from the quarterly call on Thursday. very relevant given the...

from the quarterly call on Thursday.

very relevant given the changing landscape in Chile.

Hayden Bairstow

Yeah, hi guys. Just a couple from me. Firstly, just on Argentina, there's been a bit of commentary around that. But just in the lead up to these elections, do you think there's any concern from your end about discussions on potential tax and royalty changes in the country, just given how debt inflation is going and how weak the currency is now moving? Do you think that that becomes a key election issue that we might see some noise around?

Martin Perez de Solay

Well, every time there's an election in Argentina, you'll see noise around many things. Unfortunately, it's a lot of noise around things. We don't expect any change in the regime, we just saw the reduction of the subsidies for the production of lithium. And, there's not agreement between the national government and the different provinces to go through any different changes. You hear lots of noises, but the central point around the elections and the campaign is how to reduce inflation, that is costing a lot to the people, more than other things that I do not expect.

We are currently producing dollar for the country with the export that we generate. We are supporting the growth of the country and the country needs that. And we are seeing that support from the government. As a matter of fact, I saw a report from the government in which we have been the second exporter from Argentina during 2022 in minerals. So it's an important project for the country.