The largest international meeting in Latin America dedicated to the mining sector, Expomin 2023, will take place between April 24 and 27, 2023, at the new fairground “Parque Fisa”, located at Km. 16 of Route 68, in the Pudahuel district. The XVII International Mining Exhibition and Congress, organized by Fisa of the GL events Group, will have an extensive program of activities with active participation of mining companies, suppliers of high technological capacity, start up and key institutions that are part of the mining ecosystem. Chile maintains a great attraction for mining projects, being among the 10 countries that concentrate the largest investments in mining exploration. With the presence of more than a thousand exhibitors from 35 countries, including Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Peru, the United States, Spain and Brazil, among others, it is estimated that more than 50 thousand professional visitors will attend. Likewise, it is projected that more than US$ 1 billion in business will be transacted during the event. Expomin 2023 will develop in parallel its International Congress, an instance that will allow the exchange of information of the sector, with the participation of panelists from government, industry and companies specialized in mining, who will present their projects, operations, and the opportunities and challenges in Chile and the region. The executive director of GL events, Francisco Sotomayor, informed that “Expomin 2023 will be the meeting point where the transfer of knowledge, experiences and the offer of technologies that contribute to innovation and increased productivity in the industry will be promoted. It will be an opportunity to show the world Chile’s development in mining and to continue generating links between supplier countries in the sector, promoting the development of mining in the region”. Likewise, Sotomayor indicated that “from Expomin we want to contribute to the generation of employment, promoting economic recovery and the development of the industry. It will be a platform of opportunities of international scope for Chile and the world, and we are happy to receive them in our events center Parque Fisa, the largest fairground in Santiago with more than 230 thousand square meters”. In its 2021 version, more than US$ 679 million in business deals were closed, with more than 46,000 on-site visits and 15,000 virtual visits through its Expomin Connect platform. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS The new edition of Expomin will also include its international congress, which will include a program of face-to-face conferences. The congress will cover the main strategic issues of the sector, including new technologies and equipment for the development of mining in the future; the challenges for the development of projects in a sustainable manner; green mining; electromobility, automation and digitalization; investments, projects and business opportunities; and the challenges related to human capital and inclusion, among others.