📋 Tender Overview
With the application of high environmental evaluation standards, Senace approved the Seventh Sustaining Technical Report (ITS) of the San Cristobal - Mahr Tunel Mining Unit, presented by Volcan Compania Minera S.A.A., a project located in the province of Yauli, Junin region, at an altitude of 3800 to 4400 m.a.s.l.
Directorial Resolution No. 00125-2025-SENACE-PE/DEAR of October 22, 2025 granted approval to the project that considers an investment amount greater than US$ 5 million, which will contribute to the sustainable development of Junin.
The approved ITS proposes implementing surface exploration platforms, reserve confirmation chambers inside the mine, a mineral field for sale to third parties and expanding the environmental schedule.
Volcan Compania Minera S.A.A. complied with the criteria and technical provisions required in the Environmental Protection and Management Regulation for Mining Exploitation, Beneficiation, General Work, Transportation and Storage Activities, approved by Supreme Decree No. 040-2014-EM, in accordance with Ministerial Resolution No. 120-2014-MEM-DM;
The ITS is an environmental management instrument necessary to make modifications or expansions that generate non-significant impacts on the environment, or that involve technological improvements in a project.
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