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The Rio Times LatAm Market Brief

Saturday, August 1, 2026 · Weekend edition

By Matthias Camenzind, Publisher

Argentina just green-lit a US$9.7 billion copper mine.

San Juan province's Vicuña copper-gold project has cleared Argentina's RIGI incentive regime — a US$9.7 billion commitment that would be one of the largest mining investments in the country's history. And it's not alone: RIGI has now waved through a pipeline worth roughly US$49 billion, from Pampa Energía to the MEGA developments. For a country that spent a decade starved of capital, the floodgates are visibly open — the question is whether execution can keep pace with approvals.

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Good morning, and welcome to the weekend. The week closed on a split screen: money pouring into the ground in the Southern Cone, and coming out of it more slowly in the Andes.

Argentina's RIGI regime cleared roughly ...