Prospection, Research and Exploration of Mineroindustrial Waters

 

 

 

 

 

According to paragraph c) of Art.º 2.º of Law n.º 54/2015, of June 22, Mineroindustrial Waters is understood as "the underground circulation waters that allow the economic extraction of substances contained therein."

 

 

 

 

 

The rights of prospection and research of Mineroindustrial Waters are constituted by administrative contract, and are exercised on an exclusive basis and, during the term of the administrative contract, no rights of private use incompatible with the object, content or area covered may be granted to third parties.

 

 

 

The request for the attribution of prospection and search rights by initiative of the stakeholders is made by the applicant to DGEG, duly instructed with the elements contained in the models / minutes for this purpose.

 

 

The qualification of a resource as Mineroindustrial Water must be based on the existence of technologies that make possible the economic use of substances contained therein, taking into account the definition set out in paragraph c) of Article 2 of Law n.° 54/2015, of June 22.

 

 

The exploitation of Mineroindustrial water consists of the activity of using the resource, whose exercise, by private entities, depends on the assignment of rights by an administrative exploitation concession contract.

 

 

The procedure for assigning private use rights over Mineroindustrial Waters, depends on:

 

1. Initiative of the stakeholders, through a request presented to DGEG, containing the elements foreseen in existing models / minutes;
2. State initiative by opening a public tender procedure.