Secondly, the State of Chile will fully respect the provisions...

Secondly, the State of Chile will fully respect the provisions of the current contracts, that is, an anticipated participation of the State in the Atacama salt flat will be the result of a In agreement with those who currently have the rights to exploit lithium, in addition to this, exploration and exploitation contracts will be granted in those salt flats where there are currently projects that are in different stages of development. These companies will be able to decide if it is convenient or not to associate in these specific projects. with other private ones for the rest of the salt flats that have been considered susceptible to exploitation, a transparent and informed public bidding process will begin with private parties for exploration contracts added to the prospecting that we will carry out from the same state in the event that the results of the exploration shows potential, the private sector will have a preferential option to request an exploitation contract in association with a State company such as the National Book Company, it should be said that for projects of strategic value for the country, this association must have a majority State participation