Mantos Blancos

The Mantos Blancos is a copper mine located in northern Chile in Antofagasta Region. It lies about 45 km northeast of the port city of Antofagasta. Mantos Blancos represents one of the largest copper reserves in Chile and in the world having estimated reserves of 500 million tonnes of ore grading 1% copper.
The mine is owned by Capstone Copper, a company based in Vancouver that also owns nearby Mantoverde mine. Previously, the mine was fully owned by Anglo American plc.
Geologically the ore deposit of Mantos Blancos is stratabound copper and is thus similar to the deposits of Michilla, El Soldado and Lo Aguirre.