Company: SQM
Filing Date: 2025-09-30
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0000909037-25-000036
Chunk: 156

Company: CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
Filing Date: 2025-09-30
Form: 6-K
Chunk 156
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 Dongp oDistrict, Meishan, Sichuan Province. The second trial hearing took place on April 23, 2025, and is currently awaiting the court's decision. The case was first decided by the People’s Court of Dongpo District, Meishan, Sichuan Province, which declared the lawsuit inadmissible with respect to Dixin. In June of this year, both the plaintiff and the main defendant appealed the first judgment. The appeals are being heard by the Sichuan Meishan Intermediate People’s Court. The Company and its subsidiaries have been involved and will probably continue to be involved either as plaintiffs or defendants in certain judicial proceedings that have been and will be heard by the arbitration or ordinary courts of justice that will make the final decision. Those proceedings that are regulated by the appropriate legal regulations are intended to exercise or oppose certain actions or exceptions related to certain mining claims either granted or to be granted and that do not or will not affect in an essential manner the development of the Company and its subsidiaries. Soquimich Comercial S.A., subsidiaries have been involved and will probably continue being involved either as plaintiff or defendant in certain judicial proceedings through which it intends to collect and receive the amounts owed, the total nominal value of which is approximately US$ 1.05 million. The Company and its subsidiaries have made efforts and continues making efforts to obtain payment of certain amounts that are still owed to the Company due to its activities. Such amounts will continue to be required using judicial or non-judicial means by the plaintiffs, and the actions and exercise related to these are currently in full force and effect. 21.2 Administrative - Environmental contingencies (a) In November 2016, the SMA filed charges against SQM Salar for the extraction of brine beyond the authorized amount, progressive damage to the vitality of algarrobo trees, incomplete information delivery, and modification of monitoring plan variables, among others. SQM Salar submitted a compliance program, which was approved by the SMA on August 29, 2022. A claim was filed regarding this program with the Environmental Court of Antofagasta by the Council of Atacameño Peoples. On June 11, 2024, the Environmental Court of Antofagasta agreed to reject the claim in its entirety. SQM Salar is currently implementing the compliance program, which is expected to be completed by mid-2025. The SMA will determine whether the program has been satisfactorily implemented and decide if the administrative sanction