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Congress and Exhibition “Lithium Latin America” is the only international professional platform for top-level networking of key industrial enterprises, regulatory authorities, government, technology and equipment suppliers, and investors across Latin America, the US, Canada and Europe.
Director Partner
Gas Energy Latin America
General Manager Unconventional Resources
Ecopetrol
President and Country Manager
Gran Tierra Energy Colombia
Head of Unconventional Resources
Ecopetrol
More than $8 billion are to be investment in Latam Lithium
Lithium demand is expected to nearly triple by 2025, and this will lead to a major boom in lithium mining
Argentina, Bolivia and Chile have the world’s largest reserves of lithium. They represent 85% of all the lithium of the planet
Argentina has 17 in prospection stage, 12 in initial exploration and another 5 projects in the advanced exploration, 4 projects in construction
Argentina owns 20% of the world lithium deposits, located in the regions of Salta, Catamarca and Jujuy, which places it in the fourth global position
Argentina’s Government wants to make Argentina a Lithium World Leader. For this reason, the government recently created the lithium governmental board to resolve bureaucratic obstacles, increase competitiveness, and advance in the topics that allow to boost the investments of the lithium industry
Chile owns 48% of the world's reserves of this metal and has the Atacama Salar, one of the areas with greater power and competitiveness at the global level of lithium’s extraction
Chile invests US $2 billion in lithium projects which will allow the country to triple its production by the year 2022
Bolivia has the largest deposits of the three countries of the lithium triangle, which are in the Salar de Uyuni area. Bolivia’s untapped lithium reserves make up to half of the world’s total lithium supply. The new Plurinational State promotes the national plan for the industrialization of lithium
65%
Mining Companies
25%
Service Providers
10%
Government
5%
Others
60%
General Directors, CEOs
30%
Technical Directors
5%
Government Representatives
5%
Others
SALAR DE POCITOS
Company: Pure Energy Minerals Ltd
Status: Prospecting
Located: Argentina
Investment US $110 million. Pure Energy Minerals Limited announced the start of its first exploration drilling program at the Terra Cotta lithium brine project (the “TC Project”) at Salar de Pocitos in the Salta Province of Argentina. The approved Environmental Impact Report (EIR) authorizes drilling, sampling, and aquifer testing of up to ten exploratory boreholes at the TC Project.
CAUCHARI - OLAROZ
Company: Lithium Americas
Status: Expansion
Country: Argentina
Project estimated life is 40 years, and capital cost is US $670 million. They have more than 80 million dollars invested this year in the Cauchari Olaroz project and the next stage it is expected to be invest about 350 million dollars more.
MINA FÉNIX
Companies: FMC Corporation y Minera del Altiplano SA
Status: Expansion
Country: Argentina
The Fenix mine is the only project that is in production in Catamarca. The concessionaire of the Salar is Livent, of the North American FMC Lithium, that historically produced near 15,000 annual tons. The new objective is to expand the capacity to 40,000. To achieve this, the company invests US $300 million.
SALAR DE ATACAMA
Companies: Abermale y la Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile o SMQ
Status: Expansion
Country: Chile
Estimated to enter operations in 2022. Investments are US $500 million. The Atacama Desert where the project is located, has the largest lithium reserves among the three countries of the triangle.
SALINAS GRANDES
Company: Orocobre
Status: Exploration
Country: Argentina
Jujuy Energía y Minería Sociedad de Estado (JEMSE) has called on companies from around the world to participate in the tender to invest in the development of complex studios in Salinas Grandes, Lagunas de Guayatayoc and the Salar de Jama.
PASTOS GRANDES
Company: Pluspetrol
Status: Prospecting
Country: Argentina
Investment US $338 million. The project has a mine life of at least 20 years with initial production in 2021 and steady state in 2024, designed for production of 20,000 tpa of battery grade lithium carbonate.
200+ decision-makers
of lithium industry from all over Latin America – government officials, regulatory bodies, project owners, technology and service providers, international and local investors of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, etc.
IMPORTANT!
Permits - how to accelerate the process? Ask your burning questions to the governments of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and their regulatory bodies!
52 new and existing investment projects
to be implemented in 2020-2025
FUNDING and INVESTMENTS.
Cooperating with local and international banks and financial institutions, private investors, project financing. How to gain the most favourable lending conditions? How to ensure quick return on investment?
Dedicated exhibition
of cutting-edge equipment and technologies for the Lithium industry, delivered by local and global leading companies from around the world.
MONETIZING LITHIUM:
from a mine to a battery. How NOT to miss on the growing demand?
Country Round Tables:
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Ask governments’ representatives your burning questions!
Technology Round Table:
Lithium Extraction. How to optimize costs and make the process more environmentally friendly?
Unprecedented networking opportunities!
One-to-one business meetings, networking round tables, cocktail reception, interactive discussions. Use this opportunity to exchange business cards with ALL conference participants!
