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San Cristobal is an open-pit mining operation extracting ore from Jayula, Tesorera and Animas mineral deposits in the south-western part of Bolivia's silver-tin belt. Extracted ore is transported by trucks to the crushing plant near the site, from where the crushed ore is sent via a 1.6km-long conveyor belt to the 40,000tpd concentration plant.