ALUMBRERA

LOCATION

Alumbrera is about 1,100 kilometres northwest of Buenos Aires and six hours by paved and dirt roads from the airport at San Miguel de Tucumán.

Located in Hualfin District, Belen Department, Catamarca Province, the deposit is 95 kilometres north-east of the town of Belen and approximately 50 road kilometres north-west of Andalgalá. The project is served by air and all-weather roads. Alumbrera has scheduled flights and road transport to and from Tucumán and Catamarca and the mine site.

The mine is situated in a valley west of the easternmost range of the Andes at an elevation of 2,600 metres above sea level.

The climate is arid to semi-arid with topography and vegetation similar to the Arizona-Sonora desert. The area around the mine is sparsely populated. Average mean temperature is 17–18 degrees Celsius and average minimum and maximum temperatures range between 8–10 degrees Celsius and 22–27 degrees Celsius.