Issued at the Presidency of the Republic. San José, on the fourth of February of the year two thousand twenty-two.
| 1) Geological description of the requested area and general characteristics of the zone, as well as objective causes determining the need for exploration and its bibliography. | 1.1) General information | · Project Name · Name of the legal entity or individual applicant. · Name of the geologist responsible for the study, professional association membership number, and signature | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.2) Information on the requested area | · Figure showing location and administrative division (locality, district, canton, province); must contain the entire area requested for exploration, CRTM O5 coordinates, public and/or private access routes, north indication, scale. | | | 1.3) Geomorphology and structural geology analysis | · Detailed description of the geomorphological units. These units are those defined by the geologist or group of geologists based on topographic and orthophoto analysis. · Provide a geomorphological map at a scale of 1:50,000 or greater detail. · Description of the tectonic structures near the project: faults, folds, joint zones, preferential dips, or other structures described in the literature, as well as those observed in the field and related to the project area and operational development. · Provide a local geotectonic map at a scale of 1:50,000 or greater detail. · Maps must have contour lines, coordinate grids, and basic cartographic elements. | | | 2) Local geology with description of | 2.1 Geology | · Detailed description of the local geological units. These | | stratigraphic formations or units present and bibliography consulted. | | Units are those that the geologist or group of geologists found in the exploration area. They may be informal units (named for the present study) or formal units. · Description of the lithology or lithologies with the respective local stratigraphic column; its lateral and vertical variations, estimated or visible thickness must also be described, and reference made to a formal geological unit (with the geological age) if it is possible to relate it. · Hypothesis of the deposit model and mineralization to be explored. · The map must have contour lines, a coordinate grid, and the basic elements of cartography. | | --- | --- | --- | | 3) Description of the exploration works to be developed, as well as techniques and methods to be used, with an indication of the surface or underground works to be performed. | 3.1 Description of works to be developed and techniques and methods to be used. | · Explain in detail the works that will be executed during the exploration. · Indicate exploration techniques and methods. · Create a timeline of the works in the exploration area. | | 3.2 Technical and support personnel to be used | · Present the type and quantity of personnel to work in the exploration concession area. | | | 3.3 Bibliographic information | · The information to be used must be updated or from previous research, in addition to including the respective bibliographic references. | | | 4) Capital available for the exploration that is available to begin the works, as well as the technical and financial references | 4.1 Available capital and financial technical references | · Present capital available for the start of exploration works. · References on investments made inside or outside the country in the mining field, indicating areas or projects in execution or completed. · Situation of the applicant's financial structure regarding: - Assets. - Liabilities. - Investments. - Available working capital. | | | | · Permanently hired personnel. · Share capital and distribution of shares. · Data on the financing to execute the exploration project regarding: · Own resources (amount) · Issuance of shares · Name of the natural or legal person providing the financing · Debt-to-equity ratio · Financial charges · Amortization terms · The information must be endorsed by an Authorized Public Accountant. | | --- | --- | --- | | 5) Proposed Technical Closure upon completion of the exploration works | 5.1 Proposed Technical Closure | · Present the proposed technical closure that will be implemented upon completion of the exploration project. · It must include a description of the activities to be carried out in advance and upon completion of the exploration project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this regulation. |
Metallic Minerals 1. General project information.
1.1 General information · Name of the Project · Name of the legal entity or natural person applicant.
· Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional license number, and signature · 1.2 Information on the requested area · Figure of location and administrative division (locality, district, canton, province). This figure must contain the entire requested area, the demarcation of the viability area and the exploitation area, the CRTM 05 coordinate grid, public and private accesses, indication of north, the scale, · List the infrastructure works located within the direct influence area considered in the environmental impact assessment (EsIA).
1.3 Descriptions and conditions of the terrain · Refer to the information and data related to special terrain conditions (landslides, forests, springs (nacientes), streams (quebradas), and others) that were considered important for the design or planning of the quarry project.
1.4 Local Geology · Detailed description of the local geological units. These units are those that the geologist or group of geologists found on the project site and surroundings; they may be informal units (named for the present study) or formal units.
· Description of the lithology or lithologies with the respective local stratigraphic column; in addition, their lateral and vertical variations, estimated or visible thickness, and reference to a formal geological unit (with the geological age) must be described if it is possible to relate it.
· Clearly indicate the lithologies intended to be exploited and those considered waste (estéril).
· Include photographs taken in the field showing the described lithologies.
· Provide a local geological map with a geological profile or profiles, showing the observed or inferred tectonic structures.
· The map must have contour lines, a coordinate grid, and the basic elements of cartography.
· The geological map must be created in a GIS or drawing program, as it will be reviewed in its digital format.
| | | · Photocopies of geological maps not verified in the field (by another author) or hand-colored photocopies of the cartographic sheet will not be accepted. | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.5 Geological Structures | · Description of the tectonic structures near the project, faults, folds, joint zones, preferential dips, or other structures described in the literature, as well as those observed in the field and related to the project area and the operational development. · Provide a local tectonic map at an appropriate scale that allows visualization of the structures. · Both the tectonic structures described in the literature and the structures observed in the field that cross or are contained within the project area must be reflected in the geological map of the previous item and in the geological profile if applicable. | | | 1.6 Rock Types, geomechanical properties. | · For exposed rock masses, the RMR (Rock mass rating) analysis must be included. · At sites where drilling has been carried out, the RQD (Rock Quality Designation) analysis must be included. · Present a description of the variations that occur in the rock related to the quantity, quality, and frequency of fracture systems, joints, strata, or any geological situation that alters or varies the geomechanical properties leading to their consideration for the development of the quarry project. | | | 2. Investigation | 2.1 Reserves | · Indicate the calculated reserves and the grades considered. · Include the type of reserves according to the classification of Possible, Probable, and Proven reserves (according to the definitions in Article 4 of the Reglamento al Código de Minería). | | 2.2 Demonstrate types of reserves and established procedures | · Include the topographic plan and the detailed geological profiles and all information obtained during the exploration stage. · Description and location of drill holes, geophysical profiles, mining pits, trenches, investigation tunnels, geochemical sampling, and any other type of sampling carried out, in addition to the correlation of the results obtained. | | | 2.3 Exploration program for the evaluation of | - Indicate whether exploration of new reserves is intended to be carried out in parallel to the project operation. | | new reserves.
· Define areas of interest, describe methodologies to be used, provide timelines for works performed or to be performed, and indicate the minerals of interest.
3. Hydrogeology 3.1 Existing aquifer models.
· Describe the types of aquifers, aquifer thickness, thickness of the unsaturated zone (aquifer cover), hydraulic parameters of the aquifers (porosity of the saturated zone, effective porosity in the saturated zone, permeability), water table level, and calculation of the hydraulic gradient.
· If sufficient information is not available, the geological information in depth must be supplemented with Vertical Electrical Soundings (SEV's) or another geophysics methodology that allows determining the hydrostratigraphy of the zone.
· Indicate the source of the aquifer's hydraulic parameters, the pumping test analyses, and provide the analysis of the graphic and numerical information.
· The equipotential curves generated must reflect the effluent and influent aspects of rivers; in addition, they must have sufficient well data for interpolation and be consistent with the topographic data.
· Provide a table indicating which wells were used for the construction of the equipotential lines, and indicate the well number, well height, water level depth, and the groundwater level elevation.
· Provide a hydrogeological map of the area, including the wells and springs near the project, the trace of the equipotential lines (isophreatic or piezometric), and flow lines. The well or spring numbers and the groundwater level elevation at the points used for the construction of the equipotential lines must be explicitly indicated.
· The map must be supplemented with at least two hydrogeological profiles showing the correlation of the water table levels in the wells and the final mine design.
