Operations Resume at the Orcopampa Mine

Compañia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has reached an agreement with the Orcopampa workers’ union, within the frame of the annual collective negotiations. As a consequence, the union concluded the strike that began May 26, 2012. Normal operations resumed at Orcopampa June 8. The strike was declared illegal by the Peruvian Ministry of Labor. Buenaventura S.A.A. is Peru’s largest, publicly-traded precious metals company and it operates several mines in Peru.