Mt. Olca

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The client was Compañia Minera Doña Ines de Collahuasi in Chile. The work was executed under a contract between the Icelandic companies ÍSOR and Verkís and the Client. Landsvirkjun Power worked as a subcontractor for ÍSOR, and provided a geothermal resource specialist to the project.

The main objective of the project was to verify whether a geothermal resource of commercial importance is present in the area of Mt. Olca volcano in Chile. It was challenging project at elevation of 5062 m.