The COESAM Group was established in 1974, starting with the export of Chilean raw materials to Germany. This milestone marked the beginning of a company with over 50 years in the international market.
The core business in cosmetics and dietary supplements began to expand into other sectors and provided international trade intermediation services. This expansion was made possible by the prestige accumulated by the company through solid commercial relationships, international offices. participation in multiple presidential and commercial tours in Asia, and the company owner’s positions such as Vice President of Asexma, President of SMEs of the Pacific Alliance, and Director at the Chilean-Korean Chamber of Commerce.
As a result, we have expanded into the mining sector due to our proximity to buyers and the various requirements that arise in our office. We constantly resolve logistical and supply issues for Chilean raw materials through our commercial networks.
We decided to seize this opportunity to participate in this dynamic market and reduce the uncertainty in negotiations for the exploitation of these strategic commodities.
Design
CEO
Founder and pioneer in opening international markets
Dagumberto Barrales
Mining Business Development
Experience and specialization in the division’s offering portfolio
Alberto Silva
Commercial Manager
María Loreto Lynch
Commercial Lawyer
Victoria Santis Senior
Intellectual Property Lawyer
Cristián Solís
Lawyer at Next Legal, specialized in mining
OUR
PROPOSAL
We have developed an attractive offer of products and services designed to meet the challenges of the national and international mining industry. We offer a portfolio of non-metallic mining assets, operational mining deposits, others ready for exploitation, operational ports, construction rights, and other related products such as copper cathodes, lithium carbonate, and clay, available for the market.
At out disposal is our experience in negotiation of contracts of supply of commodities and other refined products, commercial integration projects and a wide network ready to materialize mining businesses opportunities.
L I T H I U M
The discovery of lithium in the Salar de Atacama in northern Chile in 1969 laid the foundation for the development of the world’s most important lithium brine deposit. However, subsequent discoveries in other areas of the northern desert and the findings from research on brine deposits located in the northern Chilean salt flats demonstrate the economic potential of our salt flats, ranking them among the best in the world.
These salt flats correspond to continental saline deposits located in endorheic basins, generated due to high evaporation rates and low precipitation rates. They are composed of salt crust, brine, and clastic fraction, whose extensions and depth can vary widely. They contain carbonates, sulfates, chlorides, and borates in different concentrations both in the salt crust and in the brine, and mainly rare earth elements. The approximately 75 known salt flats in the north of the country are distributed in the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, and Atacama. According to their location W-E, they are classified into Coastal Range, Central Depression, Pre-Andean, and Andean salt flats, and together they mainly contain lithium, potassium, boron, and sodium salts.