· Indicate the presence of water bodies, water intakes (tomas de agua), and springs (nacientes), whose protection radius may be | | 3.2 Water bodies, water intakes, and springs. Specify the type of use they are intended for. | impacted in the project area. · Show that the project design respects the protection zones or radii of water bodies, water intakes, and springs. · Indicate the use given to each of the intakes present in the area. | | --- | --- | --- | | 3.3 Studies on contaminant transit time when aquifers exist in the requested area. | · Present the study with the methodology accepted by SENARA. If it was included in the Environmental Impact Assessment, mention the results obtained. · In this section, it is important to show that the transit of contaminants from installations, bathrooms, and septic tanks will not affect water bodies, aquifers, water intakes, wells, and springs. | | | 3.4 Studies for the prevention of hydrocarbon contamination. | · Present the study according to the methodology accepted by SENARA. If it was included in the Environmental Impact Assessment, mention the results obtained. · Demonstrate that hydrocarbon transit will not affect water bodies, aquifers, water intakes, wells. · Indicate prevention and/or mitigation measures to be implemented. | | | 4. Exploitation Program | | | | 4.1. Deposit model. | · Detailed description of the geological model of the deposit. Describe lithological differences or mineralogical facies, as well as thin layers, lenses, or intercalations, or other lateral or vertical variations that occur. · Relationship between waste (estéril) and ore (mena) and indicate how the value was obtained. · Describe the uniformity of the deposit and lithological differences. · Geometry, size, shape, disposition, continuity of mineralization, and depth. · Describe the grade control process to be applied. | | | 4.2 Geometric design, mine dimensions. | · Describe the dimensions of the mine design. · Attach a mine design in plan view, 3D, and profiles. · Attach designs in mining software and 3D models. | | | | 4.3 Design of cuts, cut angles, with a calculated safety factor. | · Describe the design of the slopes (taludes), berms, and inclination angle with measurements. Attach the result of the safety factor calculated using specialized software. | | --- | --- | --- | | 4.4 Geomechanical characteristics of the rock mass. | · Present laboratory tests of the rock mass rocks related to rock strength and deformation (Uniaxial compression, triaxial, and point load). · In the case of slope and berm design in soil, Atterberg limits tests, direct shear tests, among others, are required. | | | 4.5 Water management design. | · Explain the design of runoff water collector drains in the exploitation areas, in addition to drains in maneuvering yards, stockpiling yards, the plant area, and on internal roads. · Include a proposal for the management and treatment of water from the mine, tunnels, waste rock dumps (escombreras), and tailings dams. · Include the design of the sedimentation basins for both the mine and the beneficiation plant. · Type of water quality control established and frequency of its application. | | | 4.6 Tunnel design | · Tunnel orientation, define the type and design of protection structures, type of ventilation, lighting. · Indicate the material transport system in the tunnels. | | | 4.7 Exploitation methodology and sequence, and proposal for simultaneous environmental recovery, in accordance with what was approved in the Environmental Viability. | · Present the distribution of the mine blocks, their exploitation sequence, and the methodology to be applied in each block, along with its justification. · Include an explanation of the methodology to be followed and the recovery sequence with a timeline. In the event that parallel recovery of certain mine areas or the concession area is planned, as other extraction sites become available. · The simultaneous recovery proposal does not apply if recovery of the concession area will not be carried out while working on extraction in other sectors of the area. | | | | 4.8 Blasting program. | · Indicate if the project will use explosives or another fragmentation method (previously evaluated in the Environmental Viability License). · Indicate whether explosives are planned to be stored in the concession area. If so, include the explosive storage sites (magazines) in the mine design. | | --- | --- | --- | | 4.9 Equipment selection. | · Indicate the equipment proposed for use in all mine activities. · For all equipment indicated in the points, the characteristics and usage capacity based on the manufacturer's manual and indication of the number of units must be specified. | | | 4.10 Metallurgical treatment methods. | · Indicate the type of metallurgical treatment plant or plants intended to be installed. · Indicate in list or table form the components of the plant; the brand, model, maximum capacity established by the manufacturer, and useful life must be added. · The flow diagram of the metallurgical treatment process must schematically show the process steps in order, with flow lines and the different products or by-products per station intended to be obtained during the project's development. · Specify the average recoverable grade. · Include the location of the storage sites for metallurgical treatment supplies in the mine site design. | | | 4.11 Types and quality of products | · Present a list of the products intended to be obtained from processing the extracted material. · Indicate whether it will be necessary to mix the material to improve its quality or adjust it to a specific use, with some material extracted from the same mine (from the same site) or from another duly authorized source. | | | 4.12 Geotechnical studies of the sites where infrastructure (offices, warehouses, stockpile yards, crusher, and others) will be located. | · Explain the general conclusions on the geotechnical conditions of the sites where the metallurgical treatment or water treatment plants and the building sites will be installed. · Attach the geotechnical tests performed, which will be those established by the construction and foundation standards of Costa Rica. | | | | 5.1 Markets | - Indicate the markets and buyers the product will be destined for and show the proportion of | 5. General Financial Information the market intended to be captured (market share).
· Indicate the commercial form of the product, compliance with the technical specifications of international standards for the products obtained (international standards and specifications).
5.2 Services A general explanation of the services intended to be used in the project.
5.3 Electrical Power, water, and other services.
· The availability, location, rights of way, and electrification works to be carried out must be indicated. The costs to be incurred for the installation of the electrical supply systems must be presented, including taxes to be paid for said service.
· Indicate the availability and the costs to be incurred when implementing other energy options and the taxes to be paid.
· Indicate whether the processing plant will use water (as indicated in the EsIA) · Indicate the sources from which water for personnel consumption will be obtained, quantity, quality, availability, rights, and supply works. The costs to be incurred when carrying out the works for potable water supply, taxes, and duties must be presented.
· Indicate the sources from which water for industrial consumption will be obtained, quantity, quality, availability, rights, and supply works. The costs to be incurred when carrying out the works for industrial water supply, taxes, and duties must be presented.
· The costs to be incurred for installing other services in the project must be indicated. Taxes and duties.
5.4 Other Civil Works · List the civil works to be built within the project and for access, such as bridges, culverts, offices, and other infrastructure.
· Table of approximate costs for the different works to be performed or improved for the project's development.
· Do not include the works for energy and water supply explained in the previous items.
5.5 Lands · Provide the cadastral plan numbers of the lands that will be involved in the mining project (exploitation areas, stockpile yards, processing yard, accesses, and other related areas) and any other land that has been included in the environmental viability.
· In the case of private accesses or lands, provide authorization from the registered owner of the property, and for public accesses, provide municipal certification.
· Costs to be incurred for the purchase of properties or for rent. Taxes.
5.6 Labor · Create a table with the personnel who will be working permanently on the project; the table must show the personnel ordered by organizational level, management, specialty, and/or activity.
· Likewise, the salary costs for the different specialties must be included, shown monthly and annually. The equivalent amount corresponding to social charges must be indicated.
6. Investments and operating costs.
6.1 Initial capital investment · Indicate the costs incurred for the deposit investigation phase, such as, for example, geophysics, EsIA, Exploitation Program, field geology, topography, laboratory tests, and others.
· Indicate the costs incurred for clearing and/or overburden removal works, soil replacement for yard formation, construction of the beneficiation plant(s), offices, warehouses, and accesses.
· Indicate the costs incurred for the purchase of heavy machinery and equipment for extraction in the mine. If the heavy machinery or equipment is rented, the projected monthly rental costs must be indicated.
· Indicate the costs incurred or to be incurred for the construction of any infrastructure for the project's development.
· Indicate the costs incurred or to be incurred for the acquisition of the treatment plant. If it is rented, indicate the monthly rental costs projected to be paid.
· Indicate the working capital intended to be used to finance the day-to-day operations of the project.
6.2 Operating Costs In this section, the operating costs presented on an annual basis must be indicated. At least the following items must be indicated:
· Labor (professional, unskilled), per diems, include social charges.
· Energy and fuel.
· Spare parts, materials, and supplies.
· Machinery and equipment rental.
· Tunnel and mine area maintenance.
· Machinery maintenance.
· Provisions (insurance, depreciation) · Environmental recovery.
· Taxes · Other costs For Administration, supervision, and financial costs, the following:
· Transportation costs.
· Sales cost.
| | | · General costs. · Financial costs. · Mining development administration. · Amortizations. · Other costs · Taxes | | --- | --- | --- | | 6.3 Sales income | · Indicate the expected price levels and trends. In addition, the projection of the quantity and type of product sold, the annual sales income, and the foreign currency contribution from the sale of the product. | | | 6.4 Projected cash flow for 5 years, with a breakdown of the first year on a monthly basis. | · Use the projected sales income figures and operating costs. The qualifications of the professional who conducted the economic feasibility study must be presented and proof of membership in the respective professional association must be shown. | | | 7. Proposed Technical Closure | 7.1 Technical Closure | · Present the proposed technical closure to be implemented upon completion of the project. It must include a description of the activities to be carried out in advance and upon completion of the project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this regulation. |
Quarries | | 1.1 General information | · Name of the Project · Name of the legal entity or natural person applicant. · Name of the geologist, professional license number, and signature | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.2 Information on the requested area | · Figure of location and administrative division (locality, district, canton, province). This figure must contain the entire requested area, the demarcation of the viability area and the exploitation area, the CRTM 05 coordinate grid, public and private accesses, indication of | | 1. General project information.
north, the scale, · List the infrastructure works located within the direct influence area considered in the EsIA.
