One of the world’s largest gold and copper deposits could be located between Argentina and Chile, according to reports from Lunding Mining (Canada) and BHP (Australia), which together make up the Vicuña mining company.
Both companies, which are involved in the Filo del Sol and Josemaría projects, indicated in a statement this Monday that one of the world’s largest copper, gold, and silver deposits has been identified on the border between the two countries. Vicuña noted that “the new resource evaluation at Filo del Sol and Joemaría consolidates the project’s position as one of the largest copper-gold-silver deposits in the world.”
Both projects are located in the Argentine province of San Juan (west), “although part of Filo del Sol also extends into the Chilean Atacama region.”
It is important to note that Vicuña is among the top ten districts in copper mineral resources worldwide, “with 12.8 million tons of measured copper and 25.1 million tons of inferred copper. It also contains 32.2 million ounces of measured gold and 48.7 million ounces of inferred gold, and 659 million ounces of measured silver and 808 million ounces of inferred gold.”
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Source: swissinfo
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