The mining record of Argentina
334 metallic and lithium projects in the Secretaría de Minería's portfolio, 26 of them in production; 9,497 records in the provincial cadastres that serve live data; and at least 72 mining deaths reported by the Argentine press.
A federal country with no national cadastre. Mining in Argentina belongs to the provinces (Constitution art. 124), so the national layer is a project portfolio, SIACAM, that names each project's controlling companies and stage, and the registry itself lives in 23 provincial offices, of which San Juan and Salta serve live cadastres and Jujuy publishes its resolutions. No source carries a tax id (CUIT), and no level of government publishes a mining accident or a mining-authority sanction. The deaths here come from Spanish-language press, so every count is a floor, and requests filed on September 17, 2026 with the SRT, San Juan and Santa Cruz ask for the records that would replace it.
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A project in SIACAM's portfolio, from prospecting to production, with the companies SIACAM lists as controlling it and their stake.The Secretaría de Minería's Cartera de Proyectos Mineros Metalíferos y Litio, an XLSX refreshed a few times a year (last refreshed here Oct 10, 2026): each project's principal mineral, province, stage and up to three controlling companies with stake and country of origin. Non-metallic projects and aggregates are not in it.
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San Juan's padrón de minas: every registered mine with its titleholder, minerals, department, registered hectares and inscription date, from the province's live cadastre service.ⓘ
Salta's catastro minero: minas, manifestaciones, canteras, cateos, servidumbres and convenios with the concessionaire, status and start date, from the province's live geoportal.ⓘ
Jujuy's environmental-approval (IIA/MAP) and concession resolutions, the only Jujuy tables that name a mine and its company.San Juan's registered mines with titleholder, Salta's full cadastre with concessionaire, and Jujuy's environmental-approval and concession resolutions, synced weekly (last refreshed Oct 10, 2026). Santa Cruz, the largest mining employer, Catamarca and Río Negro publish nothing live; their absence here reflects what they publish, not how much mining they have.
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Counted from press headlines only; no level of government publishes a per-fatality mining record, so the true number is undoubtedly higher.Spanish-language headlines from 2004 to Aug 27, 2026, read daily through Google News in its Argentine edition (last pull Oct 9, 2026) and classified by a language model against the headline's own words.
No mining authority, provincial or national, publishes a sanction register, and no body publishes a mining accident naming the mine. The SRT publishes fatality rates for the sector, not cases. Three access-to-information requests were filed on September 17, 2026: the SRT's case-level fatal-accident extract for the mining sector (national, Ley 27.275), and San Juan's and Santa Cruz's mining inspections, sanctions and accident notifications (provincial laws).
Filed September 17, 2026 by email, because the national portal needs an Argentine identity: the SRT under Ley 27.275, San Juan's Ministerio de Minería and Santa Cruz's Secretaría de Estado de Minería. File numbers and answer dates appear here when the offices assign them.
“Accidente en Vaca Muerta: dos operarios fallecen tras explosión en el yacimiento Rincón del Mangrullo”
“Inspeccionaron el yacimiento de Vaca Muerta en el que murieron dos operarios tras un accidente”
“Un video captó el momento de la fuga de gas que provocó la muerte de los dos operarios en Vaca Muerta”
“Vaca Muerta: falleció el operario que estaba herido y ya son dos los muertos en la planta neuquina”
“Nuevo accidente en yacimiento El Tordillo”
“Grave explosión por una reacción química en un yacimiento de Vaca Muerta: hay tres heridos”
“Al menos cinco trabajadores mineros permanecen atrapados en la puna de Catamarca por una tormenta de nieve”
“Al menos cinco trabajadores mineros permanecen atrapados en la puna de Catamarca por una tormenta de nieve”
“Archivan la causa por el accidente fatal en Los Azules: el peritaje confirma que el operario anuló el cinturón”
“Investigan un accidente en una minera de Santa Cruz: un camión habría impactado contra el comedor del yacimiento”
“Investigan un accidente en una minera tras choque contra comedor”
“Litio tóxico: minera china provocó desastre ambiental en Argentina y afectó a un pueblo”
Each row is one headline as an outlet published it, classified and extracted by a language model from the headline and snippet only; several outlets reporting one accident appear as several rows. Press reports, never an official record.
