Strategic Infrastructure: Mendoza Activates the Pata Mora Trust Scheme
The Province transferred the expropriated properties to the trust managed by Mendoza Fiduciaria and enabled the operational phase of a key node for southern Mendoza.
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The Mining Environmental Authority identified active producers and technical conditions in a sector that, under the new Code, is now considered a mineral processing plant.
On 17 March 2026, representatives of Minas Argentinas held an institutional meeting with the Mayor of Jáchal, Dr Matías Espejo, during which they presented the structure of the team that will be responsible for the company’s Community Relations area.
Every March 22 marks World Water Day, a United Nations initiative aimed at raising awareness about the importance of freshwater and the need to protect this increasingly scarce resource.
With more than 70 active projects and a governance framework aimed at reducing administrative timelines, the province consolidates its position on the Argentine mining map, with exploration as a strategic axis and RIGI as an investment catalyst.
Son of Ana Ayala and Arnaldo Cruz, a mining technician, Ariel grew up in the La Casualidad camp and attended primary school there. Today, together with his mother, he revisits the years when the family was part of that mining community located in the Salta Puna.
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