In Chile and nearby areas of Argentina and Bolivia a pirquinero (from Quechua pircca) is a miner who extracts minerals in a traditional manner and is usually independent. A charactistic of the pirquineros is that they are involved in a wide range of stages of the production including mineral prospecting, extraction and processing.
In Chile and nearby areas of Argentina and Bolivia a pirquinero (from Quechua pircca) is a miner who extracts minerals in a traditional manner and is usually independent. A charactistic of the pirquineros is that they are involved in a wide range of stages of the production including mineral prospecting, extraction and processing.
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