With the Vicuña copper-gold project alone projecting up to 15,000 construction workers, the country faces a paradox: never has the opportunity been larger, and never has filling the roles been harder
The new public-private body — modeled on existing frameworks for copper and lithium — was unveiled by Secretary General of the Presidency Karina Milei alongside six provincial governors at the San Juan Mining Expo
Eduardo Elsztain joined San Juan provincial authorities to reinaugurate the mine and processing center after a more-than-$15 million investment in exploration and plant overhaul
The ASX-listed explorer is testing a deeper copper porphyry target beneath the high-grade silver-zinc-copper-gold mineralization reported at Toro Central
The TSX-listed miner drilled 1,326 metres at its TADD-278 hole by April 7; preliminary assays between 715 and 920 metres returned 0.25 g/t gold and 0.12% copper over a 205-metre core-length interval.
With Veladero and Diablillos, the sector now accounts for six of the 12 projects approved under the regime. The pending pipeline — led by Glencore with $13.5 billion in copper projects — suggests that share will grow even further.
This technical study, integrating for the first time the Josemaría deposit in San Juan, Argentina, and Filo del Sol on the Argentina-Chile border, not only confirms the viability of a world-class binational district but also projects $18 billion in investment over the project’s life.
The study provides, for the first time, a unified technical view of the Josemaría deposit in San Juan, Argentina, and the Filo del Sol deposit on the Argentina-Chile border, positioning the project as one of the world’s most significant copper, gold, and silver developments.
The company plans to carry out detailed mapping, sampling, trenching, and geophysical surveys in preparation for a drilling program scheduled for the second half of 2026.
The core of the project is the development and exploitation of the Deep Carbonates Project, through which the company expects to produce about 120,000 ounces of gold annually over a minimum period of 17 years. The committed investment is US$665 million, of which roughly US$50 million will be allocated to geological exploration.
