{{Infobox mine | name = Franke | image = | width = | caption = | pushpin_map = Chile Antofagasta Region#Chile | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|25|49|22.45|S|69|52|3.39|W|source:wikidata|display=title,inline}} | place = Taltal | subdivision_type = Region | state/province = Antofagasta Region | country = Chile | owner = Grupo Minero Las Cenizas | official website = | discovery year = | products = Copper | financial year = | amount = | opening year = | closing year = }} '''Franke''' (Spanish: ''Faena Franke'') is an open-pit copper mine located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. More precisely it lies about 75 km southeast of the port of Taltal at an altitude of about 1,730 meters above sea level in southernmost Antofagasta Region.<ref name=guiafranke/><ref name=myffr>{{Cite news |title=Estatal polaca que opera Sierra Gorda vende mina Franke al Grupo Minero Las Cenizas |date=2022-05-25 |url=https://www.mineriayfuturo.cl/noticias/estatal-polaca-que-opera-sierra-gorda-vende-mina-franke-al-grupo-minero-las-cenizas%EF%BF%BC/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |work=Minería y Futuro |language=es}}</ref> It is owned and operated by Grupo Minero Las Cenizas, a medium-scale Chilean mining company, since 2022 when KGHM Polska Miedź sold it.<ref name=guiafranke>{{Cite news |title=KGHM vendió en US$25 millones su mina Franke a Minera Las Cenizas |url=https://www.guiaminera.cl/kghm-vendio-en-us25-millones-su-mina-franke-a-minera-las-cenizas/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=Guía Minera |language=es}}</ref><ref name=faenafranke>{{Cite web |title=Faena Franke |url=https://www.cenizas.cl/faenas_oficinas/faena-franke/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=cenizas.cl |language=es}}</ref> Grupo Minero Las Cenizas declares to process a montly average of 334,000 tons of ore with average grades of 0.65% copper at Franke mine.<ref name=faenafranke/>
In the 20th century, and prior to the establishment of the modern mine, the mine site was exploited by artisan miners known as ''pirquineros''.<ref name=myffr/>
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Category:Copper mines in Chile Category:Mines in Antofagasta Region Category:Open-pit mines Category:Surface mines in Chile
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