The underground foundation of our portfolio.
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Paccha Vista archive film. Project plans and timelines reflect the period of production.
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Paccha Vista is located in the Zaruma–Portovelo district of El Oro Province, one of Ecuador’s established mining regions. Unlike the river-gravel deposits at Haides Rio and Sabaleta, Paccha Vista is an underground hard-rock project, with mineralisation hosted in polymetallic epithermal quartz veins.
Paccha Vista has approximately 1.3 kilometres of reported multi-level underground development across more than 50 hectares, providing access to nine mineralised veins. These workings form the physical foundation of the project and its exploration history.
Gold, copper and silver.
Paccha Vista’s mineralised vein system contains gold alongside copper and silver. Underground access enables the team to examine the vein structures directly, undertake sampling and plan the development of individual working areas.
The Pacchia Blanca structure is a further area of exploration interest within the project story. Its potential requires continued geological assessment; individual sample results should not be read as a mine-wide grade or a current resource estimate.
Practical mining infrastructure.
The project’s development has included underground access and an internal rail system for moving material. Small-scale mining and processing activity has given Quatro Metales experience in workforce coordination, ore handling, transport and the relationship between mining output and processing capacity.
This experience is relevant across the wider portfolio. A mine depends on more than its geology: access, equipment, maintenance, processing arrangements and local working relationships all shape what can be delivered on the ground.
Experience supporting the next chapter.
Paccha Vista remains an established part of Quatro Metales’ Ecuadorian platform. Its underground history complements the alluvial development opportunities at Haides Rio and Sabaleta and informs the company’s approach to evaluating additional projects.
Current activity depends on processing availability and the relevant operating and licensing arrangements. Historical development and production experience are described here separately from any future production schedule.