Catamarca: YMAD Opens Tender for Farallón Negro Mine Equipment

It signed an agreement with Distrocuyo to begin studies that will allow the construction of a new 220 kV transmission line and a transformer station in the high mountains of Mendoza. In this way, they aim to organize the project’s engineering and reduce uncertainty in an operation with high energy demand.

The start of drilling will be postponed a few weeks due to logistical reasons, in parallel with the activation of El Destino, Sofi, and Cuprum following environmental and legislative approvals.

With independent environmental permits and low-impact prospecting work, both projects mark a new front of mining activity outside the Malargüe Western Mining District (MDMO).

The Government of the Province of Catamarca and the National University of Tucumán (UNT) have finalized the signing of strategic agreements that complete the transfer process of Yacimientos Mineros de Agua de Dionisio (YMAD).

At a high-level meeting recently held in Catamarca, Rio Tinto reaffirmed its strategic commitment to the province and to the development of Argentina’s lithium sector, during talks with Governor Raúl Jalil and his counterparts from Salta, Gustavo Sáenz, and Jujuy, Carlos Sadir—members of the Regional Lithium Board.

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