Lautaro Lodge

An Englishman, Roger Richardson is intent on establishing his company as a viable competitor for concessions from the Chilean government to extract lithium, a major element needed for modern batteries to advance the use of electric automobiles in the manner his father developed platinum mines for the reduction of emissions from internal combustion engines. In doing that, he and his wife, Margo, created a lodge from where professionals he engaged discovered positive elements for the retreating ice sheets, fossils, and created important wildlife reserves.