Beforehand, the visitors were with Vice Governor Hebe Casado, whom they had already met at the Battery Minerals Conference, a fair in which Mendoza sought to attract investments to our province.
The Australian delegation was headed by the highest authority of Minig Plus, Ben Auld, and the expert in Geotechnical Engineering and Mining Engineering Paul Murphy. Furthermore, by the government of Mendoza by the director of Mining, Jerome Shantal, and the Undersecretary of Institutional Relations of Mendoza, José María Videla Sáenz.
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The meeting with Australian businessmen was at Government House.
Short term mining
At the Government House, Cornejo told the representatives of the mining companies that “there is a plan that consists of mining in the short term, mainly with the copperwhich in Mendoza there are in quantity and we believe we have a social license in the South.”
To this he added: “We are working on an environmental impact report that includes 18 thousand km2 in the South, with more than 300 mining projects.”
The governor also explained the benefits of settling and living in Mendoza by pointing out that “there is a great connectivity plan at the Mendoza Airport that has, for example, flights to Lima and Santiago de Chile.”
Furthermore, the president pointed out that our province “has very good human resources” and explained that “A good part of the professionals who carry out tasks in San Juan are graduates of Mendoza universities. There is also the quality of life of its inhabitants. In fact, people who explore or work in the mining areas in the neighboring province live in Mendoza.”
Minister Latorre added: “It is very important to highlight the business ecosystem that the province has. Currently there are more than 150 Mendoza companies that provide services in projects in other mining areas, such as in San Juan and Salta.”
As a summary, the governor said: “In summary, there are business opportunities, connectivity, good quality of life and a solvent plan to develop mining projects in Mendoza. With agriculture, viticulture and tourism we cannot sustain the economy. “We need to insert ourselves into the world with sustainable mining.”
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Minister Jimena Latorre, of Energy and Environment, also participated in the meeting.
Australian companies
With more than 13 projects operating around the world and 100 completed initiatives, Byrnecut undertakes long-term mine development and production contracts, with a fleet of equipment operating in Australia, Indonesia, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and other countries on all continents.
Mining Plus is present in more than 40 countries, has more than 10 thousand employees and provides mining technical services with professionals specialized in geology, mining engineering, geotechnics, mine ventilation and operational management. In this way, it covers a wide range of mineral products and project types.
After the visit of a delegation from Mendoza to Australia, the first to arrive in the province were the Australian mining businessmen Eduardo and Pablo Piñero, leaders of the Ampere Lithium company. They expressed interest in operating in the southern province, with San Rafael and northern Malargüe as their starting point, with the aim of developing metals projects for batteries in a socially and environmentally sustainable manner.
In addition to this, the Australian firm GWK Minerals SA also sent a delegation to our province to learn about the potential it has for this type of projects and to install an office in the province to explore various investment possibilities.
