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What are the most significant cases, projects and/or transactions that you and/or your legal team have recently been involved in?

Last year we promoted a Lithium Project that we hope will be a pioneer in Latin America, in Consortium with the largest State mining company in the world (Codelco).

Chile is part of the “Lithium triangle” and the largest productive reserves of this strategic mineral are in our country.

We hope that this project will become a reality in the next few years, but the progress we have made so far fills us with expectations as a company.

Our participation in this whole process has been essential and has meant a great reputational and corporate leap for our company.

In addition, earlier this year, the Chilean government approved a Special Lithium Operation Contract (CEOL) requested by our company, which is aimed at a project to recover and extract lithium from the tailings of our mining operation.

This circular economy project is unique in the world, and Quiborax S.A. is the first private company in Chile to which the government has granted this type of special contract.

How do you approach managing legal aspects during periods of instability or crisis to ensure the organisation’s resilience?

During the last few years, the management of legal aspects during periods of crisis has been oriented towards providing legal certainty to our workers and the stability of our operations.

It is usual that in difficult times in any industry -especially in mining- the main impacts are suffered by the workers since the rise in the cost structure affects and restricts staffing. In this context, as a legal area and within the framework of our business strategy, we use the tools provided by the legal system to maintain the stability of our operations, their safety and sustainability, aiming at the peace of mind of our workers.

This is our main objective in times of crisis because our people are the essential base and, in my opinion, this should always be the goal of any business strategy in times of crisis.