Mines and geology · National Directorate of Mines
Reconnaissance authorisation
Allows reconnaissance work for indications of one or more mineral substances, over zones that are neither closed nor covered by another title for the same substance. It is granted for up to six months, renewable once. It confers no exclusive right and cannot be transferred.
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What it allows
To prospect the zone for indications: surface surveys, sampling, airborne geophysics. What comes out of the ground in the course of that work may be freely disposed of, subject to a declaration to the National Directorate of Mines, so long as the work is not of the nature of extraction.
Who may apply
Any person, natural or legal, who is a candidate for a research permit over the zones concerned. The authorisation is inalienable: it can be neither assigned, nor leased, nor transferred.
An individualA company
At a glance
National Directorate of Mines
72 days
6 months
Renewable, from 60 days before it ends
What it costs
- Fixed grant dutyGNF 2,000,000
Total, filing and issueGNF 2,000,000
What to bring
Some of these depend on your answers; the list narrows as you fill the form in.
- Description of the work and the means
- Simplified environmental undertaking
Before you start
- The coordinates of the zone you want to reconnoitre.
- The substances whose indications you are looking for.
- A short description of the work and the means you will commit.
How it is handled
- Completeness check
- Cadastral check (CPDM)
- Opinion of the National Directorate of Geology
- Decision
- Signature by the National Director of Mines
- Notification
If the answer is no
An appeal may be made to the National Director of Mines within two months of notification, then to the Minister for Mines, and finally before the competent administrative court.