Salamanca holds 10 % of the world's tungsten reserves

The province of Salamanca could hold 10 % of the world's tungsten (wolfram) reserves, which places it in a place of notable geological interest in raw materials of strategic interest.

This is detailed by Santiago Cuesta López, general director of the National Cluster of Raw Materials (ISMC) and general director of the ICAMCYL Foundation, as well as expert advisor to the OECD and the European Investment Bank in Raw Materials. In general, he explains, the Iberian Peninsula is of great geological interest and, in the case of the province of Salamanca, he could highlight three materials in which it can position itself as a leader: tungsten or wolfram, uranium and lithium.

As the expert explains: "The Barruecopardo mining project represents one of the most significant tungsten reserves in Western Europe. This mine has total reserves in the open pit of 8.69 million tonnes. In addition, measured, indicated and inferred resources amount to 27.39 million tonnes. All of this, he continues: "Underlines its great potential for future expansion." It is not the only area where tungsten is found, as the Los Santos/Fuenterroble mine, now inactive, could also have the capacity to be exploited from now on. In the case of Barruecopardo, the expert continues: "It is estimated that its production could cover up to 13% of the world supply of tungsten concentrate outside China, a relevant figure considering the current global shortage of this strategic resource".

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