most of the world's lithium comes from south america.
where does most of the world's lithium come from?
south america
the world’s top 3 lithium-producing countries from 2016, as reported by the us geological survey are australia, chile and argentina. the intersection of chile, bolivia, and argentina make up the region known as the lithium triangle. the lithium triangle is known for its high quality salt flats including bolivia's salar de uyuni, chile's salar de atacama, and argentina's salar de arizaro. the lithium triangle is believed to contain over 75% of existing known lithium reserves. deposits are found in south america throughout the andes mountain chain. chile is the leading producer, followed by argentina. both countries recover lithium from brine pools. according to usgs, bolivia's uyuni desert has 5.4 million tonnes of lithium. half the world's known reserves are located in bolivia along the central eastern slope of the andes. in 2009, bolivia negotiated with japanese, french, and korean firms to begin extraction.
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