Super Copper’s Cordillera project approval: permitting and drill path notes for mine planners
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on MINING.com
30 Second Briefing
Super Copper’s Cordillera Cobre project in Chile’s Atacama copper belt has secured approval for 26 exploitation concessions from Sernageomin, covering about 6,858 hectares and granting full, permanent mining rights once registration in the Copiapó Mining Registry is complete. The company reports 25 concessions already have formal court resolutions and 15 have legal extracts published in the Official Mining Gazette, with title registration now in progress. CEO Zachary Dolesky says this clears the way to submit a drill programme as soon as results from the latest exploration work are finalised.
Technical Brief
- Legal pathway completed through Sernageomin involves court resolutions, gazette publication and Copiapó Mining Registry inscription.
- 26 exploitation concessions form a contiguous Cordillera Cobre claim block within the Atacama copper belt.
- Of these, 25 concessions already carry formal court resolutions establishing their legal existence.
- Only 15 concessions have progressed to legal extract publication in the Official Mining Gazette so far.
- Remaining work is administrative registration; no further technical submissions are indicated at this stage.
- Exploitation status provides indefinite tenure, enabling long‑life mine planning rather than time‑limited exploration campaigns.
- Super Copper links Cordillera Cobre’s advancement to expectations of a structural global copper supply deficit.
Our Take
Within our 443 Mining stories, copper items tied to northern Chile and the Atacama region tend to progress relatively quickly from concession approval to early drilling, suggesting Super Copper’s Cordillera Cobre block could move into field work faster than comparable greenfield copper plays in Canada.
The 100% acquisition interest in the Castilla copper project positions Super Copper more like the single-operator Atacama copper belt juniors in our database, which typically retain full project control to keep optionality for a later farm-in or streaming deal rather than early-stage joint ventures.
Having 26 exploitation concessions approved at Cordillera Cobre gives Super Copper a contiguous land position that, in our coverage of Atacama copper belt projects, usually supports district-scale targeting strategies rather than isolated deposit drilling, with implications for both exploration budgets and eventual infrastructure planning.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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