The South Asian nation could should fast-track clearance for home essential minerals blocks, she added.
“We’re having a number of discussions with many different resource-rich nations each in Africa in addition to in Latin America for getting a block on a G2G foundation or on a precedence foundation”, the joint secretary stated.
Indian state-owned agency Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (KABIL) is within the means of establishing in Argentina to begin exploration, the joint secretary stated.
In January, KABIL signed a $24 million lithium exploration pact for 5 blocks in Argentina.
V.L. Kantha Rao, India’s secretary of mines, stated at trade occasion in March that India was exploring alternatives in Africa for minerals corresponding to copper, cobalt, and different essential assets, whereas additionally pursuing lithium blocks in Australia.
(By Neha Arora and Ashna Teresa Britto; Enhancing by Mrigank Dhaniwala and Sonia Cheema)