El Toqui mine

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El Toqui
Location
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El Toqui
Location in Chile
Region Aysén Region
Country Chile
Coordinates 45°02′05″S71°56′34″W / 45.03472°S 71.94278°W / -45.03472; -71.94278
Production
ProductsCopper, gold, silver, lead
Owner
CompanySociedad Contractual Minera El Toqui

El Toqui mine is a polymetallic zinc-gold mine in Chile. Besides silver and lead are also mined in El Toqui. [1] The mine is owned by Laguna Gold through its wholly owned subsidiary company Sociedad Contractual Minera el Toqui. [2] Laguna Gold purchased the mine from Nyrstar in 2016. [3] Nyrstar had owned the mine since its 2011 purchase of Breakwater Resources which had in turn purchased it from Barrick Gold Corporation in 1997. [4]

The mine is powered by a 4 Mw diesel power plant and a 2 Mw hydroelectric power plant. [1]

As of 2025 the mine was exporting zinc concentrate to Lianyungang in China through the port of Chacabuco in Aysén Fjord. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sociedad Contractual Minera El Toqui". guiaminera.cl. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  2. ↑ Canadian & American Mines Handbook. Toronto, Ontario: Business Information Group. October 2004. p. 85. ISBN   0919336612.
  3. ↑ "Nyrstar sells El Toqui mine for $25 million to Laguna Gold Limited". Reuters. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Breakwater to Suspend Milling At Chilean Mine For Three Months". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  5. ↑ "Minera Pacífico del Sur realiza segundo embarque de concentrado de zinc rumbo a China". Reporte Minero & Energético (in Spanish). 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
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