Case studies
Real problems, solved territorially
Situations addressed by the firm's technical director in large-scale copper mining in the Antofagasta Region. They are presented without identifying the owner: contracts usually prevent commercial use of its name, and that restriction is respected.
Technically viable sites that the territory did not allow
SituationEngineering teams identified sites for growth projects by assessing constructability, without incorporating the territorial complexity involved.
RiskCommitting investment to a site that the operation's growth or territorial constraints would reach before the end of its useful life.
InterventionTerritorial analysis of the alternatives: current constraints, titles, easements, committed infrastructure, pit and waste-dump advance, and hazard areas, projected across the asset horizon.
What it enabledAlternatives are no longer compared only by construction cost, but by how many years each one remains viable.
What it preventedRedesigning and relocating a facility with engineering already well advanced.
Managing a complex portfolio of mining titles and associated rights
ScaleThe full portfolio of titles, water rights and easements of a large-scale mining operation
SituationExploitation concessions, water rights and easements managed in separate registers, with no consolidated view of validity, maintenance status or overlaps.
RiskLosing a title through a missed maintenance payment or expiry, or finding an overlap when it is already on the critical path.
InterventionRegister and structuring of the portfolio with traceable validity and obligations, bringing the legal, finance, geology, environment and IT areas together around the territorial asset.
What it enabledThe portfolio is managed as an estate, with expiry dates in view and the risk of forfeiture under control.
What it preventedForfeitures through oversight, and overlap conflicts detected too late.
Technical and legal areas deciding on data that did not match
ScaleSeveral dozen professionals in legal and technical areas working from a single source
SituationDozens of professionals in legal and technical areas made decisions on assets, easements, titles and permits using different and outdated sources.
RiskDifferent departments deciding on the same asset with data that do not match.
InterventionDesign and implementation of a corporate territorial viewer: a single platform with assets, rights and constraints integrated.
What it enabledDepartments stop arguing about which data are correct and start discussing the decision.
What it preventedContradictory legal and technical decisions on the same title, easement or permit.
An operation planning its growth without a consolidated register
ScaleComplete register of the operation's facilities, by photo-interpretation and field verification
SituationEach department worked with its own inventory of facilities. There was no single geospatial base on which to project the operation's growth.
RiskProjecting the operation's growth on partial inventories and unverified assumptions.
InterventionTerritorial register of the infrastructure through aerial photo-interpretation and field verification, with high-precision spatial databases and thematic cartography.
What it enabledLong-term planning no longer rests on assumptions and gains a verifiable cartographic base shared across departments.
What it preventedPlanning on facilities that were wrongly located or missing from every inventory.
Closures before Sernageomin with teams that did not speak the same language
ScaleTemporary, full and progressive closures processed in parallel before the authority
SituationTemporary, full and progressive closures (leach pads, a well field, a tailings facility, power lines) processed in parallel with engineering, environment and legal.
RiskFindings from the authority and guarantees withheld because filings were incomplete or uncoordinated across departments.
InterventionIntegrated regulatory coordination: filings, technical support and formal engagement with the authority under Chile's Lobbying Act.
What it enabledClosure certification and release of financial guarantees, with environmental commitments traceable one by one.
What it preventedDelays in closure certification and in the release of financial guarantees.
Experience gained by the firm's technical director at Minera Escondida (BHP) between 2022 and 2026.
How we engage
Three ways of working together
Capacity for a defined assignment, a speciality the internal team does not hold, or ongoing support through a monthly block of hours.