1.3 Descriptions and conditions of the terrain · Refer to the information and data related to special terrain conditions (landslides, forests, springs (nacientes), streams (quebradas), and others) that were considered important for the design or planning of the quarry project.
1.4 Local Geology · Detailed description of the local geological units. These units are those that the geologist or group of geologists found on the project site and surroundings; they may be informal units (named for the present study) or formal units.
· Description of the lithology or lithologies with the respective local stratigraphic column; in addition, their lateral and vertical variations, estimated or visible thickness, and reference to a formal geological unit (with the geological age) must be described if it is possible to relate it.
· Clearly indicate the lithologies intended to be exploited and those considered waste (estéril).
· Include photographs taken in the field showing the described lithologies · Provide a local geological map with a geological profile or profiles, showing the observed or inferred tectonic structures.
· The map must have contour lines, a coordinate grid, and the basic elements of cartography.
· The geological map must be created in a GIS or drawing program, as it will be reviewed in its digital format, whether included as an image or in a separate file.
· Photocopies of geological maps not verified in the field (by another author) or hand-colored photocopies of the cartographic sheet will not be accepted.
1.5 Geological Structures · Description of the tectonic structures near the project, faults, folds, joint zones, preferential dips, or other structures described in the literature, as well as those observed in the field and related to the project area and the operational development.
· Provide a local tectonic map at an appropriate scale that allows visualization of the structures.
· Both the tectonic structures described in the literature and the structures observed in the field that cross or are contained within the project area must be reflected in the geological map of the previous item and in the geological profile if applicable.
| 1.6 Rock Types, geomechanical properties. | · For exposed rock masses, the RMR (Rock mass rating) analysis must be included. · At sites where drilling has been carried out, the RQD (Rock Quality Designation) analysis must be included. · Present a description of the variations that occur in the rock related to the quantity, quality, and frequency of fracture systems, joints, strata, or any geological situation that alters or varies the geomechanical properties and leads to their consideration for the development of the quarry project. | | | --- | --- | --- | | 2. Investigation | 2.1 Reserves | · Indicate the calculated reserves and the grades considered. · Include the type of reserves according to the classification of Possible, Probable, and Proven reserves (according to the definitions in Article 4 of the Reglamento al Código de Minería). | | 2.2 Demonstrate types of reserves and established procedures | · Description and location of drill holes, geophysical profiles, mining pits, trenches, investigation tunnels, geochemical sampling, and any other type of sampling carried out, in addition to the correlation of the results obtained. | | | 2.3 Investigation program for the evaluation of new reserves. | · Indicate whether exploration of new reserves is intended to be carried out in parallel to the project operation. · Define areas of interest, describe methodologies to be used, provide timelines for works performed or to be performed, and indicate the minerals of interest. | | | 3. Hydrogeology | 3.1 Existing aquifer models. | · Describe the types of aquifers, aquifer thickness, unsaturated zone thickness (aquifer cover), hydraulic parameters of the aquifers (porosity of the saturated zone, effective porosity in the saturated zone, permeability), water table or piezometric level, as well as the calculation of the hydraulic gradient. · If sufficient information is not available, the geological information in depth must be supplemented with Vertical Electrical Soundings (SEV's) or another geophysics methodology that allows determining the hydrostratigraphy of the zone. · Indicate the source of the aquifer's hydraulic parameters, the pumping test analyses, and provide the analysis of the graphic and numerical information. · The equipotential curves generated must reflect the effluent and influent aspects of rivers; in addition, they must have sufficient well data for interpolation and be consistent | with the topographic data.
· Provide a table indicating which wells were used for the construction of the equipotential lines, and indicate the well number, well height, water level depth, and groundwater level elevation.
· Provide a hydrogeological map of the area, including the wells and springs near the project, the trace of the equipotential lines (isophreatic or piezometric), and flow lines. The well or spring numbers and the groundwater level elevation at the points used for the construction of the equipotential lines must be explicitly indicated.
· The hydrogeological map must be supplemented with at least two hydrogeological profiles showing the correlation of the water table levels in the wells and the final quarry design.
3.2 Water bodies, water intakes, and springs. Specify the type of use they are intended for.
- Indicate the presence of bodies of water, water intakes (tomas de agua), and springs (nacientes), whose protection radius could be impacted in the project area.
- Demonstrate that the project design respects the protection zones or radii of bodies of water, water intakes (tomas de agua), and springs (nacientes).
- Indicate the use given to each of the intakes present in the area.
3.3 Pollutant transit time studies when aquifers exist in the requested area.
- Present the study using the methodology accepted by SENARA. In case it has been included in the Environmental Impact Assessment (Estudio de Impacto Ambiental), mention the results obtained.
- In this section it is important to show that the transit of pollutants from the facilities, restrooms, and septic tanks will not affect bodies of water, aquifers, water intakes (tomas de agua), wells, and springs (nacientes).
3.4 Studies for the prevention of hydrocarbon contamination.
- Present the study according to the methodology accepted by SENARA. In case it has been included in the Environmental Impact Assessment (Estudio de Impacto Ambiental), mention the results obtained.
- Demonstrate that the transit of hydrocarbons will not affect bodies of water, aquifers, water intakes (tomas de agua), or wells. Indicate prevention and/or mitigation measures to be implemented.
4.1 Deposit model.
- Description of the genesis of the materials to be exploited.
- Relationship between the overburden material and the exploitable material (with commercial value), and how the value was obtained.
- Describe the uniformity of the deposit.
