Brazil mining regulator halts lithium activities in Minas Gerais

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Sigma and Atlas projects affected

Patricia Aranha and Siobhan Lismore-Scott

Core from Atlas’ Neves project | Credits: Atlas Lithium

Brazil’s federal prosecutors have asked the country’s mining regulator to suspend lithium projects in Araçuaí (MG) and neighbouring cities in the Jequitinhonha Valley, in Minas Gerais. The regulator…

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