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	Sep. 16, 2025 shares	Sep. 30, 2016 lawsuit	Jun. 30, 2026 item lawsuit shares	Jun. 30, 2015 lawsuit item	Dec. 31, 2018 lawsuit	Dec. 31, 2015 lawsuit item	Dec. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2017 lawsuit	Dec. 31, 2016 lawsuit
Litigation Matter
Number of civil actions seeking damages								33
Number of constitutional action lawsuits						4
Number of subsidiaries to which environmental impact authorizations were granted \| item						1
Garcia Ataucuri litigation
Litigation Matter
Mandatory enterprise pre tax profits that mining employees receive (in percentage)			10.00%
Mandatory enterprise pre tax profits that mining employees receive participation distributed in cash (in percentage)			40.00%
Mandatory enterprise pre tax profits that mining employees receive participation distributed in equity interest (in percentage)			60.00%
Number of shares seized as security for damages sought (in shares) \| shares			10,501,857
Number of labor shares represented by plaintiffs \| shares	8,488,383
Labor shares to investment shares, conversion ratio							10,000,000
Buenavista del Cobre, S.A. de C.V
Litigation Matter
Number of civil actions seeking damages						8			3
Francisca Garcia Enriquez
Litigation Matter
Number of additional constitutional lawsuits filed						2
Mario Alberto Salcido et al; Maria Elena Heredia Bustamante et al; Martin Eligio Ortiz Gamez et al and Maria de los Angeles Enriquez Bacame et al
Litigation Matter
Number of additional constitutional lawsuits filed		4
Norberto Bustamante et al
Litigation Matter
Number of additional constitutional lawsuits filed					2
MEXICO
Litigation Matter
Number of collective action lawsuits				6
Number of subsidiaries against which lawsuits were filed \| item				2
Number of collective action lawsuits dismissed				3
Number of lawsuits in process			3
MEXICO \| Acciones Colectivas de Sinaloa
Litigation Matter
Number of lawsuits in process			2
MEXICO \| Defensa Colectiva
Litigation Matter
Number of lawsuits in process			1
MEXICO \| Mario Alberto Salcido et al; Maria Elena Heredia Bustamante et al; Martin Eligio Ortiz Gamez et al and Maria de los Angeles Enriquez Bacame et al
Litigation Matter
Number of monitoring wells downstream from the dam \| item			3
Period to submit SEMARNAT			2 years
Tia Maria
Litigation Matter
Number of lawsuits			8