The Salinas Grandes mine is one of the largest

lithium Lithium (from el, λίθος, lithos, lit=stone) is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal. Under standard conditions, it is the least dense metal and the least dense solid el ...

mines in

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. The mine is located in northern

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. The Salinas Grandes mine has reserves amounting to 20 million tonnes of

ore grading 1.2%

thus resulting 293,000 tonnes of

References

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