In this section, only the lithological or facies variations (differences) should be described, both
| 4. Exploitation Program | | laterally and vertically, such as pinch-outs, lenses, or intercalations. · Geometry: size, shape, disposition, continuity, and depth. |
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| 4.2 Geometric design, mine dimensions. | · Describe the dimensions of the final quarry design. · Indicate the proposed maximum extraction elevation. · Present the quarry design in plan view and profiles. · Attach designs in mining software and 3D models. | |
| 4.3 Design of cuts, cut angles, with calculated safety factor. | · Describe the design of the slopes, berms, and inclination angle with measurements. · Attach the calculated safety factor result using specialized software such as Geoslope, Slide, Rock Works, or others. | |
| 4.4 Geomechanical characteristics of the rock mass. | · Present laboratory tests of the rock mass rocks related to the resistance and deformation of rocks (Uniaxial compression, triaxial, and point load). · In the case of slope and berm design in soil, tests for Atterberg limits, direct shear, among others, are required. | |
| 4.5 Water management design. | · Explain the design of the runoff water collection drains on the berms in the exploitation areas, as well as the drains in the maneuvering yards, stockpiling areas, crushing or plant area, and on internal roads. · Include the design of the sedimentation basins for both the quarry and the beneficiation plant. · In case chemical products are used to aid in water purification, indicate the type of product and quantity used. · Type of established water quality control and frequency of its application. | |
| 4.6 Methodology and sequence of exploitation and proposal for simultaneous environmental recovery, in accordance with what was approved in the Environmental Viability | - Present the distribution of the quarry blocks, their exploitation sequence, and the methodology to be applied in each block and its justification. - Include an explanation of the methodology to be followed and the recovery sequence with a schedule, in the event that parallel recovery of certain areas of the quarry or the concession area is planned, as other extraction fronts are enabled. - The proposal for simultaneous recovery does not apply if no recovery of the concession area will be carried out while extraction work is being performed in other sectors of the area. | |
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| 4.7 Blasting program. | · Indicate if the project will use explosives or another fragmentation method (previously evaluated in the Environmental Viability License (Licencia de Viabilidad ambiental)). · Indicate if explosives are projected to be stored in the concession area. If affirmative, include the explosive storage sites (magazines) in the mine design. | |
| 4.8 Equipment selection. | · Indicate the equipment proposed for use in the exploitation, hauling, loading, and crusher feeding phase. · For all equipment indicated in the points, the characteristics and usage capacity based on the manufacturer's manual and an indication of the number of units must be specified. | |
| 4.9 Treatment methods for materials. | · Indicate the type of beneficiation plant or plants intended to be installed. · The beneficiation process flow diagram must schematically show the process steps in order, with flow lines and the different products or by-products per station that are intended to be obtained during the project development. · Indicate in a list or table form the components of the beneficiation plant or plants for the material or materials to be exploited. The brand, model, maximum capacity established by the manufacturer, and useful life must be added. | |
| 4.10 Types and quality of products | · Present a list of the products intended to be obtained from processing the extracted material. · Indicate if the material will be mixed to improve its quality, with any material extracted from the same site or from another quarry or concession. · Attach those tests that were carried out in the initial evaluation phase and that demonstrate the materials are suitable for the intended use. · Indicate if it will be necessary to mix the material to improve its quality or adjust it for a specific use, with any material extracted from the same quarry or from another duly authorized source. | |
| 4.11 Geotechnical studies of the sites where the infrastructure will be located | · Explain the general conclusions on the geotechnical conditions of the sites where processing plants, water treatment plants, and building sites will be installed. | |
| (offices, warehouses, stockpile yards, crusher, and others). | · Attach the geotechnical tests carried out, which will be those established by the construction and foundation standards of Costa Rica. |
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| 5. General Financial Information | 5.1 Markets | · Indicate the markets and buyers to which the product will be destined and show the market proportion intended to be covered (market share). · Indicate the commercial form of the product, compliance with the technical specifications of international standards for the obtained products. |
| 5.2 Services | General explanation of the services intended to be used in the project. | |
| 5.3 Electrical energy, water, and other services. | · The availability, location, rights-of-way, and electrification works to be carried out must be indicated. The costs to be incurred for the installation of the electrical supply systems must be presented, including taxes to be paid for said service. · Indicate the availability and the costs to be incurred when starting up other energy options and the taxes to be paid. · Indicate if the processing plant will use water (as indicated in the EsIA) · Indicate the sources from which water will be obtained for personnel consumption, quantity, quality, availability, rights, and supply works. The costs to be incurred in carrying out works for potable water supply, taxes, and duties must be presented. · Indicate the sources from which water will be obtained for industrial consumption, quantity, quality, availability, rights, and supply works. The costs to be incurred in carrying out works for industrial water supply, taxes, and duties must be presented. · The costs to be incurred to install other services in the project must be indicated. Taxes and duties. | |
| 5.4 Other Civil works | · Enumerate the civil works that will be built within the project and for access, such as bridges, culvert crossings, offices, and other infrastructure. · Approximate cost table for the different works that will be carried out or improved for the project's development. · Do not include the works for energy and water supply explained in the preceding items. | |
| 5.5 Lands | · Provide the cadastral map numbers of the lands that will be involved in the mining project (exploitation areas, stockpile yards, processing yard, accesses, and other related areas) and any other land that has been included in the environmental viability. · In the case of private accesses or lands, provide authorization from the registered owner of the property and | |
for public accesses, provide municipal certification.
- Costs to be incurred for the purchase of properties or for rent. Taxes.
5.6 Labor - Make a chart with the personnel who will be working on the project on a permanent basis; the chart must show the personnel organized by organizational level, management, specialty, and/or activity.
- Likewise, the salary costs for the different specialties shown must be included, on a monthly and annual basis. The equivalent amount corresponding to social charges must be indicated.
6. Investments and operating costs.
6.1 Initial capital investment - Indicate the costs incurred for the deposit research phase, such as, for example, geophysics, EsIA, Exploitation Program (Programa de Explotación), field geology, topography, laboratory tests, and others.
- Indicate the costs incurred for land clearing and/or overburden removal, soil replacement for yard formation, construction of the beneficiation plant or plants, offices, warehouses, and accesses.
- Indicate the costs incurred for the purchase of heavy machinery and equipment for extraction in the mine. If the heavy machinery or equipment is rented, the projected monthly rental costs must be indicated.
- Indicate the costs incurred or to be incurred for the construction of any infrastructure for the project's development.
- Indicate the costs incurred or to be incurred for the acquisition of the treatment plant. If it is rented, indicate the monthly rental costs projected to be paid.
- Indicate the working capital intended to be used to cover the project's day-to-day tasks.
6.2 Operating Costs In this section, the operating costs must be indicated, presented on an annual basis. At least the following items must be indicated:
- Labor (professional, unskilled), per diems, include social charges.
- Energy and fuel.
- Spare parts, materials, and supplies.
- Machinery and equipment rental.
- Machinery maintenance - Provisions (insurance, depreciation) - Environmental recovery.
| | · Taxes · Other costs For Administration, supervision, and financial costs, the following: · Transportation costs. · Cost of sales. · General costs. · Financial costs. · Mining development administration. · Amortizations. · Other costs · Taxes |
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| 6.3 Sales income | · Indicate the expected price levels and trends. Also, the projection of the quantity and type of product sold, the annual sales income, and the foreign currency contribution from the sale of the product. | |
| 6.4 5-year projected cash flow, with a monthly breakdown of the first year. | · Use the projected sales income figures and the operating costs. The qualifications of the professional who carried out the economic feasibility study must be presented, and they must demonstrate being registered with the respective professional association (colegio). | |
| 7. Technical Closure Proposal | | · Present the technical closure proposal that will be implemented upon finalizing the project. It must include a description of the activities to be carried out in advance and upon finalizing the project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this regulation. |
Of the exploitation program. Public domain channels.
| 1.1 General project information. | · Project Name · Name of the legal entity (company) or individual applicant. · Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional association membership number, and signature |
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| 1.2. Area information | · Location map and administrative division (locality, district, canton, province). This | |
- 1)General project information.
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figure must contain the entirety of the requested area, the demarcation of the viability area and the exploitation area, the CRTM 05 coordinate grid, public and private accesses, indication of north, the scale, - Enumerate the infrastructure works located within the direct influence area considered in the EsIA.
1.3. Research - Description of the research process, listing the specific research steps that led to determining the reserves and the deposit model.
- Hydrology and Hydrogeology: morphometric description of the basin, analysis of maximum floods and ordinary floods, flow rates, distribution curves, and return periods; and in the case of areas near river mouths or upstream of a dam or water intake (toma de agua), a study of the sedimentation velocity of silty sediments must be presented.
- Existence of local aquifers in the concession area that could be affected by the exploitation to be carried out. In case aquifers exist, it must be determined if the channel is influent or effluent and propose the necessary protection measures for the aquifer or aquifers.
- Longitudinal profile analysis: create 3 profiles that must be shown on a single sheet, which correspond to the bed profile (topographic profile that follows the deepest points of the channel), the bank crest profile (topographic profile that joins the crests of the alluvial banks), and the equilibrium profile (profile constructed by joining the local base levels). All these profiles must be constructed without applying interpolation or extrapolation of heights.
- Reserve study in the area: calculation of reserves in cubic meters. Only in-situ reserves are included; the material expansion factor and the calculated potential drag volume must not be added.
- Include the type of reserves according to the Possible, Probable, and Proven Reserves classification (according to the definitions of Article 4 of the Regulation to the Mining Code).
- Demonstrate the types of reserves and procedures used for their establishment (provide geological maps and profiles, methodology used, the information obtained in the evaluation with the description and location of drill holes, geophysical profiles, wells, trenches, and the correlations among all of them, outcrop maps) - Area, section width, length, maximum depth of the alluvium 2) Exploitation program 2.1 Exploitation model - Geometric design of the exploitation blocks and their justification.
- Design of the projected advance, entry angle per block, and buffer zones.
- Travel distance of machinery per exploitation block.
- Exploitation methodology, including those environmental fluvial protection works to be carried out during exploitation.
- Material balance (proportion of gravels, sands, blocks, and silts) and obtainable product (products that will be for sale) - Quality of the products and specifications. The sampling methodology must be described; the sample taken in the field must be georeferenced.
- The application must present analysis from a duly certified laboratory of: Granulometry for fine phase and coarse phase, specific gravity for fines and coarse.
- For the case of aggregates for construction, in addition to the above, the following must also be presented: Abrasion, soundness, colorimetry.
- The laboratory report must be conclusive regarding the compliance of each sample taken in the field with the quality standards applied nationally.
2.2 Equipment selection - Equipment for exploitation. Equipment for hauling, Equipment for loading and crusher feeding.
- For all equipment indicated in the points, the characteristics and usage capacity based on the manufacturer's manual and an indication of the number of units must be specified.
