
BHP's Spence copper mine in Chile now fully autonomous
Spence's newest copper concentrator plant. ( Image courtesy of BHP. BHP's (ASX, NYSE: BHP) Spence copper mine in Chile has celebrated three months of being …

Altiplano Metals Inc. on LinkedIn: #copper #mining #chile
Watch the video to see the El Peñón copper/gold and iron processing facility in Chile, near La Serena. The facility processes material from the Farellon mine, 15 km from the plant where copper ...

Characterization and distribution of adularia and other …
This belt has an extension of ~1,300 km from the southern Peru to central-north of Chile (~29° S) and 30 to 50 km width, hosting several Au-Ag epithermal and porphyry copper deposits (Boric et al., 1990; Marinovic et al., 1995).

Altiplano Metals Reports Assay Results From its Santa Beatriz Copper
The Santa Beatriz Mine is located 2 kilometres (km) by road from the Company's existing operation at the Farellon Copper-Gold-Iron Mine and 13 kms from the El Peñón processing plant near La ...

Top 10: Copper Mining Companies in Chile | Mining Digital
Lundin Mining Corporation owns a 80% stake in Chile's Candelaria copper mine, which produces up to 170,000 tonnes a year. The Candelaria Copper Mining Complex comprises two adjacent copper mining operations – Candelaria and Ojos del Salado – which produce copper concentrates from an open pit and underground mines. …

BHP $2.5bn expansion of Spence copper mine in Chile …
Mining giant BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) can go ahead with a $2.5 billion expansion of its Spence copper mine, in Chile's Atacama desert, after the country's environmental regulator (SEA) unanimously ...

Falcon Signs MOU to Acquire Viernes Project Next to …
The west portion of the project offers prospectivity for epithermal gold veins as evidenced by outcrops of the Chile-Alemania Paleocene volcano-stratigraphic sequence, which is the same host rock at the El-Peñon Gold Mine owned by Yamana Gold. Additionally, large Eocene Monzodiorite rocks are also highly prospective for porphyry …

Altiplano Metals Begins Startup Phase at El Penon and …
Five-thousand tonnes of copper-gold-iron material will be processed per month and is expected to produce 300 tonnes of copper/gold concentrate and 1,800 …

Gold Field's Salares Norte project in Chile granted
Salares Norte is one of five gold projects set to begin operations in Chile by 2023. ... the $834 million Salares Norte mine would generate 450,000 gold ounces a year over a 12-year mine life ...

The five largest copper mines in Chile
The Los Pelambres Mine, owned by Antofagasta Plc, is a surface mine located in Elqui. The mine produced an estimated 305.62 thousand tonnes of copper in 2023. The mine will operate until 2035. Buy the profile here. 5. Radomiro Tomic Mine. Owned by Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile, the Radomiro Tomic Mine is a …

Falcon Signs Definitive Option to Purchase Viernes Project
Explore Falcon Gold Corp.'s strategic acquisition of the Viernes project in Chile, promising gold and copper ... El-Penon Gold-Silver mine, which produces …

Falcon Signs Definitive Option to Purchase Viernes Project …
Explore Falcon Gold Corp.'s strategic acquisition of the Viernes project in Chile, promising gold and copper ... El-Penon Gold-Silver mine, which produces 160,000 ounces of Gold per year and ...

Corral Del Penon Copper Mine Near Salamanca, Chile | The …
The Corral Del Penon Copper Mine is near Salamanca, Chile. The Corral Del Penon Copper Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. Production size when active was considered to be small. Mine operations consist of workings of unknown type. There is one known shaft. Subsurface depth reaches a …

Pampa Metals exploring potential porphyry district on trend …
2022.05.07. Around 80% of Chilean copper production comes from copper-moly porphyry deposits, with most situated in northern Chile. These porphyries, which may contain …

Falcon Gold Signs Definitive Option to Purchase
Additionally, Barrick Gold in 2015 sold a 50% stake in Zaldívar Mine for a $1.005 Billion in cash forming a partnership with Antofagasta PLC one of the worlds leading copper companies.

Pampa Metals zoning in on copper-gold porphyry at Cerro …
Pampa Metals zoning in on copper-gold porphyry at Cerro Buenos Aires, Chile. December 9, 2021. 2021.12.09. For years, Chile has been ideal "elephant" …

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Additionally, Barrick Gold in 2015 sold a 50% stake in Zaldívar Mine for a $1.005 Billion in cash forming a partnership with Antofagasta PLC one of the worlds leading copper companies. Antofagasta has an outstanding track record of building and operating mines in Chile, the Zaldívar project is approximately 35kms NE of our claims.

