The mining company Vicuñaa society formed equally by the Canadian Lundin Mining and the Australian BHPhe said today that projects Filo del Sol y Josemaríalocated on the border between Argentina y Chilethey are among the first ten districts of the world in copper mineral resourcesso it suggests a new resource evaluation.
According to the letter disseminated by the company, “The new evaluation of resources in the Sun of the Sun and Josemaría consolidates the position of the project as one of the most large -scale copper, gold and silver deposits worldwide”.
Where are the deposits
Filo del Sol y Josemaría They are in the Argentine province of San Juanto the west of the country, although a section of Sun of the Sun reaches the Chilean region of Atacama. The first of the deposits is in the exploration stage, while the second is in a preconstruction phase.
The strategic agreement, for what the statement affirms, “It seeks to take advantage of the synergies between the Filo del Sol and Josemaría deposits, which are in proximity, to optimize the shared infrastructure and allow staggered expansions”.
The details of the finding
The deposits contain 12.8 million tons of measured copper y 25.1 million inferred tonsin addition to 32.2 million ounces of gold measured y 48.7 million inferred ouncesy 659 million Silver ounces measures along with 808 million inferred ounces. As commented by the company itself, most of these resources come from the Filo del Sol site.
Jack LundinPresident and Executive Director of Lundin Mininghe said that “Filo del Sol has been one of the most significant discoveries of the last 30 years”.
And he added that “Filo del Sol and the Vicuña district are ready to become a world -class site that will support a world -renowned mining complex”.
In turn, Lundin stressed that Josemaríathe other site that is part of the project Vicuña“stands out for a high -law core close to the surface. ”According to the estimate, it contains 978,000 tons of copper, 2.4 million ounces of gold y 11 million onzas of silver“.
“Filo del Sol represents a generational discovery, the most relevant finding in unprecistened areas in the last three decades”the Canadian company published.