2.3 Selection of treatment equipment.
- Indicate the type of beneficiation plant or plants intended to be installed.
- Beneficiation process flow diagram: schematically show the process steps in order, with the flow lines and the different products or by-products per station intended to be obtained during the project development.
- Indicate in a list or table form the components of the beneficiation plant or plants for the material or materials to be exploited. The brand, model, maximum capacity established by the manufacturer, expected yields, and useful life must be added.
- 3)Infrastructure 3.1 Geotechnical studies of the sites where the infrastructure will be located (offices, warehouses, stockpile yards, crusher, and others).
- Explain the general conclusions on the geotechnical conditions of the sites where processing plants, or water treatment plants, and building sites will be installed. Attach the geotechnical tests carried out, which will be those established by the construction and foundation standards of Costa Rica.
4 General financial information.
4.1 Markets - Indicate the markets to which the product will be destined and indicate the market proportion intended (market share).
- Indicate the commercial form of the product, indicate compliance with international standards and specifications.
4.2 Electrical energy, water, and other services.
- Indicate the availability, location, rights-of-way, electrification works to be carried out. The costs to be incurred for the installation of the electrical supply systems must be presented, including taxes to be paid for said service.
- Indicate the availability and the costs to be incurred when starting up other energy options, taxes to be paid.
- Indicate if the processing plant will use water (as indicated in the EsIA) - Indicate the sources from which water will be obtained for personnel consumption, quantity, quality, availability, rights, and supply works.
- Present the costs to be incurred in carrying out works for potable water supply, taxes and duties.
- Indicate the sources from which water will be obtained for industrial consumption, quantity, quality, availability, rights, and supply works. The costs to be incurred in carrying out works for industrial water supply, taxes and duties, must be presented.
- The costs to be incurred to install other services in the project must be indicated. Taxes and duties.
4.3 Civil works - Enumerate the civil works that will be built within the project and for access to the channel or processing yard; such as bridges, culvert crossings, offices, and other infrastructure.
- Approximate cost table for the different works that will be carried out or improved for the project's development.
- Do not include the works for energy and water supply explained in the preceding items.
4.4 Lands - Provide the cadastral map numbers of the lands that will be involved in the mining project (exploitation areas, stockpile yards, processing yard, accesses, and other related areas) and any other land that has been included in the environmental viability.
- In the case of private accesses or lands, provide authorization from the registered owner of the property, and for public accesses, provide municipal certification.
- Costs to be incurred for the purchase of properties or for rent. Taxes.
4.5 Labor - Make a chart with the personnel who will be working on the project on a permanent basis; the chart must show the personnel organized by organizational level, management, specialty, and/or activity.
- Include the salary costs for the different specialties shown on a monthly and annual basis, indicate the equivalent corresponding to social charges.
- 5)Investments and operating costs 5.1 Initial capital investment - Indicate the costs incurred for the deposit research phase, such as, for example, geophysics, EsIA, Exploitation Program (Programa de Explotación), field geology, topography, laboratory tests, and others.
- Indicate the costs incurred for land clearing and/or overburden removal, soil replacement for yard formation, construction of the beneficiation plant or plants, offices, warehouses, and accesses.
- Indicate the costs incurred for the purchase of heavy machinery and equipment for extraction in the mine. If the heavy machinery or equipment is rented, the projected monthly rental costs must be indicated.
- Indicate the costs incurred or to be incurred for the construction of any infrastructure for the project's development.
- Indicate the costs incurred or to be incurred for the acquisition of the treatment plant. If it is rented, indicate the monthly rental costs projected to be paid.
- Indicate the working capital intended to be used to cover the project's day-to-day tasks.
5.2 Operating costs Indicate the following items:
- Labor (professional, unskilled), per diems, include social charges.
- Energy and fuel.
- Spare parts, materials, and supplies.
| | · Machinery and equipment rental. · Maintenance · Provisions (insurance, depreciation) · Environmental recovery. · Taxes · Other costs For Administration, supervision, and financial costs, the following: · Transportation costs. · Cost of sales. · General costs. · Financial costs. · Mining development administration. · Amortizations. · Other costs Taxes |
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| 5.3 Sales income | · Indicate the expected price levels and trends. Also, the projection of the quantity and type of product sold, the annual sales income, and the foreign currency contribution from the sale of the product. | |
| 5.4 5-year projected cash flow, with a monthly breakdown of the first year. | · Use the projected sales income figures and the operating costs. · Present the qualifications of the professional who carried out the economic feasibility study and demonstrate being registered with the respective professional association (colegio). | |
| Technical Closure Proposal | | · Present the technical closure proposal that will be implemented upon finalizing the project. · It must include a description of the activities to be carried out in advance and upon finalizing the project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this regulation. |
Of the exploitation program. Artisanal Placer Mining
| 1. Information of the selected area. | 1.1 General Information | · Project Name · Name of the cooperative, legal entity, or individual applicant. · Name of the geologist, professional association membership number, and signature |
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| 1.2 Project justification | · Indicate the mineral to be exploited. · Demonstrate the existence of the deposit, as well as provide historical references and bibliography of the site. | |
| 1.3 Information of the requested area | · Location map, in the case of channels, indicate upstream and downstream limits of the requested area with their respective CRTM05 coordinates. · If it is private property, attach the owner's permission. · Indicate the location by administrative jurisdiction (locality, district, canton, province) · Said figure must contain the entirety of the requested area, the CRTM 05 coordinates of the area to be exploited, public and private accesses, indication of north, and the scale. | |
| 1.4 Sketch of the area to be exploited | · Create a sketch of the channel or land of the requested area, showing the access to the exploitation area and the stockpile site with its respective access, at a scale of 1:1000 or in greater detail. | |
| 1.5 Description of the tasks to be developed. | · Explain in detail the tasks that will be executed during the exploitation. · Indicate exploitation techniques and methods. · Create a schedule of the tasks in the exploitation area. · Indicate occupational safety measures. | |
| 1.6 Description of equipment to be used in its tasks | - The use of mechanized equipment or heavy machinery such as excavators, backhoes, tractors, loaders, water pumps, or other similar equipment that operates by internal combustion or electricity is not permitted. | |
| | · Enumerate and describe the equipment to be used. |
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| 1.7 General Financial Information | · Indicate the initial investment capital, projection of operating costs and sales income, as well as indicating the markets and buyers to which the product will be destined. | |
| 2. Technical Closure Proposal upon finalizing the project | 2. 1 Technical Closure | · Present the technical closure proposal that will be implemented upon finalizing the exploration project. · It must include a description of the activities to be carried out in advance and upon finalizing the exploration project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this regulation. |
-Of the exploitation program. Metallic Artisanal Mining
| 1.1 General Information | · Project Name · Name of the cooperative, legal entity, or individual applicant. · Name of the geologist, professional association membership number, and signature |
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| 1.2 Project justification | · Indicate the type of metal or metals to be exploited. · Demonstrate the existence of the deposit, as well as provide historical references and bibliography of the site. | |
| 1.3 Information of the requested area | · Location map and administrative division (locality, district, canton, province). Said figure must contain the entirety of the requested area, the CRTM 05 coordinates of the area to be exploited, | |
| 1. Information of the selected area. | | public and private accesses, indication of north and scale. | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.4 Sketch of the area to be exploited | · Create a sketch at a scale of 1:1000 or greater detail. · Site design · Surface projection of the mineralized structures. · Location of entrances to tunnels, shafts, wells, and galleries. | | | 1.5 Description of the work to be developed. | · Explain in detail the work that will be executed during exploitation. · Indicate exploitation techniques and methods. · Create a schedule of the work in the exploitation area. · Indicate occupational safety and sanitation measures. | | | 1.6 Recovery method | · Indicate the recovery methodology that will be used to extract the mineral; describe possible alternative methodologies. Indicate the expected recovery percentage. · Indicate the environmental measures that will be implemented in the recovery work. | | | 1.7 Description of the equipment to be used in its work | · The use of mechanized equipment or heavy machinery such as excavators, backhoes, tractors, loaders, or other similar equipment that operates by internal combustion or electricity is not permitted. · List and describe the equipment to be used. | | | 1.8 Use of explosives. | · Indicate if the project requires the use of explosives or another fragmentation method (Previously evaluated in the environmental feasibility license (Licencia de Viabilidad ambiental)). · Indicate if explosives are planned to be stored at the operation site. If affirmative, include the explosive storage sites (powder magazine (polvorín)) in the mine design and the design of the powder magazine (polvorín) in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Arms and Explosives Control (Departamento de Control de Armas y Explosivos) of the Ministry of Public Security. | | | | 1.9 General Financial Information | · Indicate the initial investment capital, projection of operating costs and sales income, in addition to pointing out the markets and buyers to which the product will be destined. | | --- | --- | --- | | 2. Technical Closure Proposal at the end of the project | 2. 1 Technical Closure | · Present the technical closure proposal that will be implemented upon completion of the exploration project. · It must include a description of the activities that will be carried out in advance and at the end of the exploration project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this Regulation. |
