Puquios Copper Project in Chile Satisfies USD$1.7M Bond Security for Key Water Management Infrastructure
The bond is refundable after construction and regulatory certification, while proposed project debt remains subject to agreements and lender approvals.
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Camino Minerals (CAMZF) announced authorization to build water diversion infrastructure at Puquios after its joint venture satisfied a USD $1.7 million bond.
Cuprum, owned 50/50 by Camino and Nittetsu Mining, received approval from Chile's water authority, DGA, for the Coloradito Ravine Diversion and Channelization Works. The infrastructure will manage surface water around the mine and planned heap-leach and process plant facilities. The bond will be returned in full after construction and DGA inspection and certification.
Recent rainfall caused localized site road washouts, now under repair, but did not damage the main infrastructure or planned plant-site earthworks. Barrick Gold is repairing highway washouts to restore heavy-equipment access. Engineering and site preparations continue. Camino is pursuing a proposed Japanese debt facility, subject to definitive agreements, lender approvals and applicable conditions.
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Hollow bars mark forward-looking points. How the balance works
Positive
- Moderate pointDGA authorization permits construction of water diversion works after Cuprum satisfied its USD $1.7 million guarantee. 7.5% of market cap
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Proposed Japanese debt facility arrangements are advancing with Nittetsu to support Puquios construction.
- Minor pointMain site infrastructure and planned plant-site earthworks remained undamaged by recent heavy rainfall.
- Minor pointRoad repairs are underway at Puquios and on the access highway to restore heavy-equipment traffic.
- Minor pointEngineering and site preparations continue toward the commencement of Puquios construction.
Negative
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Proposed debt facility remains subject to definitive agreements, lender approvals and applicable conditions.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.USD $1.7 million bond is refundable only after construction and DGA inspection and certification.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Localized road washouts affected Puquios, while highway washouts require repairs before heavy-equipment traffic can resume.
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 5, 2026 / Camino Minerals Corporation (TSXV:COR)(OTCID:CAMZF) ("Camino" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Cuprum Resources Chile SpA ("Cuprum"), its 50/50 joint venture entity owned by Camino and Nittetsu Mining Co. Ltd ("Nittetsu"), has received confirmation from Chile's Dirección General de Aguas ("DGA") that construction of the Coloradito Ravine Diversion and Channelization Works may commence at the Puquios copper project ("Puquios") in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.
Cuprum has satisfied its financial guarantee obligations, with a total bond of USD
Jay Chmelauskas, CEO of Camino said: "Satisfying the USD
Marcelo Bruna, CEO of Cuprum added: "Confirmation by the DGA of authorization to start construction of the surface water infrastructure is a key milestone to commence the construction phase of the Puquios mine. We are engineering and preparing the mine site for the start of construction. Chile has experienced heavy rain events over the last two months but the main Puquios site infrastructure, such as the earthworks foundations for the process plant design, has not been damaged. The DGA surface water infrastructure, once in place, is designed to allow continuous mine and plant operations and limit environmental disturbance or production impacts from heavy rainfall."
Operations Update
Recent heavy rainfall in the region has resulted in some localized road washouts at the Puquios project site. Cuprum is undertaking repairs, and confirms that the site's main infrastructure, including the earthworks associated with the planned plant site, has not been damaged. In addition, Barrick Gold is repairing washed out sections of the un-sealed highway from the town of Punta Colorada leading to Puquios, as part of their obligation and access to Pascua-Lama, so that heavy equipment traffic can resume. Site activities continue at Puquios, with engineering and administrative teams actively preparing for the commencement of construction.
Camino and Nittetsu continue to advance the final administrative and commercial arrangements for a proposed debt facility with a major Japanese financial institution to advance Puquios into construction.
About Camino
Camino is a discovery and development stage copper exploration company. Through Cuprum Resources Chile SpA, a 50/50 joint venture with Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd., Camino is advancing the construction-ready Puquios copper project in Chile toward development and production. Camino is advancing its IOCG Costa de Cobre copper project located in Peru, a joint venture with Nittetsu Mining that Camino owns
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD | For further information, please contact: |
/S/ "Jay Chmelauskas" | Camino Investor Relations |
President and CEO | |
Tel: (604) 493-2058 | |
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements: Certain disclosures in this release constitute forward-looking information. In making the forward-looking disclosures in this release, the Company has applied certain factors and assumptions that are based on the Company's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Forward-looking information in the release includes, without limitation, statements with respect to the expectation to receive a debt facility, the start of drawdown and construction of the Puquios Mine, prospectivity to grow the business with technology or otherwise. Although the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect, and the forward-looking information in this release is subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking information. Such risk factors include, among others, that actual results of the Company's exploration activities may be different than those anticipated by management; that geological interpretations, including the continuity or extent of mineralized bodies, may change with additional drilling; that the Company may not realize the benefits of joint ventures and/or strategic partnerships; that the Company may be unable to obtain or may experience delays in obtaining required permits, authorizations and approvals; operational and technical risks inherent in exploration; that the proposed debt facility may not be completed on the terms currently contemplated or at all; and risks related to the state of equity and commodity markets. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
SOURCE: Camino Minerals Corp.
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What does Camino Minerals' Puquios water infrastructure authorization allow?
Chile's DGA authorization allows Cuprum to begin the Coloradito Ravine Diversion and Channelization Works at Puquios. The works will manage surface water around the mine and planned heap-leach and process plant facilities. Cuprum satisfied the required USD $1.7 million financial guarantee.
When will the Puquios USD $1.7 million bond be returned?
The USD $1.7 million bond will be returned to Cuprum in full once water infrastructure construction is complete and the DGA has completed its inspection and certification.