The project of lithium Mariana, located in the northern Argentine province of Salta and run by the Chinese company Ganfeng Lithium, plans to go into production in 2024, a company linked to the project reported on Tuesday.
As indicated in a statement, the Canadian mining company TNR Goldwhich owns a 1.5% royalty in the Mariana project, the first evaporation pond is in the water injection stage and the project is expected to start production in 2024.
“We are very pleased that the Mariana project is progressing smoothly towards expected commercial production in 2024.″, said the executive director of TNR, Kirill Klip.
Construction of the Mariana project began in June 2022 and has the capacity to produce 20,000 tons of lithium chloride per year.
Argentina is the fourth largest lithium producer in the world (behind Australia, Chile and China), the third in reserves (behind Chile and Australia) and the second in resources (behind Bolivia).
The country currently has a portfolio of 38 lithium projects concentrated in three northwestern provinces of the country (Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca), of which two are in production and expansion process.
Due to the potential of the projects under construction that will soon enter the production stage, Argentina plans to climb to third place as a world producer shortly.
Source: EFE
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