Los Domos is a

gold mine Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. The expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface has led to more comple ...

project in

Aysén Region The Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region (, , '), often shortened to Aysén Region or Aisén,Examples of name usage1, official regional government site refers to the region as "Región de Aysén"., Chile's official meteorological ...

, Chile. The company Southern Gold SpA has been exploring the area since the late 2010s. In 2019 a consultant of Southern Gold SpA declared to the inhabitants of the nearby town of

Chile Chico Chile Chico (spanish language, Spanish for ''Little Chile'') is a List of towns in Chile, town in General Carrera Province, Aisén Region, Patagonia, Chile. It is located on the south shore of Buenos Aires/General Carrera Lake, General Carrera L ...

that prospecting was expected to last four years, employ 35 people and involve a total of 85 exploration drilling sites. In February 2023 an enquiry was launched by the Superintendency of the Environment about whether to sanction or not Southern Gold SpA for breaching the deadline for registering its works in the national

environmental impact assessment Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental impact, environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the te ...

system. The project site lies close to Patagonia National Park.

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