During the launching of the 12th International Congress of Prospectors and Explorers (proEXPLO 2021), Urrea said that after 22 years we have reached this new edition and have the opportunity, for the first time, to use a virtual platform, highlighting the advantages of participating in real time from any location.

According to Urrea, who is also executive president of Explomin Perforaciones LATAM, in addition to the advantages of participating in the keynote speeches, courses and technical talks, as well as poster presentations from anywhere in the world, there are also technical and booth presentations.

"I believe that the main emphasis is being able to interact with each of the speakers on logistics, laboratories, geophysical services, drilling services; and most importantly, the networking that can be taken advantage of on the virtual platform," he said.

In this sense, he invited everyone to participate in the event, adding that in the web page www.proexplo.com.pe you can find very useful information of interest. He reiterated the importance of being able to communicate in real time with each of the speakers and exhibitors.

On the other hand, he said that the use of technology such as Artificial Intelligence, big data, machine learning, helps a lot in data processing; but there are also many technologies that help to speed up the obtaining of samples.

"In our case, we are using European technology to do directional drilling, which allows us to optimize the number of rigs that have to be declared to obtain a permit," he specified. According to Urrea, from very few drilling points it is possible to access different targets within the deposit we want to explore. This, he said, makes it much easier in terms of time and deadlines, and obviously in terms of budget.

This is an example that we can take advantage of today and somehow overcome the restrictions that are currently in place when applying for permits, so that we can access different targets in a deposit with just a few rigs.