Mining company
Compañía Minera Nevada SpA
ChileRUT 85.306.000-3
It is listed here for its owners: one with a publishable source.
Owners
Who owns Compañía Minera Nevada SpA, with the document that states it.
Environmental enforcement
13 records of the SMA that name it as holder. The latest 6:
- 9 Inspections
- 2 Sanction procedures
- 2 Provisional measures
- Provisional measure MP-003-20182018Con SancionatorioSMA
- Sanction procedure D-011-20152015En cursoSMA
- Sanction procedure A-002-20132013En cursoSMA
- Provisional measure MP-001-20132013Con SancionatorioSMA
- Inspection DFZ-2026-1611-III-NE2026En SNIFASMA
- Inspection DFZ-2025-236-III-NE2025En SNIFASMA
Mining concessions
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN cadastre of current concessions.
520
current concessions
145,377ha
total area
477 constituted and 43 in process; 490 for exploitation and 30 for exploration.
- Alto del Carmen · Atacama351 concessions · 73,813 ha
- Vicuña · Coquimbo96 concessions · 23,366 ha
- Paiguano · Coquimbo33 concessions · 17,733 ha
- Río Hurtado · Coquimbo15 concessions · 7,464 ha
- La Higuera · Coquimbo15 concessions · 2,486 ha
and 1 more comuna
Water rights
Dirección General de Aguas…DGA register of water use rights.
51
current rights in its name
- 51 consumptive: 470.1 l/s declared in total
By region: Atacama (51)
Flows are those the register declares, added by type; the DGA warns that the register does not replace the case file.
SEIA projects
SEAMining projects it submitted as proponent to the Environmental Assessment Service.
5
mining projects
4 approved and 1 under review
Most recent
- Prospección Minera El AltoDIA · approved · Jan 19, 2026SEA
- Modificación Fase de Cierre Pascua LamaEIA · under review · Feb 6, 2024SEA
- Mina de Caliza PotrerilloDIA · approved · May 12, 2009SEA
Sites it operates
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN register of mining sites and installations, by the operator's RUT.
2
sites
2
active
- Pascua-LamaAlto del Carmen · Atacama · activeSERNAGEOMIN
- Prospección Minera El AltoAlto del Carmen · Atacama · activeSERNAGEOMIN
Environmental enforcement
SMARecords of the Superintendency of the Environment that name it as holder.
13
SMA records
2 sanction procedures, 2 provisional measures and 9 inspections
Latest: provisional measure MP-003-2018 (2018).
See mining enforcementLobbying meetings
InfoLobby, Ley 20.730Meetings recorded in InfoLobby (Law 20,730) it took part in.
109
meetings since Jan 25, 2023
- SEA25
- DGA20
- Subsecretaría de Minería11
- Subsecretaría de Economía9
- Subsecretaría de Hacienda8
and 12 more institutions
Counts by institution; officials' names are not published.
Mining patents
TGRTreasury register of mining-concession patents, file of October 2026.
797
concessions with a patent
$5,357,447,995
to pay in the period
3,003 payment forms in the file.
Frequently asked questions about Compañía Minera Nevada SpA
Answers built from the same figures as this page, each with its source.
- What is the RUT of Compañía Minera Nevada SpA?
- The RUT of Compañía Minera Nevada SpA is 85.306.000-3; its registered name at the SII is COMPANIA MINERA NEVADA SPA. Its main activity, per the SII, is extracción de otros minerales metaliferos no ferrosos n.c.p. (excepto zinc, plomo y manganeso). SIISII
- What mining concessions does Compañía Minera Nevada SpA hold?
- According to the SERNAGEOMIN cadastre, Compañía Minera Nevada SpA holds 520 mining concessions covering 145,377 ha: 490 for exploitation and 30 for exploration. They are in 6 comunas of 2 regions, most of them in Alto del Carmen (Atacama). SERNAGEOMIN
- Does Compañía Minera Nevada SpA hold water rights?
- Yes. The DGA register of water use rights lists 51 water use rights held by Compañía Minera Nevada SpA: 51 consumptive (470.1 l/s in total), in Atacama. Dirección General de Aguas…
- What projects does Compañía Minera Nevada SpA have in the SEIA?
- Compañía Minera Nevada SpA is the proponent of 5 mining projects in the SEIA: 4 approved and 1 under review. The most recent is "Prospección Minera El Alto" (DIA, approved). SEA
- Has Compañía Minera Nevada SpA been sanctioned by the SMA?
- The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) names Compañía Minera Nevada SpA as holder in 13 records: 2 sanction procedures, 2 provisional measures and 9 inspections. SMA
- Which authorities has Compañía Minera Nevada SpA met through lobbying?
- InfoLobby records 109 lobbying meetings in which Compañía Minera Nevada SpA took part since Jan 25, 2023, mostly with SEA (25), DGA (20) and Subsecretaría de Minería (11). InfoLobby, Ley 20.730
Every figure is a count or a sum of the records of the cited source under this legal person (by its RUT or its name as verified with the SII); the icon opens the original document. Lobbying meetings are shown seven days late. Natural persons have no profile.
Holder: the legal person in whose name more than half of the environmental permits of the operation's regulated unit stand, according to its SMA file. Stakes are those the cited document states; they are not multiplied by output here.
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- Its 520 mining concessions, one by one, with area, status and source
- Its 51 water rights, with flow and resolution date per the DGA register
- Its 5 SEIA projects, with instrument, status, dates and declared investment
- The 2 sites it operates, with their SERNAGEOMIN register page
- Its 13 SMA records, with the date and status of each
- Its 109 lobbying meetings by institution and year, and the latest with their subject
- Its mining patents (797 concessions): what is due, paid and owed by period
- Its ownership chain, with the percentage and source of each link
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