But was that possible before?

                                                                                                                                                     "Todos tenemos algo de médico, de poeta y de loco"

                                                                                                                                                 “We all have something of a doctor, a poet and a fool.”                                                                                                                                                                                                           (Chilean Proverb)

         

         In fact, there are not so many of us in the project, or rather, two. The first is a Russian geophysicist who came to Chile many years ago to test his patented radar exploration method. The result of this visit is that the man stayed in Chile, learned Spanish and showed his professionalism to such mining monsters as Anglo-American, Glencore, Codelco and many others. But you know geologists - need give them something interesting and unusual! Thus, fate brought him to the south of Chile, where, with an experienced look at one of the territories, he saw that "there is something there." And found. And then he bought this site from the state. 

            Then began an in-depth study of the deposit. The specialist was finally convinced of the suitability of the place for work.  And then there was a world lockdown due to Сovid-19.  There was a threat of losing the investor, and so it happened. The moving between countries, supplies of equipment were frozen indefinitely. But there is a way out of any situation, and this time was spent studying new technologies, analyzing, and growing new connections.  

            The second person is me. I also entered the project shortly before the start of the pandemic. But then it became even more difficult, because I live in China, and you all know what started here. Even my global investor returned to China only after 2 years, being a Chinese himself, what kind of work could you talk about?  But even here the work did not stop for a day. We showed ourselves to the world, registered on many sites, the project is known in LinkedIn and Crunchbase, the project website, presentation and promotion appeared. And only the experience of interacting with colleagues in the industry and studying other people's experience led us to the final plan of action at this stage.

            We have not been children for a long time and we understood very well from the very beginning that, regardless of the indicators of geo-exploration and volumes, investors will not run to us in a race, trying to take a queue. But we are sure that when we finish the first stage with our own funds, they will come by themselves. Oh, these are whole stories about relationships with investment agents, there is often a very short path from a mental hospital to crime. Therefore, we also refused intermediaries.  We just know what to do when we'll have a satisfactory starting amount. 

            This will be a modern site, with the most modern equipment, we will not cripple nature, therefore we have specially limited the volume of production. We will not have dormitories - for each worker a separate house with a shower and a dry closet is planned, there will be a first-aid post and a rest room with a cinema, security and a laboratory for scientists. Physicists, geologists, hydraulic engineers, IT specialists and a qualified security service are needed.
And finally - he does not save on social work - there are remote Chilean towns and villages nearby, there is something for a team of educated people to do. From education to ordinary help.
             I really want people to come to us on excursions on the topic "How to organize a modern environmentally friendly enterprise" in a year.

             I'm not kidding.

                        Alexey Shikhaleev,

                        project provider, shareholder