American Lithium unit gets green light to explore new area in Peru
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May 10, 2023 7:35 PM CDT Last Updated 3 hours ago
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LIMA, May 10 (Reuters) - The Peruvian arm of Canadian miner American Lithium Corp (LI.V) said on Wednesday it received authorization from the South American nation's authorities to carry out additional explorations near its current lithium project.
The new exploration will allow the firm to expand its existing resources in the southern Puno region, bordering Bolivia, said Ulises Solis, chief executive of the subsidiary, known as Macusani Yellowcake S.A.C.
Along with Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, Peru forms part of the "lithium triangle," which is believed to contain more than half of the world's resources of the metal across extensive salt flats.
Solis said in a speech during an industry event that the company received authorization last Friday to develop exploration activities in the Quelcaya area, located a few kilometers from the company's Falchani project.
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The BHRRC invited American Lithium to comment on alleged human rights and environmental violations, including violations of the right to free, prior and informed consultation; the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; and water and soil contamination at the Falchani, Macusani and Quelccaya mining projects in Peru, but the company did not respond.
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Peru creates new conservation area to protect glaciers from extractive operations
Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 15, 2019 | 7:30 am News Latin America Lithium
Quelccaya glacier located in southern Peru. (Image by Edubucher, Wikimedia Commons).
Peru’s National Service of Protected Natural Areas approved this week the creation of the Ausangate Regional Conservation Area (ACR Ausangate in Spanish), whose objective is to protect glaciers and Andean grasslands, as well as emblematic animals such as the condor and the vicuña, from damaging activities.
Spanning three districts and two provinces, the 66,000-hectare conservation area incorporates the Quelccaya glacier, which is considered the second largest tropical glacier in the world. It also includes the Vilcanota River, which provides 50% of Cusco’s drinking water and most of the hydroelectricity for Cusco itself and the adjacent Puno and Apurímac regions.
Mining, whether large-scale or small-scale, is not explicitly banned within the ACR Ausangate but, according to Cusco’s manager for natural resources, María Isabel Cazorla, mining projects are unlikely to get approved in the protected area.
Cazorla told local media that there are already a dozen concessions and mining permit requests to extract lithium close to ACR Ausangate.
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https://www.mining.com/peru-creates-new-conservation-area-to-protect-glaciers-from-extractive-operations/
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