The initiative proposes employment and local procurement targets for major mining projects, creates a provincial supplier registry and establishes monitoring, incentive and control mechanisms.
From its Tortuguitas operations center, the company outlined investments in infrastructure, training and technical support to meet rising demand from mining, energy and construction. Germán Wilson said Argentina could multiply its mining exports in the coming years and stressed the need to accelerate talent development and supplier readiness.
The initiative reopens the debate on the opportunities and limitations faced by small businesses and service providers in mining areas of influence seeking to join the sector’s supply chain.
The national government approved the investment for the second phase of the Sal de Oro operation, the lithium project the company operates on the border between Salta and Catamarca.
The U.S.-based company presented its Young Professionals Program in Catamarca. Ten positions will be available to work at its operations in Santa Cruz.
The Canadian junior mining company reported new advances at Pyros and Zorro, two of the projects it is developing within a regional land package exceeding 160,000 hectares in San Juan Province.
The company presented how the historic Valle del Cura project in San Juan Province has begun to be reevaluated under a model associated with deep porphyry systems.
The company showed how the project evolved from identifying high-grade veins to interpreting a large-scale mineralized system with multiple styles of mineralization and a new Cu-Au porphyry component.