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The "traditional" mining companies
and their projects

Barrick is one of the biggest international mining companies with mining interests throughout the world, including the Pascua-Lama project in Chile. That will be one of the biggest goldmines of the world.
Barrick is not the only mining company that wants to exploit the mountains of the zone, though. One of the other projects' names is Noranda, a chinese company.


Pascua Lama in numbers


Proprietor:
Barrick Gold Corporation, Toronto, Canada

Exploited by:
Cía Minera Nevada, subsidiary of Barrick in Chile.
Barrick Exploraciones Argentina S.A. and
Exploraciones Mineras Argentinas S.A., in Argentina

Resources:
547.42 tons of gold (17.6 million ounces)
635 million tons of silver

Annual yield:
5.000 tons copper ore, 615.000 ounces of gold and 30 million ounces of silver

Revenues:
between 1.380 and 1.500 million dollars

Life Cycle:
17 years

Location:
95 miles southeast of the city of Vallenar, in the community of Alto del Carmen, province of Huasco, III Region, between 9.500 y 17.000 ft. altitude. 75% of the mine on the Chilean side, and 25% in Argentina, province of San Juan.

Planned Start of Construction:
2006

Planned Start of Operation:
2009

Employees:
4.500 workers for three years and 1.500 for 17 years.
(a majority of Argentinians, and less then 40 from the region)

Contributions:
The international mining firms don't pay taxes. During the last couple of years, Barrick has been exploiting the El Indio mine. This corporation did not pay a single tax dollar during the 17 years of operation.


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