El Penon Gold Mine In Coquimbo, Chile | The Diggings™
Copper mining deposit report for "Deposit #Usgs10105068" (#USGS10105068) in Coquimbo, Chile. ... Mines. South America. Chile. Deposit #USGS10105068; El Penon Gold Mine Coquimbo, Chile. 31.2141°S 70.8828°W Overview Copper ; Location 1 Aliquots; Production 1 Records; Mine Overview. The El Penon Gold Mine is located in the …

Pampa Metals Provides Exploration Update for its Copper
Pampa Metals is a Canadian company listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE: PM) as well as the Frankfurt (FSE: FIRA) and OTC (OTCQB®: PMMCF) exchanges. Pampa Metals owns a highly prospective 62,000-hectare portfolio of eight projects for copper and gold located along proven mineral belts in Chile, one of the world's top mining …

Chilean fuel-to-forestry giant Copec explores green …
Mina Justa copper mine. Credit: Chile's biggest industrial group Empresas Copec SA is exploring options to expand in green hydrogen and copper mining as the …

Yamana, Goldspot application of AI at Chile mine pays off
Humanity would have to mine more copper in the next 20 years than in human history to meet surging global demand on the back of the energy transition. Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | July 12 ...

Pampa Metals zoning in on copper-gold porphyry at Cerro Buenos Aires, Chile
2021.12.09. For years, Chile has been ideal "elephant" copper deposit hunting ground for the big-name mining companies. Boasting the largest copper reserves worldwide, at 200 million tonnes, Chile's dominance isn't waning anytime soon.

Altiplano Metals Inc. | Overview
The Santa Beatriz Mine is located 2 kilometres (km) by road from the existing operation at the Farellon Copper-Gold Mine near La Serena, Chile. Farellon and Santa Beatriz are situated in the north/northeast trending 1,000-kilometre Atacama Fault zone within Chile's copper-rich iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) belt, this area is associated with ...

El Peñon
El Peñon Antofagasta, Chile El Peñon Antofagasta, Chile El Peñon Antofagasta, Chile El Peñon is an underground gold and silver mine, producing doré through a leaching and Merrill-Crowe process. The mine has been in operation since 1999 and has consistently replaced ounces mined. Average throughput is approximately 3,600 tonnes per day. …

Caserones | Lundin Mining Corporation
Caserones is an open pit copper-molybdenum mine which produces high-quality copper concentrate, copper cathode and molybdenum concentrate. Lundin Mining is the operator, holding a 51% interest in Minera Lumina Copper Chile, with JX Metals Corporation holds the remaining 49% interest. ... Lumina Copper Chile completed exploration programs to ...

Falcon Signs Definitive Option to Purchase Viernes Project
We are directly adjacent to Yamana's El-Penon Gold-Silver mine, which produces 160,000 ounces of Gold per year and 5,000,000 million ounces of silver. It's also just 30kms from the ndida porphyry Copper-Gold-Moly cluster, operated by BHP and Rio Tinto, Barrick – Antofagasta's Zaldívar Copper Mine is 35 NE of our project and is ...

Chile | BHP
Chile We mine copper from some of the world's biggest copper deposits located at our ndida, Spence and Cerro Colorado operations in Chile. Our Chilean operations . ndida. ndida is the largest copper producer in the world. Find out more. Pampa Norte. Our Pampa Norte operations consist of two copper mines, Spence and Cerro …

Yamana Gold resumes operations at mine in Chile …
Operations were halted on Jan. 7 after unionized workers staged a sit-in at the employee camp and blocked access roads. (Image courtesy of Codelco's mine workers union)

Beyond Copper: Gold
Gold mining in the country dates back to the end of the sixteenth century, and was encouraged later on with the establishment of the royal mint in Santiago. Gold reserves in Chile can be found in sub-volcanic epithermal deposits and porphyry sporadic deposits, as a by-product of copper and molybdenum.

Copper Mine in Chile Expands Extraction Capacity Thanks to …
As the owner of ndida, the world's biggest copper mine, the company is one of the largest copper producing companies in the world. BHP's $52 million infrastructure …