The governors of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales; from Salta, Gustavo Saenz and from Catamarca, Raul Jalilapproved this Monday the regulations for the operation of a regional committee for the lithium administrationwithin the framework of the so-called National Table for that mineral.
In the Government House of Jujuy, the leaders agreed on “strengthen the productive block with a view to stimulating the execution of projects, facilitating investments and safeguarding the common interests of the three provinces,” said official spokesmen.
Sáenz, Jalil and Morales, accompanied by their respective technical teams, signed the Joint Complementary Act of the Lithium Mining Region, through which the Regulations governing the operation of the Regional Lithium Committee were approved.
Together with the governors of Salta, @GustavoSaenzOKand Jujuy, @GerardoMoraleswe signed the Joint Complementary Act No. 2 through which the Regulations governing the operation of the Regional Lithium Committee were approved. pic.twitter.com/UOlX1SORnC
– Raúl Jalil (@RaulJalil_ok) August 23, 2022
Likewise, they undertook to “analyze and, where appropriate, arbitrate the necessary means, in order to agree with those responsible for the payment of mining royalties, the determination and quantification of a “Special Contribution” according to the particularities of each project”, they indicated.
On the occasion, it was also learned that the National Congress was informed about the formation of the Lithium Region, through the corresponding laws passed by the legislatures of Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca.
“The formal constitution of the Lithium Region represents a historical fact“, said the Minister of Economic Development and Production of Jujuy, Exequiel Lello Ivacevich, who said that this progress “opens the possibility of generating common regulations.”
I accompanied the governor @GerardoMorales and to the people of Jujuy in the commemorative events for the 210th anniversary of the Jujeño Exodus, a feat led by Manuel Belgrano at the head of the Army of the North in defense of a free Nation ?? pic.twitter.com/fVFFpf1yff
– Gustavo Sáenz (@GustavoSaenzOK) August 23, 2022
He also said that it will allow, “to build a legal framework that provides security for investment”because “there are many resources to exploit,” said the provincial official.
“This type of policy -he continued- will generate new opportunities for development with the lithium chain, defending, in turn, the natural resources that belong to the provinces”, he indicated and warned that “there are companies that speculate and generate distorting actions of market, harming the provincial tax schemes”.
In his turn, the Mining Minister of Catamarca, Marcelo Murúa, vindicated the decision to “work at the regional level” from the conviction that this “always fortifies” and welcomed the decision of the provinces to “establish a joint position, which is ultimately the central goal of the Lithium Region”.
In this way they considered that the Lithium Region, “has the necessary tools to define and implement the measures that the provinces consider necessary for the exploitation of lithium, a mineral highly required by the world, immersed in a virtuous process of energy transformation and care for the environment”they finally stated.