Of the exploitation program. Artisanal Mining Quarries | 1. Information of the selected area. | 1.1 General Information | · Project Name · Name of the cooperative, legal entity or individual applicant. · Name of the geologist, professional license number and signature | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.2 Project justification | · Indicate type or types of rock to be exploited. · Present the reserve estimate. | | | 1.3 Information of the requested area | · Location figure: · The location of the requested area must be presented by administrative jurisdiction (locality, district, canton, province) and said figure must contain the entirety of the requested area, in CRTM05 coordinates, the public and private accesses, the location of the stockpile area (área de acopio), indication of north and the scale. | | | | 1.4 Geology | · Description of the Geological Units and local geological structures. | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.5 Sketch of the area to be exploited | · Create a sketch of the requested area, with the geology, accesses and the stockpile site (sitio de acopio), at a scale of 1:1000 or greater detail. | | | 1.6 Description of the work to be developed. | · Explain in detail the work that will be executed during exploitation. · Indicate exploitation techniques and methods. · Create a schedule of the work in the exploitation area. · Indicate occupational safety measures. | | | 1.7 Description of the equipment to be used in its work | · Only the use of hand tools and equipment that does not require a motor for its operation will be permitted. An exception is made for water pumps when required for water extraction from the extraction site. · List and describe the equipment to be used. · The use of mechanized equipment or heavy machinery such as excavators, backhoes, tractors, loaders, or other similar equipment that operates by internal combustion or electricity is not permitted. | | | 1.8 Use of explosives. | · Indicate if the project requires the use of explosives or another fragmentation method (Previously evaluated in the environmental feasibility license (Licencia de Viabilidad ambiental)). · Indicate if explosives are planned to be stored at the operation site. If affirmative, include the explosive storage sites (powder magazine (polvorín)) in the mine design and the design of the powder magazine (polvorín) in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Arms and Explosives Control (Departamento de Control de Armas y Explosivos) of the Ministry of Public Security. | | | 1.9 General Financial Information | - Indicate the initial investment capital, projection of operating costs and sales income, in addition to pointing out the markets and buyers to which the product will be destined. | | 2. Technical Closure Proposal at the end of the project 2. 1 Technical Closure · Present the technical closure proposal that will be implemented at the end of the exploitation project.
· It must include a description of the activities that will be carried out in advance and at the end of the exploitation project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this Regulation.
Of the exploitation program. Artisanal Mining Sand Extractors | | 1.1 General Information | · Project Name · Name of the cooperative, company or individual applicant. · Name of the geologist, professional license number and signature | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.2 Project justification | · Present the sand reserve estimate. | | | 1.3 Information of the requested area | · Location figure. · The CRTM05 coordinates of the upstream and downstream limits of the requested area must be indicated, the location by administrative jurisdiction (locality, district, canton, province) and must contain the entirety of the requested area, in CRTM05 coordinates, the public and private accesses, the location of the stockpile area (área de acopio), indication of north and the scale. | | | 1. Information of the selected area. | 1.4 Sketch of the area to be exploited | · Provide a sketch of the riverbed in the requested area, showing the access to the area and the stockpile site (sitio de acopio), at a scale of 1:1000 or greater detail. | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.5 Description of the work to be developed. | · Explain in detail the work that will be executed during exploitation. · Indicate exploitation techniques and methods. · Create a schedule of the work in the exploitation area. · Indicate occupational safety measures. | | | 1.6 Description of the equipment to be used in its work | · Only the use of hand tools will be permitted. · List and describe the equipment to be used. · The use of mechanized equipment or heavy machinery such as excavators, backhoes, tractors, loaders, or other similar equipment that operates by internal combustion or electricity is not permitted. | | | 1.7 General Financial Information | · Indicate the initial investment capital, projection of operating costs and sales income, in addition to pointing out the markets and buyers to which the product will be destined. | || 2. Technical Closure Proposal at the end of the project | 2. 1 Technical Closure | · Present the technical closure proposal that will be implemented at the end of the exploration project. It must include a description of the activities that will be carried out in advance and at the end of the exploration project, in accordance with the format and technical requirements indicated in Article 82 of this Regulation. |
Of the Technical Study. Beneficiation Concession.
| | 1.1 Project Name 1.2 Name of the legal entity or individual applicant. 1.3 Name of the geologist, professional license number and signature 1.4 Location figure and administrative division (locality, district, canton, province). This figure must contain the entirety of the requested area, the demarcation of the feasibility area (área de viabilidad), the coordinate grid | | --- | --- | 1. General information and location of the beneficiation plant.
CRTM05, the public and private accesses, indication of north, the scale.
. List the infrastructure works that are located within the area of direct influence considered in the environmental impact assessment (EsIA).
. Provide the cadastral plan numbers of the lands where the treatment plant infrastructures will be placed and any other land that has been included in the environmental feasibility (viabilidad ambiental).
. In the case of private accesses or lands, provide authorization from the registered owner of the property, and for public accesses, provide municipal certification.
2. Geotechnical studies of the sites where the infrastructure will be located (offices, warehouses, stockpile yards, crusher and other).
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general conclusions about the geotechnical conditions of the sites where processing plants, or water treatment plants and the building sites will be installed.
. Attach the geotechnical tests carried out, which will be those that establish the construction and foundation standards of Costa Rica.
3. Type of material to be processed . Present a list of the products that are intended to be obtained from the processing of the extracted or acquired material . Indicate if the material will be mixed to improve its quality.
4. Equipment components and selection . Indicate the equipment proposed to be used in the hauling, loading and plant feeding phase.
. For all the equipment indicated in the points, the characteristics and usage capacity based on the manufacturer's manual and indication of the number of units must be specified.
. Indicate the type of beneficiation plant or plants that are intended to be installed.
. Present the flow diagram of the beneficiation process, it must schematically show the steps of the process in order, with the flow lines and the different products or by-products per station that are intended to be obtained during the project development.
. Indicate in the form of a list or table the components of the plant or the beneficiation plants for the material or materials to be treated. The brand, model, maximum capacity established by the manufacturer, useful life and expected yields must be added.
5. Economic feasibility study with cash flow projection for five years 5.1 Use the projected sales income figures and the operating costs. The qualifications of the professional who conducted the economic feasibility study must be presented and must demonstrate being licensed in the respective professional association.
6.1 Create a table with the personnel who will be working in the project permanently, the table must show the personnel ordered by degree of organization, management, specialty and/or activity.
6. Workers required and degree of organization 6.2 Likewise, the salary costs for the different specialties must be included, shown on a monthly and annual basis. The equivalent corresponding to social security contributions must be indicated.
7. Programming of technical equipment reviews by periods.
7.1 It must be indicated, in advance, when the respective technical reviews of the equipment will be carried out, in order to comply with their quality regulation.
8. Work plan and schedule 8.1 Indicate the development of the work plan and work to be carried out, as well as the schedule in which they will be carried out.
9. Services: Electric Power, water and other services.
. The availability, location, rights of way, and electrification works to be carried out must be indicated. The costs to be incurred for the installation of the electrical supply systems must be presented, including taxes to be paid for said service.
. Indicate the availability, and the costs to be incurred when starting up other energy options and the taxes to be paid.
. Indicate if the processing plant will use water (as indicated in the environmental impact assessment (EsIA)) . Indicate the sources from which water will be obtained for personnel consumption, quantity, quality, availability, rights and supply works. The costs to be incurred when carrying out the works for drinking water supply, taxes and duties must be presented.
. Indicate the sources from which water will be obtained for industrial consumption, quantity, quality, availability, rights and supply works. The costs to be incurred when carrying out the works for industrial water supply, taxes and duties must be presented.
