Hochschild Mining PLC is a United Kingdom-based precious metals company. The Company is focused on the exploration, mining, processing and sale of gold and silver in the Americas. The Company operates two underground epithermal vein mines: Inmaculada, located in southern Peru, and San Jose in southern Argentina. It also operates the Mara Rosa open pit mine in Brazil. Inmaculada is a 20,000-hectare gold and silver underground mine, which consists of 40 mining concessions and is located in the Ayacucho Department in southern Peru. San Jose is a gold-silver underground mine located in Argentina, in the Santa Cruz province, 1,750 kilometers (km) southwest of Buenos Aires. The property covers a total area of 50,491 hectares and is approximately 20 km north of Newmont's Cerro Negro mine. The Company owns 51% in San Jose mine. Mara Rosa is an open pit gold mine located in the mining-friendly jurisdiction of Goias State in Brazil.
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