Rio2 Announces Official Start of Construction of Fenix Gold Mine

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rio2 Limited (“Rio2” or the “Company”) (TSXV: RIO; OTCQX: RIOFF; BVL: RIO) announces today the celebration of the official start of construction of its Fenix Gold Mine located in the Maricunga Gold Belt of the Atacama Region. The event held on February 6, was attended by the Honorable Aurora Williams Baussa, Minister of Mining; Mr. Mario Silva Álvarez, Deputy Governor of Atacama; Mr. Jorge Riesco Valdivieso, President of SONAMI (Chilean National Mining Society); representatives of the Colla Indigenous Communities; Regional Ministerial Secretaries; representatives of Mining and Industry Guilds and high authorities from InvestChile, CORPROA (The Corporation for the Development of the Atacama Region), and SERNAGEOMIN (National Service of Geology and Mining).