. The costs to be incurred to install other services in the project must be indicated. Taxes and duties.
10. Wastewater treatment.
. Present the design of the stormwater runoff collector drains in the maneuvering yards, stacking yards, crusher area or plant area and on internal roads.
. Include the design of the sedimentation ponds of the beneficiation plant.
. In case chemical products are used to aid water purification, indicate the type of product and quantity used.
. Type of water quality control established and frequency of its application.
11. Markets 11.1 Indicate the markets and buyers to which the product will be destined and show the proportion of the market that is intended to be covered (market share).
Forms. Temporary Reservation of Area.
Beneficiation Concession.
QUARRY CONCESSION FORM CONCESSION FORM IN PUBLIC DOMAIN WATERCOURSE BENEFICIATION PLANT CONCESSION FORM
Semi-annual Work Report.
| Cover Page | Cover Page | · Project Name · Name of the legal entity or individual concessionaire. · Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional license number and signature. Exploration file number. Date (month/year) | | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Executive Summary | 1.a Area Location | · Location figure and administrative division (locality, district, canton, province). This figure must contain the granted area, the CRTM05 coordinate grid, the public and private accesses, indication of north and the scale. | | 1.b Brief geological description of the explored area | · One or two paragraphs with a brief summary of the local geology found so far. | | | 1.c Types of sampling carried out | - Summarized description of the types of sampling that were carried out during the exploration semester. | | | 1.d Summary of results | · Brief summary of the results obtained during the exploration semester. | | | 2. Work method | 2.1 Explanation of exploration progress | · Include a graphic schedule indicating the actual progress and the scheduled progress as a percentage with respect to the original schedule. · Explain what is shown in the schedule. | | | | · Justify the discrepancies between actual and scheduled progress | | --- | --- | --- | | 3. Background | 3.1 List of background documents reviewed | · List of the background documents consulted and a general summary of what was studied. | | 4. Chemical analyses | 4.1 Result of chemical analyses. | · Attach the chemical analyses of the geochemical sampling of rocks, soils and sediments, certified by an accredited chemical laboratory or a professional duly incorporated into the respective professional association. | | 4.2 Sampling location | · Attach Plans with the location of rock, soil and sediment samples, with their numbering and their values for each of the elements studied, which may be given in parts per million (ppm) ranges. | | | 4.3 Sampling interpretation | · Interpretation of the results of the geochemical sampling of rocks, soils and sediments, indicating the anomalies. | | | 5. Geological map and profiles | 5.1 Detailed geological map | - Geological map and profiles, containing the information obtained and interpretation of the geological surveys (such as lithologies, structures, contacts). It must contain the basic elements of a map and be prepared in GIS or specialized mining software. | | 6. Trenches | 6.1 List of excavated trenches | · List of the trenches made during the semester with their coordinates, length and elevation indication | | 6.2 Trench location map | · Trench location map with their numbering. It must contain the basic elements of a map such as scale, north arrow, coordinate grid. | | | 6.3 Geology of the trenches | · Geological description of the floor and walls of each trench, with the location of the extracted samples. | | | 6.4 Interpretation of the trenches. | · Interpretation of the results obtained from the samples extracted in each trench. | | | 6.5 Correlations of the trenches. | · Correlation of the geological-mining information from all the trenches. | | | 7. Topographic survey | 9.1 Topography of the areas of interest | · Topographic survey of the areas of interest, with the overlay of geological information and including profiles of the areas of interest. It must show the possible mineralized zones. | | 8. Drillings | 8.1 List of | · List of drillings with their lithological and mineralogical description, topographic location, | drillings inclination, initial elevation and reached elevation.
| | 8.3 Sampling in drillings | · List of the values obtained from the samples collected in each drilling. | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 8.4 Correlation of drillings | · Correlation of the geological-mining information from all the drillings. | | | | | | | 9. Reserves | 9.1 Methodology and results | · Detailed description of the reserve estimation, explaining the method used and the software that was used. | | | | | | 9.2 Data without interpretation. | · Basic data without interpretation, or raw data. | | | | | | | 9.3 Interpretation of the data. | · Interpretation of all the information obtained (for example: geochemistry, geophysics, drillings, trenches, tunnels) | | | | | | 9.4 Statistical model | - Statistical model used with its respective analyses and results. | | | | | | | 10. Geological model | 10.1 Characterization of the ore | · Characterization of the ore. Properties of the exploitable mineral: mineralogical, physical and chemical. Mineral hardness and needs for subsequent processes for its obtaining. | | | | | | | 10.2 Geological plans | · Geological-mining plans at different depths, containing the interpretation of the information. | | | | | | | 10.3 Geological model | · Three-dimensional geological model of the zone, with the mineralized body or bodies. In case geographic information systems or mining software are applied, indicate the algorithms and operations used. | | | | | 11. Update of the Economic Study | 11.1 Investment | · This is about updating the economic information of the original project, in light of the results obtained from the exploration work carried out. · Indicate research expenses · Indicate equipment acquisition costs. · Indicate equipment replacement costs. | | | | | 11.2 Operating Costs | · This is about updating the economic information of the original project, in light of the results obtained from the exploration work carried out. · Indicate operating costs broken down in detail. | | | | | | | | 11.3 Taxes to pay | · This is about updating the amounts of taxes to pay in light of the results obtained from the exploration work carried out. | | --- | --- | --- | | 12. Machinery and equipment used. | 12.1 Characterization and number of units. | · Characteristics and number of units of the equipment that were used during the semester's work. | | 12.2 Operating Costs | · Possible changes in machinery and/or equipment. Justify | | | 13. Labor | 13.1 Salary costs | · Indicate the salary costs, including social security contributions, of the people who worked during the exploration semester. | | | 13.2 Degree of organization | · Degree of organization by management and specialty that was maintained during the exploration semester | | 14. Financial reports | 14.1 The Financial reports | - The Financial reports may be certified by an authorized public accountant (contador público autorizado). | | 15. Environmental recovery | 15.1 Environmental recovery work | · Environmental recovery work carried out during the semester · Environmental programs and environmental management plans for the following semester. · Indicate the costs incurred in each of the environmental recovery activities, for example: trench recovery, drilling closure, sludge pond recovery. · Indicate any update to the technical closure proposal at the end of the project, arising in light of the results obtained from the exploration work carried out during the semester. |
Annual work report. Quarry Exploitation Concession | Cover Page | Cover Page | · Project Name · Name of the legal entity or individual concessionaire. · Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional license number and signature. Quarry exploitation file number. Date (month/year) | | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Executive Summary | 1.1 Production, sales and inventories for the period. | · Indicate the period's production (extraction, processing, sales and inventories). Present a single figure without elaboration. | | 1.2 Term of validity and extensions. | · Summarily indicate the term being enjoyed, whether it is the original term or if it is an extension or other modality. | | | 1.3 Authorized volume. | - Indicate the authorized volume that was maintained during the period. Present the figure without elaboration. | | | | 1.4 Geological logbook (bitácora geológica). | · Indicate the logbook number or numbers that were in effect during the period. | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.5 Crusher (quebrador). | · Indicate if the crusher (quebrador) remains in operation, or if it was implemented during the period or if there is no crusher (quebrador). | | | 1.6 Blastings | · Indicate if there is authorization for the use of blastings. If affirmative, indicate how many blastings were carried out in the period. | | | 1.7 Work carried out | · Brief description of the work carried out. | | | 2. General information | 2.1 Project location | · Include the administrative location of the concession area. · Location by official coordinates. · Location figure. This figure must contain the granted area, the official coordinate grid, the public and private accesses, indication of north and the scale. | | 2.2 Contact of the site manager (regente) | - Contact of the current geological site manager (regente) and indicate if other geologists have been site managers (regentes) during the period. | | | 3. Geology | 3.1 Geology updated with the exploitation progress | · Detailed description of evidenced changes in lithology, mineralogy, structural and stratigraphic control, as well as hydrogeological behavior. Provide in ANNEXES the supporting studies with the signatures of the responsible professionals and date of preparation, as well as the respective geological map with an updated topographic base at a scale of 1:5000 or smaller, with at least 2 representative profiles associated with the exploitation fronts and their correlation with national stratigraphy. Include the topographic survey in digital format (dxf or other). | | 4. Reserves | 4.1 Proven and probable mineral reserves. | · Reserves