This agreement was made behind closed doors

False. The agreement has followed a public and traceable process.

There is no business operation more strictly regulated at both national and international levels than this partnership. The negotiation process and the terms of the signed agreement —which were subject to oversight and regulation at national and international levels— have been timely disclosed to the public, the market, regulatory bodies, and oversight agencies, applying the highest standards of transparency for operations of this scale. If certain aspects of the agreement have not been made public, it is solely to protect strategic and confidential interests, as is customary in operations of this nature involving publicly traded companies under constant scrutiny by regulators and markets.

The agreement has also been presented to Congress in 13 parliamentary sessions, and a website has been created —www.acuerdocodelcosqm.cl— so the public can stay informed and access all available documents, information, and news.