en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Atacama Regional Office of the Chilean Environmental Assessment Agency (SEA), together with the Diaguita Sierra de Huachacán Indigenous Community (Comunidad Indígena Diaguita Sierra de Huachacán) and the project owner, signed the first final agreement of the indigenous consultation for the Pascua Lama closure modification project.

The signing ceremony was held at the Corproa office in Vallenar, attended by members of the Board of the Diaguita Sierra de Huachacán Indigenous Community, representatives of Compañía Minera Nevada SpA, and professionals from the SEA Atacama Regional Office. This agreement was signed within the framework of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Pascua Lama closure modification project.

The final indigenous consultation agreement is a document that records the final consensus and disagreements reached by the parties during the indigenous consultation process. It includes a specific section detailing the tracking and monitoring mechanisms, actions, and responsible parties for the agreements reached, aligned with the subsequent implementation under the project's Environmental Impact Assessment. These provisions are specified in Document ORD N°202599102114, which outlines instructions for implementing the indigenous consultation procedure within the Environmental Impact Assessment system under International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169.

The participants considered this the first final agreement signed within the context of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Pascua Lama closure modification project. The parties also highlighted the progress made in recent years in environmental assessment and the corresponding indigenous consultation procedures.

In this case, the Final Agreement (PAF) includes consensus on measures to mitigate significant impacts on the Diaguita Sierra de Huachacán Indigenous Community, as identified during this indigenous consultation process.

Currently, the indigenous consultation process for the project continues simultaneously with five other Diaguita communities in the municipality of Alto del Carmen.

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