50,000 hectares of land under the Fuentes family's exclusive ownership, with three exceptional-quality bentonite deposits already identified and studied.
A synergistic asset portfolio: a 50,000-hectare titled estate, under the Fuentes family's exclusive ownership, with three contiguous bentonite mining concessions within that same land. The project is at a "value creation" stage, focusing investment on access infrastructure to unlock the potential of an already-known, studied geological resource, minimizing exploration risk.
Panoramic view of the land, Iglesia Department.
Hills within the land, with visible bentonite veins.
Land boundaries, between Colangüi and Malimán de Abajo.
Location: Angualasto, Iglesia Department — an area of proven mining suitability.
Advantage: joint ownership of land and mines, with no easement complications.
Mina "Don Juan"
Mina "Siete Hermanos"
Mina "Malimán"
The three mines form a single, contiguous mining block.
The deposit is composed mainly of sodium montmorillonite of exceptional whiteness — an uncommon variety, studied and published in two papers in the international scientific journal Applied Clay Science (Cravero, Keith, Murray & Toth, 2000; Allo & Murray, 2004), which describe it as "a white bentonite" with high-value potential applications. Swelling tests carried out on the deposit exceed the moderate-to-high quality standards published internationally by Inglethorpe et al. (2012).
Main applications: drilling muds (oil & gas), metallurgy and foundry, waterproofing and sealing, food and pharmaceutical industry, and other industrial uses (paints, soaps).
Preliminary estimates, subject to further drilling, suggest a potential in the order of 9 million tonnes of bentonite.
Sodium montmorillonite of exceptional whiteness, with swelling above internationally published quality standards — documented in two academic papers in Applied Clay Science.
A known, studied resource; the investment is for development, not exploration.
Suitable for drilling muds (oil & gas), foundry and metallurgy, waterproofing, and the food and pharmaceutical industry — mineral quality opens the highest-value segments.
