RE:RE:mostly about the Cesium deposit (Taron)Rare Earth, the information from the FM website is what they intended to do and did do in 2017. On December 22nd FM presented their EIA (Environmental Information Assessment) study to the Secretary of Mines, Daniel Blasco. (This information was reported in the Salta newspaper). I think that power supply for the mine is still unclear. The hi-tension power line originates Guemes and the generating station may be at capacity and the owner of the line is a USA based utility company and they have experienced a poor record of payments by the gov’t. The line is not electrified at this time. As I commented on before the line from the substation is about 144 kms from the mine site. First and best and most reliable may be the high-tension line but there are some issues to resolved before that line will be used. Nat Gas is not really a viable option as the gas line is only 8 inches and is fully dedicated to the FMC Hombre Morte lithium mine. Hydro is not an option and nuclear energy generation is increasing in this part of Arg. FM has also put in a weather station in the Sierra Taca Taca mountain range to collect the lumen intensity to collect the data necessary to make a decision as to whether or not solar park is a feasible power source and would support continuous supply to the. could be used for the mine. Taca Taca is located on the second highest altiplano in the world. And despite the issues they will be solved by FM as it is a smart company and the Salta government clearly understand the value to the province of this mine. When it gets built it will produce enough copper in concentrate to get FM to its goal of producing 1,000,000 tons of copper per year challenging Rio Tinto for first place on the globe.
It will happen.