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COSAYACH

Cosayach was founded in 1985 in order to exploit the extense Caliche mining resources belonging to Grupo
Errzuriz, a leading Chilean family owned economic group, engaged in various business activites including
among others- mining, real state & insurance, fishing, forestry and agriculture.
Cosayach is a reliable partner for the supply of iodine to the world, by having strategic and long term alliances
with agents, distributors and final users to provide stable, smooth and safe supply chain from the driest desert
of the world to customers warehouse in a timely manner.
Cosayach has one of the few largest Caliche resources empowered by the prompt sourcing of sea water to
guarantee the most sustainable, longest term supply of crude iodine and nitrates.

Route 16 - 53,0 km, 38 minutes

COLLAHUASI
Compaa Minera Doa Ins de Collahuasi SCM mines and produces copper
concentrate and cathodes and molybdenum concentrate. Its operations are
based on the open-pit exploitation of the Rosario and Ujina deposits and, to a
lesser extent, the Huinquintipa deposit, all located at 4,400 metres above sea
level on the Andean Plateau in the Pica municipal district of northern Chile's
Tarapac Region.
As of December 2013, Collahuasi was Chile's fourth largest copper producer
and held the world's sixth largest reserves.
This areas processing installations and its Rosario, Ujina and Huinquintipa
deposits are located in the municipal district of Pica, 185 km southeast of the
city of Iquique at an average altitude of 4,400 metres above sea level.

K+S
Founded in 1905, Punta de Lobos, Inc. (SPL) has been a pioneer in Chilean salt production,
distribution and sales. Recognized worldwide for its tradition, high standards in production and
its product quality, the Lobos brand is one of todays salt industry leaders.
K+S Chile operates one of the world's largest open pit sodium chloride deposits, the Great
Tarapac Salt Flat. This deposit, located 90 kilometers southeast of the city of Iquique, boasts
outstanding, unique characteristics: its salt with high levels of purity, low bromine and heavy metal
content, the absence of organic matter, its stability and controllability, and its proximity to the coast,
particularly to the Patillos Port Maritime Terminals. The Great Tarapac Salt Flat covers an area 45
kilometers long by 5 kilometers wide, ranging from 60 to 120 meters deep.

SPL operates one of the worlds largest open-pit deposits of sodium chloride. Located 60 miles
south of Iquique, the Tarapac salt flat boasts unique and privileged characteristics: close
proximity to port, high levels of purity, low levels of bromine and heavy metals, absence of
organic material, and a stable and controllable chemical quality.
The salt flat has a surface area of 45 kilometers long by 5 kilometers wide and a depth that
varies from 60 to 120 meters, boasting reserves to meet the global demand for 5 thousand
years.
Since 2006, SPL belongs to the German K + S Group, a worldwide leader in the production of
salt and fertilizers.
It is estimated that its reserves could meet global demand for at least 5 thousand years. Its raw
material is obtained via open pit mining, resulting in scaled extraction of its resources from
various levels and depths based on the subsequent use of each type of salt.

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