Mining company
Minera Centinela
ChileRUT 76.727.040-2
Before the Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente (SMA) it holds one operation with published output.
Operations
1
it holds before the SMA
Owners
2
with a publishable source
Operations it holds
The environmental regulator (SMA) records it as the holder of most of the environmental permits of these operations. Copper is that of the whole operation. An operation whose regulated unit we have not linked yet is not on this list.
| Operation | Copper, 12 months | Of the country |
|---|---|---|
| Centinela (sulfuros + óxidos)SMA | no output in the period | — |
Owners
Who owns Minera Centinela, with the document that states it.
Environmental enforcement
11 records of the SMA that name it as holder. The latest 6:
- 7 Inspections
- 2 Sanction procedures
- 1 Sanction in the public register
- 1 Compliance programme
- Sanction in the public register D-254-20222022Fine of 809 UTASMA
- Sanction procedure D-254-20222022Terminado - SanciónSMA
- Sanction procedure D-206-20212021Terminado - PDC SatisfactorioSMA
- Compliance programme D-206-20212021SMA
- Inspection DFZ-2021-2161-II-RCA2021En SNIFASMA
- Inspection DFZ-2021-1515-II-RCA2021En SNIFASMA
Projects
Projects of the public tracker it is the holder of.
Mining concessions
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN cadastre of current concessions.
648
current concessions
154,836ha
total area
538 constituted and 110 in process; 475 for exploitation and 173 for exploration.
- Sierra Gorda · Antofagasta576 concessions · 137,984 ha
- Calama · Antofagasta33 concessions · 9,400 ha
- Mejillones · Antofagasta29 concessions · 5,944 ha
- Antofagasta · Antofagasta10 concessions · 1,508 ha
Water rights
Dirección General de Aguas…DGA register of water use rights.
1
current rights in its name
- 1 consumptive: 60.8 l/s declared in total
By region: Antofagasta (1)
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.
24
mining projects
23 approved and 1 withdrawn
Most recent
- Proyecto Modificación y continuidad operacional Rajo Mirador y El Llano con aumento de capacidad Depósito Ripios Tesoro. Minera CentinelaDIA · approved · Apr 8, 2026SEA
- Proyecto Alternativo Depositación de Relaves en RajoDIA · approved · Nov 8, 2021SEA
- Proyecto Polo Sur y Optimización Minera CentinelaDIA · approved · Jul 5, 2021SEA
Sites it operates
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN register of mining sites and installations, by the operator's RUT.
5
sites
4
active
- Centinela ÓxidosSierra Gorda · Antofagasta · activeSERNAGEOMIN
- Centinela SulfurosSierra Gorda · Antofagasta · activeSERNAGEOMIN
- Desarrollo Minera Centinela (DMC)Sierra Gorda · Antofagasta · activeSERNAGEOMIN
Environmental enforcement
SMARecords of the Superintendency of the Environment that name it as holder.
11
SMA records
2 sanction procedures, 1 final sanction, 1 compliance programme and 7 inspections
Latest: final sanction D-254-2022 (2022).
See mining enforcementLobbying meetings
InfoLobby, Ley 20.730Meetings recorded in InfoLobby (Law 20,730) it took part in.
98
meetings since Jan 13, 2023
- SERNAGEOMIN24
- SEA20
- DGA17
- Subsecretaría de Economía9
- Municipalidad de Mejillones7
and 9 more institutions
Counts by institution; officials' names are not published.
Mining patents
TGRTreasury register of mining-concession patents, file of October 2026.
876
concessions with a patent
$5,817,395,303
to pay in the period
3,743 payment forms in the file.
Frequently asked questions about Minera Centinela
Answers built from the same figures as this page, each with its source.
- What is the RUT of Minera Centinela?
- The RUT of Minera Centinela is 76.727.040-2; its registered name at the SII is MINERA CENTINELA. Its main activity, per the SII, is extracción y procesamiento de cobre. SIISII
- What mining concessions does Minera Centinela hold?
- According to the SERNAGEOMIN cadastre, Minera Centinela holds 648 mining concessions covering 154,836 ha: 475 for exploitation and 173 for exploration. They are in 4 comunas of Antofagasta, most of them in Sierra Gorda. SERNAGEOMIN
- Does Minera Centinela hold water rights?
- Yes. The DGA register of water use rights lists 1 water use right held by Minera Centinela: 1 consumptive (60.8 l/s in total), in Antofagasta. Dirección General de Aguas…
- What projects does Minera Centinela have in the SEIA?
- Minera Centinela is the proponent of 24 mining projects in the SEIA: 23 approved and 1 withdrawn. The most recent is "Proyecto Modificación y continuidad operacional Rajo Mirador y El Llano con aumento de capacidad Depósito Ripios Tesoro. Minera Centinela" (DIA, approved). SEA
- Has Minera Centinela been sanctioned by the SMA?
- The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) names Minera Centinela as holder in 11 records: 2 sanction procedures, 1 final sanction, 1 compliance programme and 7 inspections. SMA
- Which authorities has Minera Centinela met through lobbying?
- InfoLobby records 98 lobbying meetings in which Minera Centinela took part since Jan 13, 2023, mostly with SERNAGEOMIN (24), SEA (20) and DGA (17). 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 648 mining concessions, one by one, with area, status and source
- Its water right, with flow and resolution date per the DGA register
- Its 24 SEIA projects, with instrument, status, dates and declared investment
- The 5 sites it operates, with their SERNAGEOMIN register page
- Its 11 SMA records, with the date and status of each
- Its 98 lobbying meetings by institution and year, and the latest with their subject
- Its mining patents (876 concessions): what is due, paid and owed by period
- Its ownership chain, with the percentage and source of each link
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