Fresnillo plc
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Fresnillo plc is a Mexico-based precious metals mining company and one of the world’s largest primary silver producers, with significant gold operations as well.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fresnillo plc canonical | 1 |
| Minera Fresnillo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6878640 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fresnillo plc Context triple: [Fresnillo, majorCompanyAssociated, Fresnillo plc]
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A.
Antofagasta plc
Antofagasta plc is a major Chilean-based mining company primarily focused on copper production, with operations and projects in Chile and other countries.
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B.
Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals company headquartered in the United Kingdom and Australia, known for producing iron ore, aluminum, copper, and other minerals.
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C.
Codelco
Codelco is Chile’s state-owned copper mining company and one of the world’s largest producers of copper.
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D.
Anglo American plc
Anglo American plc is a major multinational mining company headquartered in London, known for producing commodities such as diamonds, copper, platinum, and iron ore.
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E.
Glencore
Glencore is a multinational commodity trading and mining company that operates extensive resource extraction and processing assets worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fresnillo plc Target entity description: Fresnillo plc is a Mexico-based precious metals mining company and one of the world’s largest primary silver producers, with significant gold operations as well.
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A.
Antofagasta plc
Antofagasta plc is a major Chilean-based mining company primarily focused on copper production, with operations and projects in Chile and other countries.
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B.
Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals company headquartered in the United Kingdom and Australia, known for producing iron ore, aluminum, copper, and other minerals.
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C.
Codelco
Codelco is Chile’s state-owned copper mining company and one of the world’s largest producers of copper.
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D.
Anglo American plc
Anglo American plc is a major multinational mining company headquartered in London, known for producing commodities such as diamonds, copper, platinum, and iron ore.
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E.
Glencore
Glencore is a multinational commodity trading and mining company that operates extensive resource extraction and processing assets worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mining company
ⓘ
precious metals producer ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
development of mining projects
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exploration of precious metal deposits ⓘ extraction of precious metals ⓘ processing of mineral ores ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| currency | USD ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Industrias Peñoles ⓘ |
| hasMine |
Ciénega mine
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Fresnillo mine ⓘ Herradura mine ⓘ Noche Buena mine ⓘ San Julián mine ⓘ Saucito mine ⓘ Soledad-Dipolos mine ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Minera Fresnillo
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linked to:
Fresnillo plc
Minera Juanicipio ⓘ Minera Penmont ⓘ Minera Saucito ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Mexico City ⓘ |
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| industry |
mining
ⓘ
precious metals ⓘ |
| legalForm | public limited company ⓘ |
| listedInIndex |
FTSE 100 Index
ⓘ
linked to:
FTSE 100
|
| majorShareholder | Industrias Peñoles ⓘ |
| metalFocus |
by-product lead
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by-product zinc ⓘ gold ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| notableFor |
gold mining operations
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primary silver production ⓘ |
| operatesInCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Industrias Peñoles ⓘ |
| product |
gold
ⓘ
lead ⓘ silver ⓘ zinc ⓘ |
| rank | one of the world’s largest primary silver producers ⓘ |
| regionServed | global metals market ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores
ⓘ
London Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| strategicFocus |
increasing silver and gold production
ⓘ
organic growth through exploration ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | FRES ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fresnilloplc.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fresnillo plc Description of subject: Fresnillo plc is a Mexico-based precious metals mining company and one of the world’s largest primary silver producers, with significant gold operations as well.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fresnillo plc