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Gabriela Mistral Mine

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Gabriela Mistral Mine

Location: 106 km S from Calama, Chile

Address:

Nueva Oriente 2696, Villa Exótica
Calama
Chile

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Copper
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Gabriela Mistral division consists of open pit mine, leaching process and SX-EW plant. There are held extraction, leaching and copper cathode production.

The Gabriela Mistral has 100% autonomous operation in extraction trucks.

On December 23, 2024, Codelco has requested an environmental permit to extend the life.

To extend the mine's lifespan, Codelco plans to extract copper oxides and then move on to sulfides, incorporating salt in the chlorinated leaching process to improve recovery rates.

The world's biggest copper miner aims to extend the mine's lifespan beyond 2028 to 2055 and end its use of domestic land-based water in 2035.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Codelco Corp. (operator) 100 % Indirect
Codelco Corp. develops business in seven mining divisions including Gabriela Mistral.

The deposits and plants belong to the State of Chile, which grants company the power to exploit and manage them.

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Deposit type

  • Porphyry

Summary:

Porphyry copper deposit, its main mineralized body is oxidized in a mineralized zone, mainly Chrysocolla, Black and Atacamite oxides in low presence, deposited under sterile coverage of post mineral gravels with an average thickness of 50 m.

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Mining Methods

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

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AV - Autonomous

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Copper M lbs  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe229236271268276
All production numbers are expressed as cathode.

Operational metrics

Metrics202220212020201920182017
Daily processing capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe38,180 kdmt39,430 kdmt40,503 kdmt
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Production Costs

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C1 cash costs Copper USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 2.32 / lb   1.92 / lb   1.52 / lb  

Mine Financials

Units20242023202220212020201920182017
Revenue M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 671.3   644   901.4  
Gross profit M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe -9.1   102.6   251.9  
Pre-tax Income M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe -121.5   -4.3   121.8  
After-tax Income M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe -38   -1.4   44.1  

Personnel

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Workforce

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