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Buenaventura Mining Co Inc

A Peruvian mining company that digs for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc across dozens of Andean mine sites. Engineer Alberto Benavides de la Quintana founded it in 1953 to take over the Julcani mine in Huancavelica, which still operates today. The name means "good fortune" in Spanish — an apt omen, as it became the first Latin American mining company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange in 1996.

ADR representing shares of Peruvian precious metals mining company