about his passing yesterday, and have been reflecting on all the good times, but the lessons on the times we challenged each other and learned together. He personally asked me not to promote him to QV as he didn't want to be in high elevation, as he wanted to stay at home. He was very proud of his kids, who shared a common alma-matter with Al, Manuel, Alex and myself - New Mexico State University.

He was a private man and always honest - a true American - he kept things to himself but always worked as a team player - even when he was not in full agreement, but when a consensus was made, he executed without a doubt and never deviated from the team's objectives.

In life, we agreed to disagree - and that's good - with personal respect, no pride and being clear handed and never keeping information from each other. Truly, A true professional and a friend.

I mourn his passing - he was a very young man, he always talked about his children and his experience in the world and his goals.

I ask you to take a moment of silence to reflect upon your lives and realize that we are only here for a moment in time. The treasures we leave behind are the memories and impact you make on people's lives. May his memory remain with us always.

May God keep him close to him and bring comfort to his loved ones in these hard times.

Let's celebrate his life and accomplishments and continue that tradition of that can-do attitude no matter what, "Hey Ed, we can do that - no problems" in remembrance of Mr. Gordon Fillmore.

Rest In Peace my friend.

God Bless, Ed