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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909037-23-000023
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230424
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230425
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230424

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909037
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-65728
		FILM NUMBER:		23841240

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EL TROVADOR 4285
		STREET 2:		LAS CONDES
		CITY:			SANTIAGO CHILE
		STATE:			F3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		56224252280

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EL TROVADOR 4285
		STREET 2:		LAS CONDES
		CITY:			SANTIAGO
		STATE:			F3
		ZIP:			7550079
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<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge  9.14.0.96--><!--Created on: 4/24/2023 10:24:43 PM (UTC)--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title>Press Release</title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times';font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-top:1pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:3.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New 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33-65728</font></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><u style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE&#160;INC.</u></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</font></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><u style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">El Trovador 4285, Santiago, Chile (562) 2425-2000</u></p><p 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April 24, 2023</b>.- Sociedad Qu&#237;mica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-B, SQM-A) informs that today SQM met with CORFO to receive more information on the scope and objectives of the National Lithium Strategy. As publicly announced last Thursday, CORFO reiterated that the contracts that currently give SQM access to the operations in the Salar de Atacama will be respected. In the same meeting, SQM was informed that CODELCO would lead the negotiations with SQM to seek the best alternatives for Chile, the Antofagasta Region, the nearby communities and for both parties. </p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify;background:#ffffff;margin:0pt;">SQM entered the Salar de Atacama project in 1993, after the owners of the joint venture that was developing the project had decided to sell it due to the technical difficulties they faced in developing a commercially viable operation. SQM entered the project under the same conditions agreed by Corfo with the previous participants. Since then, SQM has been able to become a world leader in the production of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, and has invested more than US$3.5 billion in technology, equipment, infrastructure and new refining processes, many of which are unique in the world. </p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify;background:#ffffff;margin:0pt;">The Salar Futuro project, announced by SQM a few months ago, will bring the operation in the Salar de Atacama to the highest world mining standard in sustainability, with carbon neutrality and the use of advance technologies, such as direct lithium extraction technology (DLE) and others, to archive lithium production with zero water footprint. The latter is fully in line with the sustainability objectives of the National Lithium Strategy. 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SQM develops and produces diverse products for several industries essential for human progress, such as health, nutrition, renewable energy and technology through innovation and technological development. 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