Blocked mineral areas of Qom province will be liberated
Head of Mines Department of Qom Industry, Mining and Trade Organization: In order to realize the strategy of production leap and maximum use of the province's mines capacity, 4 blocked mineral areas of Qom will be released on the 23rd of December at 10:00 AM through the cadastre system.
According to the International Iran Stone Exhibition, Mohammad Taghi Kazemzadeh stated: The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade has issued a circular to release the potential capacity of mines, which includes inactive mining areas that must be activated by current users or a new user to determine the scope. Also, the exploration area, whose license has been revoked due to non-fulfillment of the necessary obligations and which must be re-entered into the activity cycle, provided a new possibility.
He added: "In this regard, solving the problem of some mining areas that are inactive due to the opposition of the executive bodies to its activities, along with solving the problems of large mining projects that the responsible companies did not pursue, including the items emphasized in the Ministry of Industry circular." , Mining and trade.
He continued: "In this regard, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, in order to make maximum use of the capacity of mines and the possibility of reactivating stagnant mining areas, provided the possibility of releasing unused capacities and entering new applicants in this field."
Kazemzadeh said: "For this purpose, in Qom province, cadastral monitoring of mining areas was carried out under the supervision of experts and 180 areas were identified, thus blocking about 1,400 square kilometers of the province's mining area, which was blocked for the mentioned reasons. Mine registration was not available to applicants, including the section on mine liberalization.
He stated: In this regard, on the 23rd of December at 10 o'clock in the morning, this release will be done for the mines of Qom province and the applicants can enter the mining cadastre and registration system to exploit their desired mineral area (if free). Being within the scope and having the necessary conditions on the part of the applicant)
He pointed out that a specific time has been allocated for the presence of applicants in the cadastral system to observe justice and prevent possible misuse of information in the mining areas of the province, he continued: The necessary instructions in this regard are available for applicants in the cadastral system and they can use From the appropriate quality computer and Internet that has the capacity to quickly load information, electronically select the desired area.
The head of the Mines Department of the Qom Industry, Mining and Trade Organization said: "In this liberalization, there are various mining areas that previously could not be exploited by the applicants, but now with this liberalization, they can take action to activate it."
He stated: "One of the important documents that according to the Mining Exploitation Law, applicants must have with them when registering in the cadastral system, is the technical and financial qualification sheet. In this regard, it is necessary for applicants to refer to the application before the appointed time." The Mining Engineering System Organization of the province, located on 15 Khordad Street, should apply for this qualification.
There are 2% of mines in the whole country in Qom and this issue shows the need to pay more attention to the capacities of this area to increase the income level of the province; In this regard, the strategy of the Samat Qom Organization is to prevent the sale of raw minerals to be extracted in order to create more economic added value in the mining sector of the province by processing them.
The most important known reserves of the province include metal mines (lead, zinc, copper, manganese), non-metallic mines (kaolin, barite, salt and sodium sulfate) and mines of construction materials (decorative stones, marble, granite, carcass stones, limestone and limestone It is possible to create income-generating businesses in the field of mining industries in the province by using new projects and optimal use of these minerals.
* IRNA
