Meeting Overview The meeting focused on Neolithium's Tres Quebradas lithium project, highlighting the growing demand for lithium due to the increasing penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) in the global market. The presentation outlined market trends, production forecasts, and the strategic advantages of Neolithium's project. Key Discussion Points - Overview of the electric vehicle market and its projected growth. - Predictions for lithium demand in relation to EV sales by 2030. - The need for significant increases in lithium carbonate production to meet future demand. - The impact of COVID-19 on electric vehicle sales and market dynamics. - Neolithium's Tres Quebradas project and its unique position within the lithium triangle. - Details on permits and agreements in place for the Tres Quebradas project. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Follow up on the strategic investment with CATL and its implications for the project. - ...
Dr. Perez has over 30 years of academic and industry experience in mineral exploration in South America, particularly in Lithium. He discovered the 3Q project and founded Neo Lithium Corp in 2016.
Dr. Perez also discovered and founded the Cauchari project in 2009, acquired through Lithium Americas Corp., and was its founding President and CEO until the end of the technical work in 2013, which resulted in a definitive feasibility study with strong economics.
Dr. Perez has also been involved in multiple discoveries in gold, diamonds, zinc and copper deposits during his terms as interim President and CEO of Latin American Minerals Corp and Senior Geologist for Barrick Gold, IAMGOLD, Opawica Explorations, and APEX Geosciences.
Mr. Vicens has over 22 years of experience in financial analysis, corporate development, strategy and investment banking - including merger and acquisitions and corporate finance.
Mr. Vicens previously worked as Vice-President in Scotiabank’s Investment Banking Mining team and participated in over $10B of M&A transactions and well over $5B in equity and debt issuances.
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: Hi, everyone. Welcome to Neolithium's Speaker 1: Investment Summit today, hosted by 6. I'm pleased to introduce today's speakers, Waldo Perez, CEO and Director. Speaker 1: We're also joined today by Carlos Vincenz, Speaker 1: CFO of Neolithium. He'll be leading the Q&A session. Speaker 1: Waldo is going to 1st walk you through a company presentation, Speaker 1: and then we will be accepting questions. Speaker 1: As a reminder, please submit your questions in the Q&A panel on the right-hand side of your screen. Speaker 1: A copy of today's presentation Speaker 1: and a fact sheet is also available for download in the handouts tab. Speaker 1: Now without further ado, I'm going to hand it over to Waldo to kick things off. Speaker 2: Welcome. We are going to talk about the Tres Quebradas lithium project. Speaker 2: You can go through the screen, and the 1st thing I want to talk about Speaker 2: is a little bit about the market. Speaker 2: There are very good news for the planet. The EV sales forecast to reach 3 percent global sales in 2020, Speaker 2: and is increasing Speaker 2: every year significantly. Speaker 2: There is a lot of regulation Speaker 2: going through each country Speaker 2: that is actually forcing or is actually suggesting or is actually encouraging Speaker 2: through Speaker 2: taxation and Speaker 2: other ways to actually Speaker 2: encourage or increase penetration of electric vehicles worldwide. Speaker 2: The Speaker 2: question is what's going to happen in the future. If today the penetration of electric cars is about 3 percent, what's going to happen in 2030, Speaker 2: for example, or in 2040? Speaker 2: As you can see here from benchmark mineral intelligence, but actually, Roskill has a very similar Speaker 2: view. Speaker 2: The...
