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Salar de Uyuni mine

Potosí Department, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni mine
Salar de Uyuni mine. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Salar de Uyuni mine is one of the largest lithium mines in Bolivia located in its southern region at Potosí Department. The Salar de Olaroz mine has reserves amounting to 3 billion tonnes of lithium ore grading 0.3% lithium thus resulting in 9 million tonnes of lithium.

Mine data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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