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Settlement Update
Settlement Update.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Antofagasta PLC\n09 May 2008\n\n\n\nFor immediate release\n\n Antofagasta plc\n\n Mauro tailings dam - update on Supreme Court endorsed settlement\n\n\nLondon, 9 May 2008\n\nAntofagasta plc announces that, further to its statement of 7 May 2008,\nthe Chilean Water Authority (Direccion General de Aguas) has consented to, and\nthe Chilean Supreme Court has endorsed, the settlement of various cases\nconcerning water rights relating to the Mauro tailings dam including the\nvalidity of a sectoral permit issued in 2005 by the Chilean Water Authority.\nThe consent of the Chilean Water Authority and the endorsement of the Supreme\nCourt follow the binding agreement entered into by Minera Los Pelambres and the\nclaimants on 7 May 2008.\n\nThe principal terms and effects of the settlement and other related matters are\nset out in Antofagasta plc's statement of 7 May 2008.\n\n\n+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+\n|Enquiries - London |Enquiries - Santiago |\n| | |\n+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+\n|Antofagasta plc |Antofagasta Minerals S.A. |\n| | |\n|Tel: +44 20 7808 0988 |Tel: + 56 2 798 7000 |\n| | |\n|www.antofagasta.co.uk |Francisco Veloso |\n| | |\n|Desmond O'Conor |Tel: +56 2 798 7008 |\n| | |\n|Email: [email protected] |Email: [email protected] |\n| | |\n|Hussein Barma | |\n| | |\n|Email: [email protected] | |\n| | |\n+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+\n|Press Enquiries - London | |\n| | |\n|Bankside Consultants | |\n| | |\n|Tel: +44 20 7367 8874 | |\n| | |\n|Oliver Winters | |\n| | |\n|Email: [email protected] | |\n| | |\n+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+\n\n\n\n\n This information is provided by RNS\n The company news service from the London Stock Exchange\n \n ","length":3588,"tagName":"div"}]