Argentina Lithium lays claim to entire salar within LatAm's 'Lithium Triangle'

The TSX-V-listed stock of energy metals junior Argentina Lithium & Energy shot up nearly 52% on Monday after the company announced that it had staked an entire salar, or salt flat, in Argentina's Incahuasi Salar and basin, in Catamarca province. The stock movement on Monday pays testament to the hype surrounding the consumer technology metals such as lithium and cobalt, among others, as investors jostle to get in on the action, or the potential for action.