From application to mining: what stage Brazil’s mining rights are in
43.3% of tenements hold an exploration permit; only 5.9% have reached a mining concession.
Exploration permit113,498
Exploration permit application25,587
Mining application22,027
Licensing21,772
Availability20,917
Artisanal mining application18,575
Mining concession15,571
Licensing application10,040
The stage with the most tenements is the exploration permit: 113,498, or 43.3% of the total.
The mining concession, the stage at which a mine can produce, accounts for 15,571 tenements. Between the two ends sit the applications, the areas in availability and the simpler regimes, such as licensing.
Reading the stage means reading time: an exploration permit has a deadline, requires a report and can be forfeited. The stage says what the title allows today and what it still has to prove.
The tenements behind these numbers are on the map.
