{"id":3972,"date":"2022-07-21T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandfirematsa.es\/our-operations\/exploration\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T10:03:33","slug":"exploration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sandfirematsa.es\/en\/our-operations\/exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3972\" class=\"elementor elementor-3972\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-529b22ee elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"529b22ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-764f7b58\" data-id=\"764f7b58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d674e27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d674e27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Exploration<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d43017c\" data-id=\"5d43017c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd30c33 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd30c33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f440a5d\" data-id=\"f440a5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f73a27\" data-id=\"9f73a27\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e6dc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7e6dc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandfire MATSA employs innovative techniques to find new ore deposits. With a mineral resource capable of supporting more than 20 years of mine operations, clear evidence exists of the wealth of the soil in this region of Andalusia<\/span>.<\/p><p>These results place the company as leaders in exploration in the region, and are the result of Sandfire MATSA&#8217;s commitment to geological investigation and the accumulated experience of the professionals in the workforce.<\/p><p>At present they have more than 1,300 square kilometres of prospecting licences in the south of Spain (Andalusia and Extremadura) and over 1,100 km<sup>2<\/sup> in Portugal, thanks to the continuous search for new horizons and to the signing of collaboration agreements with other organisations for the development of exploration projects in the neighbouring country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2912d13\" data-id=\"2912d13\" 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