Los Domos is a
gold mine Gold Mine may refer to:
*Gold Mine (board game)
*Gold Mine (Long Beach), an arena
*"Gold Mine", a song by Joyner Lucas from the 2020 album '' ADHD''
See also
* ''Gold'' (1974 film), based on the novel ''Gold Mine'' by Wilbur Smith
*Gold mining
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project in
Aysén Region
The Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region ( es, Región de Aysén, , '), often shortened to Aysén Region or Aisén,Examples of name usage1, official regional government site refers to the region as "Región de Aysén"., Chile's of ...
, Chile. The company Southern Gold SpA has been exploring the area since the late 2010s.
In 2019 a consultant of Southern Gold SpA declared to the inhabitants of the nearby town of
Chile Chico
Chile Chico (Spanish for ''Little Chile'') is a town in General Carrera Province, Aisén Region, Patagonia, Chile. It is located on the south shore of General Carrera Lake. Chile Chico, which has around 3,000 inhabitants, is the eponymous c ...
that prospecting was expected to last four years, employ 35 people and involve a total of 85
exploration drilling sites.
[ In February 2023 an enquiry was launched by the Superintendency of the Environment about whether to sanction or not Southern Gold SpA for breaching the deadline for registering its works in the national ]environmental impact assessment
Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "environmental imp ...
system. The project site lies close to Patagonia National Park.
References
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Gold mines in Chile
Mines in Aysén Region