1111 Phase Content Minimum requirements 1. Presentation and Identification Identification of the project by the mining operator or the regional government and assessment of its feasibility. Mine or abandoned site with tourism, archaeological, or scenic value; road access; basic services; social acceptance; and a track record of environmental responsibility. 2. Promotion and sectoral coordination Market study for project promotion by mining, tourism, and cultural authorities and the regional government. Coordination among the mining concession holder, regional/local government, MINEM, MINCETUR, the Ministry of Culture, academia, and the community; definition of roles and the managing entity. 3. Technical Study Definition of project location criteria, identification of current and potential products, favorable aspects (natural, archaeological, cultural). Physical, chemical, and hydrological stability; identification of visitable components, risks, routes, safety measures, and tourism products. 4. Financing Economic evaluation, applying various modalities, such as worksfor-taxes, income tax deductions, trusts, or other mechanisms (private investments). Tax-for-works programs, tax deductions, trusts, private investment, or cooperation. 5. Access and transport Transportation services for visitors to the nearest city and to the mine, with support from travel agencies or other operators. Access routes, transportation, signage, trained guides, safety protocols, maintenance, and monitoring. Source: Prepared by the author. 6.4 Case of the Santa Bárbara Mine The old Santa Bárbara mine, located in Huancavelica very close to its capital city, has a tradition dating back to the Viceroyalty period, which was even inscribed as the Santa Bárbara Mining Complex on the Tentative List of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972, as a cultural asset under criteria C (ii) and (iv) in 2017. It is an exceptional center for the exchange of knowledge and technological innovation in mining worldwide for the transformation of mercury distillation techniques, which influenced the production of mercury in the mines of America and Europe during the 18th to 20th centuries. Figure 4 show views of its facilities. Figure 4 - Views of the old Santa Bárbara mine from the outside and inside. a) Surface infrastructure of the mining complex. b) Furnaces for ore and mercury distillation. To date, this surface and underground mining complex constitutes the "Santa Bárbara Mining
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