One would assume the processing plant will be at one of the salars. I'm assuming here that an approximately 35km pipeline for the brines to be blended with each other would be very expensive.
Here in Australia a water pipeline costs about $9M per km, so since things are cheaper in Argentina, let's say $5M per km, so $5M x 35km = $175M AUD or approx. $120M USD, on top of all other costs. I guess that could be do-able.
Having said that, trucking the brine would be a cheaper and more flexible option. But it will mean costs per tonne of LCE for PNN won't be in the lowest percentiles, like other lithium brine operations in the area, they will be higher.
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