Ricardo Ramos

Ricardo Ramos serves as CEO of SQM, listed as Series B shares on the Santiago Stock Exchange. SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) is one of the world's largest lithium producers, extracting from the Salar de Atacama — the world's richest lithium brine deposit with the lowest production costs in the industry. The Series B shares trade on Chile's Bolsa de Santiago and provide local and regional investors direct exposure to SQM's lithium, iodine, potassium, and specialty plant nutrition businesses. The B series shares have the same economic rights as the A series and the ADR-listed shares on the NYSE. SQM's concession renegotiation with the Chilean government remains the most critical factor: Chile's national lithium strategy aims to create a public-private partnership structure for Salar de Atacama operations. The outcome will determine SQM's production rights, royalty rates, and environmental obligations for decades. Key stock drivers include lithium prices and demand from EV manufacturers, concession renegotiation terms, Chilean peso exchange rate, iodine market conditions, and the overall trajectory of global lithium supply and demand.