Worth noting is this comment
"The secretary also defended the weight of lithium beyond royalties. In fact, he pointed out that the mining company Exar, the second in importance in the province, announced an investment of USD 1.240 million to double its production and argued that that capital flow is the one that “spills in the economy” and pushes local growth."
Royalties is just money that goes directly to the government. But now importantly is the direct and indirect stimulus in the local economy both construction and operating phases.
How many kioskos are required for even $1M worth of business a year? And that is just money recirculating. It is not new money entering the economy, whereas this is
