Sometimes during the mining process we discover things we are not expecting.

The Las Bambas mine in Peru is located in a mountainous Andean region that is home to a range of plant, bird, animal species native to the area. Some species are protected by national legislation and international conventions.

As part of the  2011  Environmental Impact Assessment studies we discovered the presence of a lizard species of the genus Liolaemus. Further biodiversity monitoring revealed that the characteristics of this species were not entirely consistent with the various species of Liolaemus documented in scientific literature.