Workers for Exar, the Argentine affiliate of Lithium Americas Corp., bag and tag brine extracted from an exploratory well. The muck will be tested to...
Brine evaporation pools at Liex's 3Q lithium mine project near Fiambala, Catamarca province, Argentina, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Liex, a wholly-owned...
Aerial view of a salt mining site and a parking area in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October...
Argentina is experiencing a lithium boom. After years of protectionist economic policy a new business friendly government has taken power. Demand for...
Nelda Lamas a local indigenous guide says that communities have a spiritual connection with the pools, known as "eyes," in the Salinas Grandes salt...
Young boy wearing an Argentine t-shirt holds a Wiphala flag during a demonstration on the occasion of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day. Indigenous...
Aerial view of evaporation pools for salt mining in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18,...
Aerial view of the Y-TEC headquarters in Berisso, Buenos Aires province, taken on October 18, 2022. - With 19 million tons, Argentina is, after...
Argentina is experiencing a lithium boom. After years of protectionist economic policy a new business friendly government has taken power. Demand for...
Local indigenous communities have a spiritual connection with the pools, known as "eyes," in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in Argentina's high Andes....
Aerial view of a salt mining site and a parking area in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October...
Aerial view of evaporation pools for salt mining in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18,...
Picture taken at the Salinas Grandes salt flat, shared by the Argentine northern provinces of Salta and Jujuy, taken near the Kolla indigenous...
Employees work at the Salinas Grandes salt flat near the Kolla indigenous community of Santuario de Tres Pozos, which in 2019 expelled two mining...
Sign against the exploitation of lithium is seen as employees work at the Salinas Grandes salt flat, shared by the Argentine northern provinces of...
The city of Susques, Argentina has become an epicenter of resistance to the growing number of lithium mines in the region. Local residents are wary...
Indigenous protesters march with banners, flags, and placards during a demonstration on the occasion of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day....
Protesters perform an indigenous ritual during a demonstration on the occasion of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day. Indigenous leaders from the...
Indigenous protesters march with banners, flags, and placards during a demonstration on the occasion of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day....
Aerial view of evaporation pools for salt mining in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18,...
Picture of an empty steel water tank taken in the Kolla indigenous community of Santuario de Tres Pozos, which in 2019 expelled two mining companies...
Aerial view of evaporation pools for salt mining in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18,...
The Tres Quebradas salt flat at Liex's 3Q lithium mine project near Fiambala, Catamarca province, Argentina, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Liex, a...
Brine evaporation pools at Liex's 3Q lithium mine project near Fiambala, Catamarca province, Argentina, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Liex, a wholly-owned...
Woman shows a placard in defense of the Law of Glaciers that is being modified to favor the mining companies, the Assembly of Jachal, in the province...
Miners pose for a portrait in their changing room hut after a double shift working in the Rosario mines in Potosi, Bolivia on May 5, 2010 . Photo by...
Young girl is seen during a demonstration on the occasion of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day. Indigenous leaders from the province of Jujuy...
Aerial view of the arid desert plain near the Kolla indigenous community of Santuario de Tres Pozos, which in 2019 expelled two mining companies from...
Aerial view of a salt mining site in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18, 2022. - The...
Facade of the Y-TEC headquarters in Berisso, Buenos Aires province, taken on October 18, 2022 - With 19 million tons, Argentina is, after Bolivia,...
Sign against the exploitation of lithium is seen as tourists visit the Salinas Grandes salt flat, shared by the Argentine northern provinces of Salta...
Picture taken at the Salinas Grandes salt flat, shared by the Argentine northern provinces of Salta and Jujuy, taken near the Kolla indigenous...
Scientist of Y-TEC handles a lithium cell in Berisso, Buenos Aires province, on October 18, 2022. - With 19 million tons, Argentina is, after...
Scientist of Y-TEC handles a lithium cell in Berisso, Buenos Aires province, on October 18, 2022. - With 19 million tons, Argentina is, after...
Aerial view of a road and a salt mining site in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18,...
Brine evaporation pools at Liex's 3Q lithium mine project near Fiambala, Catamarca province, Argentina, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Liex, a wholly-owned...
The Tres Quebradas salt flat at Liex's 3Q lithium mine project near Fiambala, Catamarca province, Argentina, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Liex, a...
Brine evaporation pools at Liex's 3Q lithium mine project near Fiambala, Catamarca province, Argentina, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Liex, a wholly-owned...
The Tres Quebradas salt flat at Liex's 3Q lithium mine project near Fiambala, Catamarca province, Argentina, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Liex, a...
Central to the production of lithium are evaporation pools. The lithium is extracted from brine thats pumped up from deep in the ground. Placed...
Patricia Guajardo drives a mining truck carrying gold and silver bearing ore at Barrick Gold Corp.'s Veladero mine in the San Juan province of...
Patricia Guajardo drives a mining truck carrying gold and silver bearing ore at Barrick Gold Corp.'s Veladero mine in the San Juan province of...
Mining trucks weave through Barrick Gold Corp.'s Veladero mine in the San Juan province of Argentina, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007.
Elva Guzman, left, and Natividad Sarapura attend a meeting in the town of Susques of Colectivo Apacheta, a group that serves as the face of mining...
Traveling general store makes a stop to barter and sell goods in the town of Huancar, Argentina. The impoverished town was on a list of communities...
May 7: A child plays around the Rosario mines as she waits for her father to finish his shift underground. May 7, 2010. Potosi, Bolivia. Photo by...
Dog sleeps on the ground as hundreds of oolice officers attend an operation in illegal gold mining area of La Pampa, in Madre de Dios, southern...
Women detained for allegedly being sexual workers cover themselves from the dust while the helicopter arrives to pick them up at the end of an...
Remains of a silver-mining operation from the 1800s in the area of the Hill of Seven Colors near Calingasta, Argentina.
Bovedas Museum in Uspallata, a former mining smelter used for storage by the San Martin's Army of the Andes. Argentina.
Indigenous protesters march with banners, flags, and placards during a demonstration on the occasion of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day....
Indigenous women walk along a road linking La Paz with Las Yungas, near Pongo, 35 km northeast of La Paz, which was blocked by miners demanding the...
Indigenous women walk along a road linking La Paz with Las Yungas, near Pongo, 35 km northeast of La Paz, which was blocked by miners demanding the...
Child hols a sign reading "Let's open our eyes, let's say No to the mines", as he takes part in a protest in Buenos Aires, on January 20 against...
Aerial view of a salt mining site in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18, 2022. - The...
Aerial view of evaporation pools for salt mining in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken on October 18,...