| Project | Mineral | Province | Stage | Controlling companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farallón Negro | Oro | Catamarca | Production | YMAD, -, - |
| Fenix | Litio | Catamarca | Production | Rio Tinto Group, -, - |
| Hombre Muerto Oeste | Litio | Catamarca | Construction | Galan Lithium Limited, -, - |
| Sal de Vida | Litio | Catamarca | Construction | Rio Tinto Group, -, - |
| Tres Quebradas | Litio | Catamarca | Production | Zijin Mining Group Ltd., -, - |
| Sal de Oro | Litio | Catamarca - Salta | Production | POSCO Holdings Inc., -, - |
| Aguilar | Plomo | Jujuy | Production | Grupo Integra |
| Ajedrez | Oro | Jujuy | Production | Espíritu de los Andes S.A. |
| Cauchari-Olaroz | Litio | Jujuy | Production | Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Lithium Argentina, Jujuy Energia y Mineria |
| Córdoba | Oro | Jujuy | Production | Sociedad Minera Santa Maria S.A., -, - |
| La Providencia | Plata | Jujuy | Production | Hanaq Group, -, - |
| Martín Bronce | Cobre | Jujuy | Production | MOM Mining SRL |
| Mina Catalina Ii | Oro | Jujuy | Production | Espíritu de los Andes S.A. |
| Olaroz | Litio | Jujuy | Production | Rio Tinto Group, Toyota Tsusho, Jujuy Energía y Minería |
| Puna Operation (Chinchillas - Pirquitas) | Plata | Jujuy | Production | SSR Mining Inc., -, - |
| Calcatreu | Oro | Río Negro | Production | Patagonia Gold, -, - |
| Centenario-Ratones | Litio | Salta | Production | Eramet, - |
| Lindero | Oro | Salta | Production | Fortuna Mining Corp., -, - |
| Mariana | Litio | Salta | Production | Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., - |
| Rincón | Litio | Salta | Construction | Argosy Minerals, Puna Mining, - |
| Sal de Los Ángeles | Litio | Salta | Construction | Xizang Zhufeng Resources Co., Otros |
| Salar del Rincón | Litio | Salta | Construction | Rio Tinto Group, -, - |
| Casposo | Oro | San Juan | Production | Austral Gold Limited, -, - |
| Gualcamayo / Carbonatos Profundos | Oro | San Juan | Production | Eris LLC, -, - |
| Josemaria | Cobre | San Juan | Construction | Lundin Mining Corporation, BHP Group, - |
| Veladero | Oro | San Juan | Production | Barrick Mining Corporation, Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., - |
| Vicuña | Cobre | San Juan | Construction | Lundin Mining Corporation, BHP Group, - |
| Cap-Oeste | Oro | Santa Cruz | Production | Patagonia Gold, Fomicruz, - |
| Cerro Moro | Oro | Santa Cruz | Production | Pan American Silver Corp, -, - |
| Cerro Vanguardia | Oro | Santa Cruz | Production | AngloGold Ashanti plc, Fomicruz, - |
| Don Nicolás | Oro | Santa Cruz | Production | Cerrado Gold Inc., -, - |
| Las Calandrias | Oro | Santa Cruz | Production | Cerrado Gold Inc., -, - |
| San José | Plata | Santa Cruz | Production | Hochschild Mining Plc, McEwen Mining Inc. |
SIACAM's stage as of its last refresh; the controlling companies are as SIACAM prints them and link to their pages.
| Early exploration | 131 | |
| Advanced exploration | 70 | |
| Prospecting | 65 | |
| Production | 26 | |
| Preliminary economic assessment | 14 | |
| Feasibility | 11 | |
| Construction | 7 | |
| Prefeasibility | 6 | |
| Re-engineering | 3 | |
| Ceased operations | 1 |
| Province | Projects | Producing | Register records | Deaths (floor) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salta | 138 | 3 | 7,861 | 2 |
| Río Negro | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Juan | 37 | 3 | 1,335 | 1 |
| Catamarca | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Santa Cruz | 25 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| Jujuy | 13 | 9 | 301 | 5 |
| Chubut | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Rioja | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mendoza | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neuquén | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Catamarca - Salta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
SIACAM projects by province, provincial register records where a province serves them (San Juan, Salta, Jujuy only), and press deaths by the province in the headline.
| Operator | Projects | Producing | Register records | Press accidents | Provinces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 149 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| LITHIUM S CORPORATION S.A. | 0 | 0 | 466 | 0 | Salta |
| Patagonia Gold | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| RINCON MINING LIMITED | 0 | 0 | 268 | 0 | Salta |
| Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| CASTAÑEDA NORDMANN RODRIGO | 0 | 0 | 256 | 0 | Salta |
| Fomicruz | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rio Tinto Group | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cerrado Gold Inc. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Espíritu de los Andes S.A. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vacancia Solicitada | 0 | 0 | 212 | 0 | Salta |
| CORRIENTE ARGENTINA S.A. | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0 | Salta |
| ERAMINE SUDAMERICA S.A. | 0 | 0 | 179 | 0 | Salta |
| FLEMING PATRON COSTAS MARCELO | 0 | 0 | 172 | 0 | Salta |
| Pan American Silver Corp | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hanaq Group | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| MINERA ANSILTA S.A. | 0 | 0 | 144 | 0 | San Juan |
| Barrick Mining Corporation | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lithium Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| BORAX ARGENTINA S.A. | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | Salta |
| GOLDEN MINING S.A. | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | San Juan |
| AngloGold Ashanti plc | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Austral Gold Limited | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eramet | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| POSCO Holdings Inc. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked by press events, producing projects, projects and provincial records. Every name a source spells has a page; this table shows the top of the ranking.
Juzgado Administrativo de Minas de Jujuy, Concesiones mineras: 106 records, fetched Oct 10, 2026. →
Secretaría de Minería e Hidrocarburos de Jujuy, Resoluciones de IIA y MAP: 195 records, fetched Oct 10, 2026. →
Secretaría de Minería de Salta (geoportal, WFS), Catastro minero: 3,926 records, fetched Oct 10, 2026. →
Ministerio de Minería de San Juan (catastro minero, WFS), Padrón de minas (vw_minas_padron): 1,335 records, fetched Oct 10, 2026. →
Secretaría de Minería de la Nación (SIACAM), Cartera de Proyectos Mineros Metalíferos y Litio (XLSX): 235 records, fetched Oct 10, 2026. →
SIACAM is read from the Secretaría de Minería's open-data XLSX; the San Juan and Salta cadastres from their GeoServer WFS; Jujuy from its resolution pages; the press through Google News RSS. None needs a key.