High concentration of lithium found by Codelco at Maricunga

In May Codelco completed the drilling work for the lithium exploration campaign in the Salar de Maricunga with auspicious results. In terms of concentration of the resource, preliminary numbers make this salt flat the second best in the world after the Salar de Atacama.

Sampling by Codelco at Salar de Maricunga has revealed the World’s second largest concentration of lithium

12 June 2023
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Of the 132 samples analysed in the laboratory, extracted from the perforation of 10 wells, concentrations ranging between 517 and 1787 milligrams per litre (mg/l) were observed, with an average of

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