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Happycats...

Which chilean mine are we talking about...?

1. Chuquicamata, or "Chuqui" as it is more familiarly known, is by digged volume the biggest open pit copper mine in the world, located in the north of Chile, estimated reserves at 690 million tonnes grading 2.58% Cu...

2. El Teniente ("The Lieutenant") is an underground copper mine in the of Chilean commune of Machalí in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region, at Sewell, in the Andes. It is reported as "the world's biggest underground copper mine...The mine has increased production to 100,000 t (110,000 short tons) of ore per day,[5] and in 2006 the mine produced over 418,000 t (461,000 short tons) of copper...

3. El Salvador mine [open pit and underground] was developed by Anaconda Copper...In 1989 the mines production rate of 120,000 tonnes (130,000 short tons) of refined copper accounted for 1.7% of the world's copper supply...The El Salvador mine is Codelco's smallest operation and has the highest cash costs per lb CU..Due nationalisation and labor disputes El Salvador went to only producing 14,000 tonnes (15,000 short tons) of copper in the first quarter of 2005...

4. Los Bronces or El Soldado

It seems VOR geologically ressembling a Chilean Mine may not be as bad as it seems...notwithstanding the early stage VOR is in exploration...

Any comments welcome...