A specialist panel tasked with formulating battery strategy also set a target of securing 30,000 trained workers for battery manufacturing and supply chains by 2030.
The newly approved plan will cost the company $52 million in investments and measures taken to address six environmental infractions detected by Chile's regulator.
Due to the urgent nature of the threat, a rapid risk assessment will begin led by global environmental firm Tetra Tech Coffey, which prepared the report.