oct 1, 1976 - Military government in Argentina recognized lithium as a licensable resource

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Beginning in 1976, Videla's military government initiated a fundamental economic liberalization.
Lithium was included as a licensable resource under the national mining law. In 1982, Galtieri's military
government tried to sell the DGFM project in the Salar del Hombre Muerto salt flat to LITHCO,
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transaction was postponed due to the beginning of the Falklands War (Nacif 2018).

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