Energy mogul makes 100-year bet on Argentina’s mineral wealth

Over three decades, Jose Luis Manzano built a reputation for diving into distressed sectors in Argentina and navigating tumultuous economic and political cycles to shape a portfolio ranging from media to energy.

Now, through holding company Integra Capital, he’s going all in on mining in a gambit that South American minerals will be essential to fueling the world’s future — and especially the transition to clean power. Argentina, traditionally a farming and oil nation, has more recently been luring investors to its vast, underdeveloped lithium and copper resources.