(Canada extractive) Report on Payment to Govts
NEWS RELEASE, 27 JUNE 2025
REPORT ON PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENTS
Antofagasta plc CEO, Iván Arriagada said:
"I am pleased to issue today Antofagasta plc's 2024 Report on Payments to Governments. The report sets out the taxes and other specified payments to governments relating to mining activities which were paid during 2024 by the Company and its subsidiaries.
"All of our operating mines are located in Chile and this is where over 99% of these taxes and other payments to governments were paid during the year."
A copy of the report can be found below and on the Company's website at http://www.antofagasta.co.uk/investors/reports-presentations/ .
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Investors - London |
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Media - London |
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Rosario Orchard |
rorchard@antofagasta.co.uk |
Carole Cable |
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Robert Simmons |
rsimmons@antofagasta.co.uk |
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+44 20 7404 5959 |
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Telephone |
+44 20 7808 0988 |
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Media - Santiago |
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Pablo Orozco |
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Carolina Pica |
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+56 2 2798 7000 |
2024 REPORT ON PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENTS
INTRODUCTION
This report details payments to governments made by Antofagasta plc and its subsidiary undertakings ("Antofagasta" or "the Group") relating to activities involving the exploration, discovery, development and extraction of minerals, for the year ended 31 December 2024. This report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the UK's Report on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (as amended in December 2015) ("the Regulations"), which enacted EU Accounting Directive 2013/34/EU, as well as the related requirements set out in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority.
ANTOFAGASTA PLC
Antofagasta is a Chile-based copper mining group. The Group currently operates four copper mines in Chile, and has a significant portfolio of growth opportunities located predominantly in Chile and in the Americas. Mining is the Group's core business and in 2024 represented over 95% of Group revenue and profit before tax. The balance of the Group's revenue and earnings are generated by its Transport Division, which is also in Chile.
Three of Antofagasta plc's subsidiary undertakings operate copper mines in Chile - Los Pelambres (60% owned by the Group and 40% by Non-Controlling Interests), Centinela (70% owned by the Group and 30% by Non-Controlling Interests) and Antucoya (70% owned by the Group and 30% by Non-Controlling Interests). Antofagasta also holds a 50% stake in the Zaldívar mine in Chile and is the operator of the mine. Zaldívar is accounted for as a joint venture by the Group. Each of the Group's individual mining operations are therefore held within separate Chilean legal entities.
Antofagasta Minerals S.A. is the Group's mining corporate centre, and undertakes certain exploration and development activities. Other Group subsidiary legal entities hold investments in the Group's mining operations, mining properties, infrastructure required for the mining operations and cash generated by the mining operations, and therefore incur tax and fee payments (or refunds) relevant to this report.
Outside of Chile, the Twin Metals subsidiary (100% owned by the Group) is a copper, nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) underground mining project located in north-eastern Minnesota in the United States.
The parent company Antofagasta plc is registered in the UK and conducts no direct exploration or mining activities.
All of the revenues and operating costs of the Group's mining operations, and the large majority of the Mining Division's corporate costs, are therefore recorded by Group legal entities within the same tax jurisdiction, namely Chile.
BASIS OF PREPARATION
Scope of report
Disclosure of payments to governments is required in respect of payments arising from the exploration, discovery, development and extraction of minerals; the payments included within this report therefore relate only to Antofagasta's mining activities, and exclude payments made by its Transport Division.
Groups are required to prepare a consolidated report disclosing payments made by the parent company and its subsidiary undertakings. Accordingly, this report reflects payments made by the Group companies conducting mining and exploration activities, or holding investments in the Group's mining operations, mining properties, infrastructure required for the mining operations and cash generated by the mining operations (Los Pelambres, Centinela, Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals S.A., Inversiones Los Pelambres Ltda., Michilla Costa, Minera Pampa Fénix SCM and SCM El Encierro), and excludes payments made by the Zaldívar joint venture and the Buenaventura associate. The amounts reflect 100% of the payments made by the subsidiary companies - i.e. not just the Group's proportionate share where the Group does not own 100% of the subsidiary undertaking.
Payments
The payments disclosed in this report are on a cash basis. Chilean corporate tax payments on account made during a year are typically based on the prior year's taxable profit, and therefore the tax cash payments are likely to differ from the current tax charge reflected in the Group's income statement. Any cash refunds for excess payments made in the previous year are offset against current year payments, and if the refunds exceed the payments the net refund is shown as a negative amount in this report.
The payments made to governments are required to be analysed into the following categories:
· Production entitlements - the government's entitlement to a share of the physical mineral production.
· Taxes on income - taxes levied on the production or profits of companies, excluding taxes levied on consumption, value added taxes, personal income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes or municipal charges.
For general purposes, the total tax rate in Chile is 35%, which comprises a standard corporate ("first category") tax which is payable as profits are earned (current tax rate of 27%) and a withholding tax payable when those profits are distributed out of Chile (total tax rate of 35% less the first category tax already paid). So typically withholding tax of 8% will be paid when profits are distributed out of Chile, reflecting the 35% total tax rate less the 27% first category tax rate already paid.
The withholding tax therefore effectively represents a deferred tax on the profits generated by the operating companies, payable when those profits are distributed out of Chile, and forms part of the total 35% tax rate. The withholding tax paid in respect of amounts distributed by the operating companies to the Group companies which hold the Group's interests in the operating companies is therefore included within this report as part of the taxes levied on the income or profits generated by the Group's mining activities. Withholding tax paid in respect of amounts distributed by the operating companies to the external companies which hold the Non-Controlling Interests in the operating companies is excluded from this analysis, as it does not reflect part of the tax charge borne by the Group's subsidiaries, but rather is a tax charge borne by those external companies.
