stake some ground on the Chile-Argentina border, not far from the Veladero deposit, at the turn of the century. The subsequent exploration campaigns yielded three grassroots discoveries – one being the Josemaría coppergold deposit in 2004. The three discoveries are in the same land package and are located within 15 km of each other, but have since been spun into three separate companies within the Lundin Group. “Josemaría is currently the most defined project. We feel we’ve found the boundary of the resource, so the view now is to get something into production and maybe we can later tie in the other two deposits to form a district that will allow us to be mining here for 50+ years,” says Lundin.
Faith in Argentina In years gone by, international mining companies have been wary of investing in
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LUKAS AND ADAM LUNDIN WITH ARGENTINA PRESIDENT ALBERTO
