Koncesjonowanie poszukiwań, rozpoznawania i eksploatacji złóż kopalin a wymagania racjonalnej gospodarki

Abstract

Mineral prospecting and mining concessions and reasonable utilization of mineral resources.A b s t r a c t. Concession for mineral prospecting and mining, issued by governmental authorities according tothe geological and mining law, is the obligatory exigency in Poland. The basic aim is the reasonable utilizationof mineral resources as a non-renewable part of the environment, necessary for everyday life and sustainabledevelopment of society. The existing mode of concession procedure is imperfect. The most important changesshould include 1) obligatory presentation of prospecting projects, 2) determination of the time of mining concession validity, allowing development of the total evaluated deposit reserves, and 3) insurance against concession abandonment before exhausting of the total deposit reserves designed for mining