Lithium Argentina AG focuses on advancing lithium projects in Argentina.
The company holds a 44.8% interest in Cauchari-Olaroz in Jujuy, Argentina; an 85.1% interest in the Pastos Grandes Project in Salta, Argentina (subject to the Pastos Grandes Transaction); and a 65% interest in the Sal de la Puna project in Salta, Argentina. Additionally, the company owns the Salar de Antofalla (‘Antofalla Project’) in the Province of Catamarca, Argentina.
The company is focused on the operations at Caucha...
Lithium Argentina AG focuses on advancing lithium projects in Argentina.
The company holds a 44.8% interest in Cauchari-Olaroz in Jujuy, Argentina; an 85.1% interest in the Pastos Grandes Project in Salta, Argentina (subject to the Pastos Grandes Transaction); and a 65% interest in the Sal de la Puna project in Salta, Argentina. Additionally, the company owns the Salar de Antofalla (‘Antofalla Project’) in the Province of Catamarca, Argentina.
The company is focused on the operations at Cauchari-Olaroz and advancing the development of additional lithium resources in the region.
Properties
The company is advancing two significant lithium projects, the Cauchari-Olaroz Operation, located in the Province of Jujuy in Argentina, and the Pastos Grandes Project, located in the Province of Salta in Argentina. The Pastos Grandes Project includes the PGCo (Lithium Argentina owns approximately 85% interest). Cauchari-Olaroz is a production stage project. Pastos Grandes is an exploration stage project because the company has not yet determined that Pastos Grandes has mineral reserves under S-K 1300.
Caucharí-Olaroz Project
The company’s interest in Cauchari-Olaroz is held through a 44.8% ownership interest in Minera Exar S.A. (‘Minera Exar’), a company incorporated under the laws of Argentina.
The Cauchari-Olaroz Operation and the Pastos Grandes Project are the company’s two material projects. The company also holds a 65% interest in the Sal de la Puna project and 100% in the Antofalla Project, each of which are exploration stage projects.
The Cauchari-Olarozis owned by Exar, a company incorporated under the laws of Argentina. Exar, in turn, is 44.8% owned by the Company, 46.7% by Ganfeng and 8.5% by JEMSE, a mining investment company owned by the government of Jujuy Province in Argentina.
Pastos Grandes Project
The Pastos Grandes Project is situated within the Department of Los Andes, approximately 10 km south of the village of Santa Rosa de Los Pastos Grandes, and 130 km west of the city of Salta, the capital of the Salta Province in Argentina. The center point of the Pastos Grandes Project is situated at approximately 3,428,966 mE, 7,283,194 mN (POSGAR 04 / Argentina zone 3). The Pastos Grandes Project encompasses a surface area of more than 24,000 hectares in the hydrographic basin of Salar de Pastos Grandes at an elevation of roughly 3,785 masl.
Sal de la Puna Project
The company holds a 65% of the project owned by Arena Mineral Holdings B.V, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the company. The Sal de la Puna Project is held through a joint venture interest in Sal de la Puna Holdings S.à.r.l., the 100% owner of the Argentine subsidiary, Puna Argentina S.A.U., the owner of the claims forming part of the Sal del la Puna Project. The remaining 35% of Sal de la Puna Holdings S.à.r.l. is owned by joint venture partner Ganfeng New Energy Technology Development (Suzhou) Co., Ltd covering approximately 13,200 hectares located in the Salta Province, Argentina. The Sal de la Puna Project covers the southern and eastern parts of the Pastos Grandes hydrological basin. The Sal de la Puna Project is in the early stages of exploration for lithium brine.
Antofalla Project
The company holds a 100% interest in the Antofalla Project covering approximately 5,800 hectares of the Antofalla salar and basin in the Province of Catamarca, Argentina.
Foreign Operations
The Cauchari-Olaroz, the Pastos Grandes Project and the Sal de la Puna project are all located in Argentina. Cauchari-Olaroz is in operation while the projects under the Pastos Grandes basin segment are in the exploration and evaluation stage.
History
The company was founded in 2007. It was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in 2007. The company was formerly known as Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. and changed its name to Lithium Argentina AG in January 2025.