Legend

Airfield

Wind park

Solar park

Evaporation ponds

Lithium processing plant

Hydroelectric power plant

Natural water reservoir

Artist's impression of the Critical Raw Material Hub
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Saltlake Hombre Muerto

Airfield

Aero generators

Solar park

Evaporation ponds

Lithium process plant

Hydroelectric generator

Lake and water pipeline

Our Critical Raw Materials Hub is located in one of the most profitable resource regions worldwide
overview

The Southern Cross owned Critical Raw Materials Hub has unique strategic characteristics.

Strategic geographical location

The prolific Archibarca Lineament: This structural lineament is responsible for deposits like La Escondida in Chile, the largest copper mine in the world, and Lindero in Argentina.

The Hombre Muerto Basin is the most profitable lithium basin in the world, located in the most solar intense region in the world, the Puna Altiplano.

A natural water reservoir located 600 meters above the valley floor, to provide green renewable hydro-electric power by night.

Our hub stands out by

  • 800 km² in size‍

  • the largest land package in the Hombre Muerto Basin

  • the volume of the highly magnetic bodies of its copper porphyry targets totalling 192,000 mt of tonnage

Integrated projects within the hub
Copper One

23.000 hectares in the Archibarca Lineament, with the potential to become a great copper resource

About Hombre Muerto
About Hombre Muerto

Meeting Europe’s lithium demand for decades to come

Hombre Muerto South

Meeting Europe’s Lithium demand for decades to come

Hombre Muerto South is one of the last investment opportunities of such dimension in Argentina. With 600 km² exclusive mineral property in the most profitable lithium basin worldwide, we are looking at the chance to meet Europe’s lithium demand for decades to come.
Elon Musk, CEO Tesla

"There simply isn't enough lithium to keep up with the future demand for electric vehicles."

Our Project:
Hombre Muerto South

Raw Materials Fact Check

Lithium is the lightest metal in the periodic table. So light, indeed, that it floats on water. The battery technologies with the highest energy density are based on lithium. An electric car requires an average of 8 kilograms of lithium.

About Hombre Muerto South
The Critical Raw Materials Hub consists of 4 integrated segments:
1  Lithium brine segment "Hombre Muerto South"
2 Copper porphyry segment "Copper One"
3 Solar park
4 Hydroelectric power plant
This Lithium deposit is the last existing opportunity in the Hombre Muerto Basin, the most profitable basin in the world.
Location

Hombre Muerto Basin, Argentina.
450 Km from Salta city, 7 hrs by vehicle. Situated next to the Galan Volcano which is the primary lithium source in the region.

Covers 600 km² of the 800 km² of the Critical Raw Materials Hub
Resource estimate

Based on the resource density of the adjacent Hombre Muerto Basin projects, between 10 to 24 million tonnes of LCE resource.

The Projects in the Argentine part of the Lithium Triangle impress with world class economics
Projects within our basin
Name
Status
Value
Galan
NPV
$2,6 billion
Lithium South
NPV
$934 million
Recent transactions
Name
Status
Value
Millenial Lithium
sold
$265 million
Litica Resources
sold
$962 million
Alpha Lithium
sold
$204 million
LithiumX
sold
$265 million
Arcadium Lithium
sold
$6,7 billion
The high valuations of nearby projects are driven by three main factors
How are projects valued?

Projects in the Hombre Muerto Basin are the most profitable lithium projects in the world, driven by three factors:

01 High lithium concentration
02 High purity, resulting in low production costs
03 High solar intensity and low humidity, reducing energy demand

This drives low production costs and a favourable ecological footprint.

VALUATIONs EXPLAINED
Raw Materials Fact Check

Modern mining operations can achieve carbon-neutral extraction by leveraging advanced technologies, such as water recycling and the use of renewable energy.

Why invest in
Southern Cross?
Driving change, empowering sustainability.
Exclusive ownership

100% exclusive ownership on a portfolio of six different projects spanning a total of 1100 km2 of mineral properties.

Owner of the Critical Raw Materials Hub, spanning 800 km² of the total mineral properties, located on the mineral-rich Archibarca lineament, and in the Hombre Muerto Basin, where the most profitable projects in the world are located.

Strategically located

to take full advantage of the highest solar efficiency rates in the world.

Lithium resources

Lithium resources potential to meet Europe’s entire lithium demand for decades to come.

Copper resources

Copper potential rivalling the world’s biggest copper mines.

Robert Friedland, founder of Ivanhoe Mines

"Without access to lithium and copper, Europe will not be able to lead the green revolution."

About the hub
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