Since opening in March 2011 the MineARC South American office in Santiago, Chile, has enjoyed continued growth. Our office and warehousing facilities have expanded business capabilities allowing us to continue the exceptional service that MineARC customers world wide have grown to expect.

Most recently MineARC South America has received its largest service contract to date from Codelco Chuquicamata. The contract runs well into 2012 under Codelco ownership with negotiations to continue to be entered into at the current contracts completion.

The success of our South American expansion has also been confirmed with a number of new orders from companies such as Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold who have recently purchased four new HRM-16 48hr refuge chambers for Minera sites Candelaria and Ojos del Salado, bringing their MineARC chamber total to 16, making them our largest client in South America.

The HRM 16 (16 person, hard rock mine) refuge has proven quite popular in the South American market with our dedicated sales team also securing sales to Kinross Aurelain Ecuador South America, obtaining the sale over well established company Drager Brazil. More orders are expected throughout 2012.

MineARC South America would like to thank all of our customers for their continued support. We look forward to working with you in 2012.

MineARC will be exhibiting at Expomin 2012 in Santiago, Chile, where we will be showing our 16 person HRM refuge chamber. Expomin is the largest mining expo held in South America.