en.Wedoany.com Reported - Chilean engineering company Ingeniería Serficar SpA is advancing a pioneering project in the Atacama Region: the construction of a mobile gold processing plant specifically designed for individual miners and artisanal miners. The project aims to introduce a clean, efficient process that replaces traditional mills and eliminates the use of mercury, achieving higher recovery rates of metallic gold in less time, while improving worker health and reducing environmental impact.

Ingeniería Serficar SpA's business encompasses construction services, machining, lathe work, and support for small-scale mining. This mobile plant will allow miners to obtain metallic gold directly at the work site, thereby increasing product added value, reducing transportation costs, and enhancing the competitiveness of regional small-scale mining.

The project has received support from the Regional Production Development Committee of Atacama through Corfo's (Chilean Production Development Corporation) Activa Inversión investment activation line, reflecting the institution's commitment to promoting innovation and sustainability initiatives in mining. Corfo's Regional Director for Atacama, Alejandra Lettura, along with the Regional Ministerial Secretary (seremi) of Mining and Economy, Jonathan Carmona, visited Ingeniería Serficar SpA's facilities to learn firsthand about the progress of the "Mobile Plant for Processing Coarse and Medium Gold" project.

Regional Ministerial Secretary Carmona stated that such support programs are very important for small and medium-sized mining operations, helping to optimize processes and incorporate more technology, which will further promote the growth of small-scale mining. The Corfo Regional Director for Atacama emphasized that the call for proposals under the Activa Inversión investment activation line remains open and invited local companies to review the terms and submit applications. She noted that, like Ingeniería Serficar SPA, companies can obtain subsidies to launch projects, thereby contributing to the region's economic development.

Gonzalo Aróstica of Ingeniería Serficar SPA stated that Corfo's support made this project possible. The company had the concept but previously lacked the funding to implement it and purchase the equipment to assemble this mobile plant, thereby obtaining metallic gold with higher recovery rates than current processes.

The implementation of this mobile plant will directly enhance the efficiency of metallic gold recovery, eliminate toxic and environmental risks by ceasing the use of mercury, protect worker health and the environment, and optimize water resource utilization through a water circulation system.

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