Chilean National Copper Corporation
Headquarters
Orphans 1270
Box 150-D
Santiago, Chile
Phone: +56 2 2440 0000
PE-083/2022
Santiago, July 22, 2022
Mrs. Solange Berstein Jáuregui
President
Financial Market Commission
Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 1449
Present
Ref.: ESSENTIAL FACT. Codelco Chile, Securities Registration No. 785.
From our consideration:
In accordance with the provisions of Law No. 18,045 and General Standard No. 30 of the Commission for the Financial Market, I inform you, as an essential fact, that after the significant death of two contract workers in tasks of our Vice Presidency of Projects, in less than two weeks, Codelco initiated the process of suspension of operational activities of said Vice Presidency to review the controls and safety standards. labor in order to protect the life and integrity of all workers, a fundamental value for our Corporation.
The effects of this suspension are limited and do not affect production.
Yours faithfully
Link to file in CMFChile: https://www.cmfchile.cl/sitio/aplic/serdoc/ver_sgd.php?s567=48787d81a2d47c1ae748fc6a4d1ecd1bVFdwQmVVMXFRVE5OUkVrMFRsUlJkMDlCUFQwPQ==&secuencia=-1&t=1682376108