Global uranium overview: resource base, production levels, extraction methodologies and demand scenarios under nuclear power expansion. Market assessment and signals on pricing and supply. Local focus: Argentina’s resources and projects, technical, environmental and social conditions for production, and the regulatory framework required to ensure supply security and competitiveness.

Rare earth elements have become critical inputs for the energy transition, advanced technologies and strategic sectors such as defense, concentrating geopolitical influence due to their industrial relevance and high economic value. The session will examine their key applications, market evolution and global and domestic supply distribution, along with SEGEMAR’s geological insights on current occurrences and deposits in Argentina. It will also present the country’s potential in this field and the opportunities —if any— to attract mining investment as a basis for potential integration into strategic value chains for national economic development.

Presentation on Veladero’s trajectory and its contribution to the growth of Argentina’s mining industry. The session will review key milestones, lessons learned, job creation, infrastructure, community engagement and the challenges shaping the project’s next stage.

A comprehensive overview of Argentina’s exploration landscape, bringing together two complementary perspectives. The geological–technical view will address priority target areas, methodologies, project maturity and field signals that help project the future of mining. The GEMERA perspective will outline the regulatory framework, permitting processes, operational challenges, and the need for risk capital and specialized services to strengthen early-stage exploration and sustain the project pipeline. The session will present key priorities to drive high-quality discoveries and reinvigorate exploration, also considering current developments in the earliest stages of the industry’s project cycle.

How the mining industry is evolving toward smarter, more sustainable and more competitive operating models, and the role that integrated and technology-agnostic solutions play in this transition. The session will examine key trends including automation, digitalization and electrification, as well as the importance of interoperability to address current and future challenges. The objective is to provide a strategic perspective on how to accelerate the transformation of mining in the Southern Cone by combining technological innovation with practices that promote efficiency, safety and sustainability.

Artificial intelligence has become a key lever for improving operational efficiency and enhancing decision-making across the mining value chain. Its potential does not materialize on its own, it requires organizational change, proper governance and a clear vision to capture sustained business value. PwC, a global leader in AI implementation and governance, will share experiences and lessons learned on how AI can unlock concrete opportunities across virtually all mining processes, along with key recommendations to harness its full potential.

A strategic overview of global decarbonization and electrification goals, with a focus on the critical role of copper in the shift toward clean energy. The session will examine the region’s competitive advantages and strategic reserves, investment opportunities, and the main socio-environmental and regulatory factors shaping project development. An integrated perspective on how Latin America can position itself as a central player in this paradigm shift, within an increasingly demanding global context for mineral supply.

Argentina is working to become a reliable and competitive country capable of attracting investment. Since 1993, it has had Law 24,196, created specifically to promote investment in the sector. In line with this objective, following the enactment of the “Ley Bases” in 2024, the Large Investment Incentives Regime (RIGI) was incorporated, aimed at attracting projects across various industries. As the closing segment of the event, the presentation will delve into how both regimes coexist, what requirements and benefits they offer, and the implications for project profitability.