Company profile
Soc. Contractual Minera Carola
RUT 79.664.330-7Extracción y Procesamiento de Cobre
Soc. Contractual Minera Carola (RUT 79.664.330-7) holds 364 mining concessions (43,092 ha) in 10 comunas of 5 regions, most of them in Tierra Amarilla (Atacama), according to the SERNAGEOMIN cadastre: 337 constituted and 27 in process. SERNAGEOMIN
Mining concessions
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN cadastre of current concessions.
364
current concessions
43,092ha
total area
337 constituted and 27 in process; 364 for exploitation and 0 for exploration.
- Tierra Amarilla · Atacama167 concessions · 13,230 ha
- Copiapó · Atacama130 concessions · 18,653 ha
- Vallenar · Atacama23 concessions · 4,169 ha
- Chañaral · Atacama15 concessions · 2,626 ha
- Punitaqui · Coquimbo10 concessions · 1,372 ha
and 5 more comunas
Water rights
Dirección General de Aguas…DGA register of water use rights.
10
current rights in its name
- 10 consumptive: 140 l/s declared in total
By region: Atacama (10)
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.
11
mining projects
9 approved, 1 not qualified and 1 withdrawn
Most recent
- Optimización Operacional Mina CarolaDIA · approved · Apr 8, 2025SEA
- Optimización Operacional Planta CerrillosDIA · approved · Apr 8, 2025SEA
- Aumento Ritmo de Extracción Mina CarolaDIA · approved · Nov 9, 2018SEA
Sites it operates
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN register of mining sites and installations, by the operator's RUT.
37
sites
37
active
- CarolaTierra Amarilla · Atacama · activeSERNAGEOMIN
- Planta CerrillosTierra Amarilla · Atacama · activeSERNAGEOMIN
- Grupo ZapallarTierra Amarilla · Atacama · activeSERNAGEOMIN
Environmental enforcement
SMARecords of the Superintendency of the Environment that name it as holder.
See the full detailLobbying meetings
InfoLobby, Ley 20.730Meetings recorded in InfoLobby (Law 20,730) it took part in.
15
meetings since Mar 2, 2023
- SERNAGEOMIN6
- SEA4
- DGA3
- Municipalidad de Tierra Amarilla1
- Subsecretaría de Minería1
Counts by institution; officials' names are not published.
Mining patents
TGRTreasury register of mining-concession patents, file of October 2026.
436
concessions with a patent
$3,259,051,769
to pay in the period
2,282 payment forms in the file.
Frequently asked questions about Soc. Contractual Minera Carola
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- What is the RUT of Soc. Contractual Minera Carola?
- The RUT of Soc. Contractual Minera Carola is 79.664.330-7; its registered name at the SII is SOC CONTRACTUAL MINERA CAROLA. Its main activity, per the SII, is extracción y procesamiento de cobre. SIISII
- What mining concessions does Soc. Contractual Minera Carola hold?
- According to the SERNAGEOMIN cadastre, Soc. Contractual Minera Carola holds 364 mining concessions covering 43,092 ha: 364 for exploitation. They are in 10 comunas of 5 regions, most of them in Tierra Amarilla (Atacama). SERNAGEOMIN
- Does Soc. Contractual Minera Carola hold water rights?
- Yes. The DGA register of water use rights lists 10 water use rights held by Soc. Contractual Minera Carola: 10 consumptive (140 l/s in total), in Atacama. Dirección General de Aguas…
- What projects does Soc. Contractual Minera Carola have in the SEIA?
- Soc. Contractual Minera Carola is the proponent of 11 mining projects in the SEIA: 9 approved, 1 not qualified and 1 withdrawn. The most recent is "Optimización Operacional Mina Carola" (DIA, approved). SEA
- Has Soc. Contractual Minera Carola been sanctioned by the SMA?
- Among the SMA records Veta IQ publishes, Soc. Contractual Minera Carola appears in 2 records (2 inspections), none of them a sanction procedure. SMA
- Which authorities has Soc. Contractual Minera Carola met through lobbying?
- InfoLobby records 15 lobbying meetings in which Soc. Contractual Minera Carola took part since Mar 2, 2023, mostly with SERNAGEOMIN (6), SEA (4) and DGA (3). InfoLobby, Ley 20.730
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