The concessions of mining exploration constitute a strategic component of national mining, so never given lightly or hastilyThis was made clear by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) in a communication sent to the director of Listín Diario, Miguel Franjul.
The institution reported that after weighing a considerable number of requests for more than a year, it authorized in March 18 exploration concessions to identify mining deposits in different parts of the country and make an estimate of the quantity and quality of existing minerals.
indicated that you are concessions were evaluated and approved between 2021 and before March of this year, that is, several months before the unfortunate tragedy in the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Mimarena).
It states that the exploration works are carried out through scientific and technical investigations for a period of three years and that, identify deposits with commercially viable profilesthe country could take advantage of minerals for further exploitation and economic use.
The MEM exposes in the letter, that in accordance with the Mining Law of the Dominican Republic, No. 146-71, the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the General Directorate of Mining are the entities responsible for granting exploration and exploitation concessions of metallic and non-metallic substances requested by natural or legal persons, a responsibility that it exercises with total autonomy and without the subjection of any other institution.
It highlights that, of the licenses or permits for the extraction of components of the earth’s crust such as sand, gravel, gravel and stones are handled by the Ministry of the Environment, in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 123-71 of May 10, 1971.
18 concessions.
The Government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) recently granted 18 mining exploration licenses to various companies and individuals for different types of metallic and non-metallic materials located in eight provinces of the country.
