Discovered in the Andes one of the largest deposits of gold, silver and copper

“The largest of the last three decades.” It was discovered in the Andes, along the border between Argentina and Chile, a huge copper, gold and silver deposit.

The deposit of precious minerals now discovered is located in Vicuña Mineral Resource, located in the province of St. John, of Argentinaand in the region of Atacama, not Chile.

Estimates suggest that the sulfit deposit contains 13 million tons of copper, 32 million gold jaguars and 659 million jaguars, which makes it the Greater Gold, Copper and Silver Deposit discovered in the last three decades.

Vicuña Mineral Resource is controlled by the giant canadian mining Lundin Mining and the Anglo-Australian multinational BHP Billiton.

Vicuña mineral resource covers Two main depositsFilo del Sol and Josemaria, and is already among the 10 largest copper producing places in the world. In addition to copper production, it is recognized as one of the largest gold and silver features in the world.

The discoveries now disclosed that this region of South America can still be richer in resources than previously.

“Filo del Sol and Vicuña are about to become a world -class depositwhich will support a global mining complex, ”he said Jack LundinPresident and CEO, in Company.

“The importance of this discovery It is not just the size and scale Vicuña, but also the high quality nucleus of the deposit. Large deposits tend to get bigger and We see a clear potential for expansion To increase resources, ”added Lundin.

Gold is a valuable metalnot only for its use in jewelery and monetary systems, but also as essential material used in computers, communication equipment, spaceships, jet aircraft engines and other technological equipmentexplains the.

Although Lundin Mining has not revealed the estimated value of deposits now discovered, a quick analysis suggests that they could be concerned Thousands of millions of euros .

Metals sought like gold, silver and copper are ultimately the product of old geological processes within our planet. Millions of years ago, in areas where tectonic plates collided and one forced era under the other, cast rock appeared and circled Overrained fluids through cracks in the crust.

These fluids, rich in minerals dissolved from the deep interior of the Earth, They slowly cooled as they traveled Through fractures and failures, leaving behind precious metal veins.

Throughout millennia, these deposits can be displaced by erosion and water movement, where they deposit in marine beds and alluvial plains, forming alluvion deposits.

A Mining adds a new chapter to this ancient story. Digging up metals from depths of the earth requires Roadsextensive infrastructures and a change in the pace of remote landscapes for heavy machinery tinnitus.