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Mining · Pinar del Río

Castellanos Zinc-Lead Mine

Polymetallic zinc-lead-barite mine

🟡 Joint ventureℹ️ Atlas — info only

Scale

Capacity 100,000 t/yr zinc concentrate + 50,000 t/yr lead concentrate; ~1.1 Mt ore treated in 2020 (USGS)

Status

Cuba's only operating modern lead-zinc mine (built 2015-17, US$278M) faces a government-authorized temporary shutdown: Gaceta Oficial Resolution 49/2026 lets operator Minera del Caribe S.A.

Sector

Mining

Province

Pinar del Río

Coordinates

22.641, -83.975

Layer

Layer 2 · Atlas

Notes

Emincar JV — GeoMinera S.A. (Cuban state) 51% / Trafigura (Singapore) 49%; production from 2017. Ores average ~1 g/t gold. Coordinates district-level (±10 km, USGS MRDS).

Sources: USGS Minerals Yearbook 2020-21 · USGS MRDS

Register interest

Information only — no U.S. participation today. Register a non-binding indication for the pipeline (for non-U.S. capital or a post-sanctions world).

Not legal, tax or investment advice, and not authorization for any transaction. U.S. sanctions (31 CFR Part 515) prohibit investment or equity in any Cuban business; nothing here is a determination that a transaction is lawful. Structure anything Cuba-facing only with qualified OFAC sanctions counsel and screen every party with QvaPay Sentinel.

Primary sources: OFAC Cuba Sanctions · 31 CFR Part 515 (CACR) · OFAC Cuba FAQs · Cuba Restricted List