Become a Member “Donating is not a commercial transaction, it’s not about giving money, or parting with something. It’s about giving yourself the opportunity to feel fulfilled by contributing to the common good. It’s about thinking beyond ourselves and helping each other to build a better society.”

Provide us with your information and contact details. Help us recover our heritage.





    Other Ways to Donate
    “You can contribute in more ways than just money”

    Mineralogical specimens with heritage value that can represent our history, culture, and mining potential.

    Tools, materials, clothing, machines, and equipment, both for exhibition, laboratory, and fieldwork, which will enable us to carry out our work with excellence.

    Support services, such as laboratory analysis, audiovisual recording, consulting, studies, etc.

    OUR FIRST MEMBER

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    Nivaldo Rojas Soto:

    As a posthumous tribute, we recognize this distinguished Civil Mining Engineer from the University of Atacama, who played a key role in the discovery of deposits such as Escondida, Agua Rica, Diablillos, Caserones, and others. He was awarded the “Excellence in Exploration” award by BHP in 1995 and the Lifetime Achievement Award by Panorama Minero magazine in 2007. He was a member of the Society of Economic Geologists in the U.S., the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Institute of Mining Engineers of Chile, and founder of GEMERA. He was our first member, honored for his career and his passion for mineral collecting.

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