RE: Bolivia1 Dec 2023 16:21
This first stage of the visit was focussed on the collection of technical information to be able to propose projects in our salt flats, it is important and it is something that any investor will demand, "said Raúl Mayta, deputy minister of Exploration and Exploitation of Energy Resources of Bolivia.
"We have seen many opportunities to be able to generate projects for either investment in lithium extraction, by different methods, but also other elements. We have also seen funding opportunities for cooperation and thus make a synergy between what the lithium industry is," he said.
He pointed out that "there are very interesting projects" that will be translated into a road map that will be followed, proposed and announced to the different spaces of society, "so that there can be continuity and monitoring of the activities that have been reflected in this visit."
"This first stage of the visit was focussed on the collection of technical information to be able to propose projects in our parlours, it is important and it is something that any investor will demand," he said.
Likewise, European entrepreneurs received the information that, in the course of the following months, the national government will launch a "new tender to develop different evaporitic resources" in the salt flats of Bolivia and expressed their intention to participate.
According to the schedule, the delegation also visited the salt flats of Coipasa and Empexa, in Oruro and Potosí, respectively, in addition to the Centre for Research in Science and Technology of Evaporitic Materials and Resources of Bolivia (CICYT - MAT REB), in the La Palca community.