1、ARGENTINA MINING 2025ARGENTINA MINING2025Investment-RIGI-Copper-Lithium-Precious Metals Remote Logistics-Equipment&Technology-Mining ServicesGBR SERIES3 ARGENTINA MINING 2025WELCOME LETTERAlfonso TejerinaDirector and General ManagerGLOBAL BUSINESS REPORTSPresident Javier Mileis midterm election vict
2、ory in October 2025 has solidified his gov-ernments legislative and regulatory authority and dispelled doubts about its ability to implement its reform program.For the mining industry,that result has generally been welcomed,opening the doors to newer and larger investments.Since introducing the Larg
3、e Investments Incentive Regime(RIGI),several mining projects have applied for RIGI status,amounting to a projected US$33 billion in mining investments alone into the country,in addition to other critical sectors,such as energy,manufacturing and infrastructure.The Argentine state is banking on a lita
4、ny of natural resources projects to provide its economy with a bed of export dollars that will stabilise its economy in the long term.Argentina has a long mining history,and is named after the Latin word for silver,argentum.In modern times,the sector has lagged its peers in South America.With a bask
5、et of prominent gold,silver and lithium projects scattered across the vast coun-try,mining exports are projected to exceed a record US$5 billion in 2025.But bigger changes are just around the corner,underpinned by a government and fiscal structure that has become increasingly focused on the mining i
6、ndustry.Though the mining export engine of today is the precious metals sector primarily gold mined across Santa Cruz,San Juan and Jujuy lithium export figures are also recovering and even expanding.The government is also counting on major copper projects in San Juan,Salta and Catamarca to add tens