With attention and curiosity, 30 students between first and sixth grade from the Isabel Riquelme School in Rancagua participated in the educational talk on mining given by Carlo Lobiano, superintendent of the Mina Norte de Codelco División El Teniente.

The school, which has an enrollment of around 500 boys and girls, organized the Mining Week, an event in which there will also be other exhibitions that bring this fundamental activity for the region closer to the knowledge of the students.

Sandra Figueroa, head of the Technical Pedagogical Unit (UTP) explained that “this pedagogical experience was defined because we are in a mining region and it must be part of the regional culture that children know their mining processes and that from a young age they learn the role that miners and mining have.”

For the organizer of the talk, Marjorie Caro, in charge of the school's Learning Resources Center (formerly the library), the proximity of the school to the El Teniente stadium triggered the intention to respond to the curiosity of the students. "We want the children to be more educated about what mining means for Rancagua, for the region, and how its presence helps and benefits us."

Carlo Lobiano, superintendent of the El Teniente North Mine, had a new and rewarding experience when he left his job in the mountains for a few hours to explain, in simple and familiar words, to children between 6 and 12 years old, the mining processes and the contribution of mining to the region.

“When I received the invitation, I liked the idea of being able to transmit what we do to such young children. It is important that they learn a little more and that they join us in celebrating this month of Mining, given the importance that the activity has for our region and for the country,” concluded Lobiano.