Chile is hoping that its success in rescuing the 33 trapped miners will translate into some successful outsourcing business for the nation.

Juan Carlos Munoz, CEO of Chile IT, said that even though there are a lot of countries looking to promote themselves as outsourcing destinations, Chile has shown the right values and engineering capability to succeed.

Munoz acknowledged that although the safety measures were not very good - the effort shown by the government confirmed to the world that “Chile really cares for its people.” The precision drilling also demonstrated that Chile’s “engineering capabilities are outstanding” said Munoz.

Chile has a population of 16 million and is expected to raise its IT spending from £2.3 billion this year to £3.4 billion in 2014. Technical outsourcing is about a £1 billion industry, with providers offering services in areas such as engineering, software development, network security and infrastructure.

Chile is hoping to promote its mature infrastructure and skilled workers along with the country’s resilience after its earthquake recovery and minor rescue.

Anand Ramesh, the research director of global sourcing at business consultancy Everest Group said: “It makes people more receptive to the message but I don’t think that the way Chile dealt with its earthquake and mining accident will necessarily tell people they should look at Chile as an outsourcing venue.”