Project Mariposas

Situated in the Andean mountain region, an area characterised by extensive evaporite deposits due to the high rate of evaporation and low precipitation.

​The salar likely contains interbedded layers of clastic sediments (sands and silts) from ancient fluvial and lacustrine environments.

The basin is a typical closed hydrological system, which facilitates the concentration of lithium and other salts through continuous evaporation processes.