At a glance
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Overview
One of five mineral assets in Xstreco's Peruvian portfolio, reactivated under our staged development programme. Rumichaca lies in Leoncio Prado province, Huanuco department, reached from Lima by the Carretera Central through Tingo Maria. The operating permits required to move into production have been granted, and the property sits in our near-term precious-metals pipeline. Relations with the communities around the property are good, and detailed engagement is being taken forward as part of the next phase of work.
Location
Huanuco
By-products
None
Access
Approximately 501 km and around 12 hours from Lima via the Carretera Central to Tingo Maria, with a final 4 km on an unmade track
Permits and approvals
The operating permits required to move into production have been granted. The property is not yet in production.
How activities are assessedWork programme
The geological setting of the property and the exploration programmes completed on it.
Geological setting
Rumichaca lies in a valley on the western flank of the Eastern Cordillera of central Peru, in the transitional zone between the Andes and the rainforest. The ground is made up of river and lake terraces, grading upward from fine sediments into coarser material. The property is an alluvial placer gold occurrence with a source close by.
Work completed
Two campaigns have been carried out. A geological and geochemical field programme in 2024 sampled the terraces and the active river deposits and identified an anomalous zone. A test pit programme followed in 2025, with pits hand-excavated across the anomalous sectors, which identified the principal gold-bearing horizon. Technical work to date covers part of the licensed area.
Xstreco is privately held and is under no obligation to publish mineral resource or mineral reserve information. No resource, reserve or production figure is published on this page. Detailed technical information is available to qualified parties on request.
Working responsibly
A single framework of our Group requirements applies to every activity on this property.
How we work with communities
Our assets sit in settings where farming, pasture and settlement long precede mining. Engagement is with people already living on the ground.
Engagement continues for the life of the activity and through its closure.
Our approach to communitiesNews and notices
Updates relating to this asset, most recent first.
Xstreco completed the engineering definition, the plant layout and the cost planning for small scale pilot production at the Rumichaca property in March 2026. The property holds the operating permits required to move into production.
A test pit programme was completed at the Rumichaca property across the sectors identified by earlier field work, and reported in May 2025. The programme identified the principal gold-bearing horizon.
A geological and geochemical field programme was completed at the Rumichaca property, sampling the river terraces and the active fluvial deposits, and reported in November 2024.
Detailed information
Detailed technical and financial information on this asset, including the independent field reports held on file, is available to qualified parties on request.
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