Argentina’s government has signed an agreement with France to develop the partnership between the two nations on critical minerals, including lithium. Argentina is home to the world’s third-largest reserves of lithium, which is seen as essential to the energy transition. Both nations have now agreed to work closer, developing ties in this strategic sector to promote financing and investment for new and ongoing projects. It aims to “accelerate the rollout of investment projects by French companies in the coming months and years, and to strengthen the mobilisation of public cooperation instruments for project financing.
SOURCE: BUENOS AIRES TIMES