Civil - Rol N° C-13575-2010

Tribunal declara nula concesión minera 'Oriente 605' por haberse constituido sobre terreno de concesión anterior 'Llano 568', verificando superposición y prioridad del pedimento.

• Demand initiated by Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. against Sociedad Contractual Minera Copiapó.
• The legal action seeks the nullity of the mining exploration concession designated as "Oriente 605".
• The ground for nullity invoked is Article 95, No. 8 of the Código de Minería, alleging the concession "Oriente 605" was constituted encompassing terrain already covered by a prior concession.
• The plaintiff's prior mining exploration concession, named "Llano 568", had its pedimento presented on April 4, 2008, and its constitutive sentence dated November 28, 2008, which was inscribed on March 25, 2009.
• The defendant's mining exploration concession, named "Oriente 605", had its pedimento presented on April 29, 2009, and its constitutive sentence dated September 23, 2009, which was...