Facility

Maricunga Codelco-Rio Tinto Atomic Lithium Project

Primary-source record for Maricunga Codelco-Rio Tinto Atomic Lithium Project. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with lithium-brine as input and enriched-lithium-process-solution as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

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Location: Salar de Maricunga, Atacama, Chile

Lithium recovery

Maricunga Codelco-Rio Tinto Atomic Lithium Project qualifying line

Announced

Atomic brine-recovery project retained at the signed CEOL and public-private-partnership grain; final chemical form is not yet specified

Material flow

Lithium-Bearing Brine → Enriched Lithium Process Solution

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources

Government of Chile · published Feb 12, 2026 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive unavailable: Wayback /web/2026/ redirect probe returned HTTP 404 on 2026-08-19; no snapshot was verified.