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jan 1, 1986 - State owned MINSAL (Sociedad Minera Salar de Atacama) starts the exploration of Salar de Atacama

Description:

The second, MINSAL, began exploring the
SdA in 1986. It was owned by CORFO, the U.S. Amax Exploration Inc.
and the Chilean Molymet.

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Date:

jan 1, 1986
Now
~ 40 years ago