Compañia de Mínas Buenaventura S.A.A.

Type	Public (BVL: BVN NYSE: BVN)
Industry	Mining
Founded	(1953)
Headquarters	Lima, Peru
Key people	Roque Benavides (CEO)
Products	Precious metals
Revenue	US$ 1.4 Billion (2010)
Net income	US$ 667.6 Million (2010)
Employees	2.408
Subsidiaries	El Brocal
Website	www.buenaventura.com.

Buenaventura (BVL: BVN / NYSE: BVN) is the largest owner of mining rights in Peru among precious metals companies. The Company is engaged in the mining, processing, development and exploration of gold, silver, coal, lead, molybdenum and zinc via wholly owned mines, as well as through its participation in joint exploration projects.

Buenaventura operates seven mines in Peru and has controlling interests in another mining company (El Brocal) as well as minority interests in several other mining companies, including a significant ownership interest in Yanacocha (43.65%), via a partnership with Newmont Mining, one of the most important gold mining companies in the world, and Cerro Verde (18.50%), an important Peruvian copper producer located in the southern Peru.

The company has been listed on the Lima Stock Exchange since 1971 and on New York Stock Exchange since 1996.

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