Nationalising lithium mining is a 'mistake' says Mining Chamber of Argentinian province Salta
Private investment must be protected in lithium mining, says a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors in an interview with local newspaper, Nuevo Diario.
Landscape from the serrania del Macon in the Salta Province in northwestern Argentina
© Maurizio Bersanelli/ShutterstockFacundo Huidobro told Nuevo Diario that if Argentina takes the same course as Bolivia and Chile, countries that make up the Lithium Triangle, it would be wrong and unconstitutional.
'He noted that investment in the [Salta] province should continue to be encouraged and various permit processes should be expedited so that they can be carried out quickly,' reports the paper. 'He added that the objective of the province must first be to position itself, to be competitive in the production of lithium and derivatives.'