In addition to first category and withholding tax, there is also a Chilean mining royalty. As of 1 January 2024, a new mining royalty regime came into effect. It includes a royalty ranging from 8% to 26% applied to the ''Mining Operating Margin'', depending on the mining operation's level of profitability, as well as a 1% ad valorem royalty on copper sales. As the margin-based element is profits-based, it is included within this "taxes on income" category. As the ad valorem element is revenue-based, it is reflected within the "royalties" category (see below). Los Pelambres has been subject to the new royalty from 1 January 2024. Centinela and Antucoya have tax stability agreements in place, and so continue to be subject to the previous royalty system, applying a rate of between 5% to 14% of taxable operating profit, depending on the level of operating profit margin; as this royalty system is entirely profits-based, it is included within this "taxes on income" category.
The "taxes on income" reflected in this report in respect of the amounts levied on the profits generated by the Group's mining activities in Chile therefore comprise corporate ("first category") tax, withholding tax paid in respect of amounts distributed by the operating companies to the Group companies which hold the Group's interests in the operating companies, and the margin-based element of the mining "royalty" tax.
· Royalties - typically amounts levied based on production levels or revenues. As noted above, the ad valorem royalty on copper sales is revenue-based and therefore is included within this "royalties" category.
· Dividends - dividend payments to the government other than dividends paid as an ordinary shareholder of the entity.
· Bonuses - signature, discovery and production bonuses
· Fees - licence fees, rental fees, entry fees and other considerations for mining licences or concessions.
· Infrastructure improvements - payments to governments for the construction of major public infrastructure such as highways, railways, bridges and port facilities. Payments which form part of the Group's social investment activities, for example contributions in respect of local schools, health care or community facilities, or improvements to the general environment of local communities, such as improvements to local roads and public spaces, are excluded.
Government
"Government" means any national, regional or local authority of a country, and includes a department, agency or undertaking that is a subsidiary undertaking where the authority is the parent undertaking.
Materiality
Under the Regulations a payment need not be disclosed if it is a single payment of less than the equivalent of £86,000 (€100,000) or a series of related payments in a single year whose total is less than the equivalent of £86,000. In general this de minimis materiality level has been applied when preparing this report, although in some circumstances payments below this threshold have been voluntarily included.
Analysis by project / entity
An analysis of payments by project is required where payments are attributable to specific projects. Projects are defined as operational activities which are governed by a single contract, licence, lease, concession or similar legal agreement, and form the basis for payment liabilities with a government. Where agreements are substantially interconnected in operating and geographical terms, with substantially similar terms, those agreements should be treated as a single project. Payments may be disclosed at an entity level where payments are made in respect of obligations imposed at that entity level rather than at a project level.
Rounding
The amounts shown in this report have been rounded to the nearest US$1,000.
PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENT - 2024
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COUNTRY SUMMARY |
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Production entitlement US$ |
Taxes on income US$ |
Royalties
US$ |
Dividends
US$ |
Bonuses
US$ |
Fees
US$ |
Infrastructure improvements US$ |
Total
US$ |
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Chile |
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616,456,000 |
30,110,000 |
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7,587,000 |
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654,153,000 |
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United States |
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597,000 |
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597,000 |
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Total |
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616,456,000 |
30,110,000 |
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8,184,000 |
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654,750,000 |
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CHILE |
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GOVERNMENT REPORT |
Production entitlement US$ |
Taxes on income US$ |
Royalties
US$ |
Dividends
US$ |
Bonuses
US$ |
Fees
US$ |
Infrastructure improvements US$ |
Total
US$ |
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Tesorería General de la República de Chile |
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616,456,000 |
30,110,000 |
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7,587,000 |
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654,153,000 |
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Total |
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616,456,000 |
30,110,000 |
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7,587,000 |
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654,153,000 |
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PROJECT REPORT |
Production entitlement US$ |
Taxes on income US$ |
Royalties
US$ |
Dividends
US$ |
Bonuses
US$ |
Fees
US$ |
Infrastructure improvements US$ |
Total
US$ |
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Los Pelambres |
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450,545,000 |
30,110,000 |
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569,000 |
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481,224,000 |
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Centinela |
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103,562,000 |
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1,811,000 |
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105,373,000 |
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Antucoya |
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584,000 |
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308,000 |
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892,000 |
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Exploration activities (within Antofagasta Minerals S.A.) |
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4,561,000 |
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4,561,000 |
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Antofagasta Minerals S.A. |
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(11,646,000) |
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(11,646,000) |
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Inversiones Los Pelambres Ltda. |
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73,411,000 |
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73,411,000 |
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Michilla Costa |
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18,000 |
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18,000 |
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Minera Pampa Fénix SCM |
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246,000 |
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246,000 |
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SMC El Encierro |
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74,000 |
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74,000 |
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Total |
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616,456,000 |
30,110,000 |
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7,587,000 |
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654,153,000 |
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UNITED STATES |
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GOVERNMENT REPORT |
Production entitlement US$ |
Taxes on income US$ |
Royalties
US$ |
Dividends
US$ |
Bonuses
US$ |
Fees
US$ |
Infrastructure improvements US$ |
Total
US$ |
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Department of Interior |
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399,000 |
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399,000 |
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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198,000 |
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198,000 |
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Total |
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597,000 |
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597,000 |
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PROJECT REPORT |
Production entitlement US$ |
Taxes on income US$ |
Royalties
US$ |
Dividends
US$ |
Bonuses
US$ |
Fees
US$ |
Infrastructure improvements US$ |
Total
US$ |
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Twin Metals |
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597,000 |
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597,000 |
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Total |
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597,000 |
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597,000 |
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