extracted in the period, remaining reserves. Apply international measurement system. · Expansion factor. Methodology used. · Authorized Final Elevation. · Current floor elevation. | | 4.2 Recent topographic survey | · Recent topographic survey, at least two longitudinal and transverse sections of the exploitation fronts, the calculation report and a duly georeferenced plan view map at a legible scale with the location of said sections. | | | 5. Production | 5.1 Production of materials. | · Table with the quantity of materials extracted, stored, purchased, processed, donated and sold. | | 6. Sales | 6.1 Sale of | · Internal sales and export. Breakdown of materials sold by product, quantity and value. | | | materials | | | --- | --- | --- | | 7. Financial information. | 7.1 Geological investigation | · Indicate the costs incurred for geological investigation, such as studies paid to specialists for reserve re-evaluation, topographic plans, laboratory analyses and other studies paid to external parties or additional ones such as slope stability, drillings and others. | | 7.2 Environmental mitigation | · Indicate the costs incurred for the implementation of specific environmental measures, related to mitigation, such as studies for determining environmental baselines, among others. (see section 10.1) | | | 7.3 Clearing preparation | · Indicate the costs incurred in clearing work such as vegetation removal or relocation of plant or animal species. Costs for overburden or topsoil removal (destape o descapote). Forest plot studies or professional services related to vegetation cutting. | | | 7.4 Preparation of sterile deposits | · Indicate the costs incurred during the period for the conditioning of waste rock dumps (escombreras) | | | 7.5 Accesses | · Indicate the costs incurred during the period for the conditioning of roads for the transport of sterile material, for access to the pit, accesses to waste rock dumps (escombreras), accesses to processing yards, ponds or any other project installation. | | | 7.6 Production costs | - Must present the production costs with indication of the currency (if in colones, dollars), indicating annually and must be broken down as follows: . Extraction Costs . Overburden removal costs (sterile) . Labor (include social security contributions) . Energy and fuels . Explosives . Spare parts, materials and supplies . Equipment and machinery rentals . Insurance and pre-paid expenses . Environmental recovery (reforestation, closure of wells, tunnels and others) . Surface fee (canon de superficie) . Legal and audit expenses . Dispatch costs of mining products . Sales expense | | | | | . Depreciation . Inventories . Financial costs . Municipal taxes (patents, real estate, Article 38 and 40 of the Mining Code (Código de Minería) and others) . Investments for the period. | | --- | --- | --- | | | 7.7 Financial report | · Provide the balance sheet and income statement for the period of the mining concession duly endorsed by a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Independent Public Accountant (CPI), that clearly shows the execution of the respective mining concession period, as well as a copy of the last income tax return. | | 8. Quality of materials for aggregates. | 8.1 Laboratory analysis. | · Quarries that produce aggregates for construction and aggregates for road maintenance must present laboratory tests indicating compliance with national standards. | | 9. Blasting Report | 9.1 Blasting reports | · Total volume in cubic meters blasted in the period. · Percentage of the blasted volume with respect to the total extracted, · Indicate if there is a powder magazine (polvorín) or not. · Blasting report (type of explosive, company in charge of blasting, type of detonator used, number of blastings carried out in the period, changes in the blasting pattern and their technical justification) | | 10. Environmental mitigation | 10.1 Environmental mitigation | · Table of environmental mitigation, beautification and occupational safety activities that were implemented during the period and that incurred a cost for the project. · This table is a breakdown of what is indicated in section 7.2 of the environmental mitigation costs · The table must include the activities and the financial cost. · The sum of costs must coincide with the amount indicated in section 7.2 · Activities must include: studies for baseline establishment, beautification of the project area, implementation of occupational health measures, implementation of analyses or studies for baseline control, implementation of mitigation measures, operating costs of treatment plants or similar, maintenance costs of nurseries. Social campaigns | | 10.2 Partial technical closures | - Table of partial technical closure activities that were implemented during the period and that incurred a cost for the project. - This table is a breakdown of what is indicated in section 7.6.9 of the recovery costs | | | | | environmental mitigation. · The table must include the activities and the financial cost. · The sum of costs must match the amount indicated in section 7.6.9 · Activities must include: reforestation campaigns; partial technical closure works in yards, waste rock dumps (escombreras), pit, plant, or any other project area; closure of shafts, wells, or tunnels. | | --- | --- | --- | | 11. Machinery and equipment used. | 11.1 Characterization and number of units. | · Characteristics and number of units of the equipment that were used during the period's work. | | 11.2 Flow diagram | · Present the flow diagram. | | | 12. Logbook | 13.1 Geological logbook | · Copy of the geological logbook or geological logbooks used during the period. |
Annual Work Report.
Public Domain Watercourse Cover Page Cover Page · Project Name · Name of the legal entity or individual concession holder.
· Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional license number, and signature.
. Public domain watercourse exploitation file number.
. Date (month/year) | 1. Executive Summary | 1.1 Production, sales, and inventories for the period. | · Indicate the period's production (extraction, processing, sales, and inventories). Present a single figure without elaboration. | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.2 Term of validity and extensions. | · Briefly indicate the term being enjoyed, whether it is the original term or an extension or other modality. | | | 1.3 Authorized volume. | · Indicate the authorized volume that was maintained during the period. Present the figure without elaboration. | | | 1.4 Geological logbook. | · Indicate the logbook number or numbers of the logbooks that were in effect during the period. | | | 1.5 Crusher (Quebrador). | · Indicate whether the crusher (quebrador) remains in operation, or if it was implemented during the period, or if there is no crusher. | | | 1.7 Work performed | - Brief description of the work performed. | | | 2. General Information | 2.1 Project location | · Include the administrative location of the concession area. · Location by official coordinates. · Indicate the length of the concession and the area of the concession. · Location figure. This figure must contain the granted area, the official coordinate grid, public and private access routes, an indication of north, and the scale. | | 2.2 Contact of the manager | · Contact information for the current geological manager (regente) and indicate if other geologists have been managers during the period. | | | 3. Geology, hydrology, and hydrogeology | 3.1 Geology and influence on watercourse morphology | · Describe the geology of the watercourse area to be exploited and its influence on the morphology and fluvial dynamics. Include the topographical survey and geological map of the concession area showing the outcrops in the watercourse and its banks, in digital format (dxf or other). | | 3.2 Hydrogeology | · Describe the influent or effluent relationship of the watercourse under exploitation with the aquifer or aquifers present and the influence of the extraction on it/them. · In cases of groundwater wells in the area of alluvial fill adjacent to the river, delimit the setback area from the wells on the map. If possible, provide drawdown reports of the | | | | | wells. Any other pertinent study. | | --- | --- | --- | | 3.3 Hydrology | · Describe the influence of extraction on fluvial dynamics: Granulometric composition of the material (average diameters in meters of the boulders and their roundness, as well as distribution by percentages) comparing the exploitation fronts with sections upstream and downstream of the river, lithological constitution of the boulders. · Include photographs. · Include updated topography with contour lines at every meter and the corresponding cross sections. · Include the longitudinal profile traced by the bottom elevation points and the equilibrium profile. Include the topographical survey in digital format (dxf or other) as well as all cross sections and the longitudinal profile. | | | 4. Reserves | 4.1 Proven and probable mineral reserves. | · Present the calculation of proven mineral reserves (corresponding to so-called static reserves) and probable reserves (corresponding to the river's transport potential). · Indicate the reserves extracted in the period. · Indicate the reserve calculation methodology. | | 4.2 Expansion factor | · Indicate the expansion factor that the material experiences. · Indicate the methodology for calculating the expansion factor. | | | 4.3 | · Present the cross sections that were used for the reserve calculation with the interpretation or any other element that was used for the reserve calculation. | | | 5. Production | 5.1 Production of materials. | · Table with the quantity of materials extracted, stored, purchased, processed, donated, and sold. | | 6. Sales | 6.1 Sale of materials | - Internal sales and export. Breakdown of materials sold by product, quantity, and value. | | 7. Financial Information. | 7.1 Geological investigation | · Indicate the costs incurred for geological investigation, such as studies paid to specialists for reserve re-evaluation, topographical maps, laboratory analyses, and other studies paid to external parties or additional ones like slope stability studies, drilling, and others. | | 7.2 Environmental mitigation | · Indicate the costs incurred for the implementation of specific environmental measures, related to mitigation, such as studies for determining environmental baselines, among others. (see section 10.1) | | | 7.3 Preparation | · Indicate the costs incurred in clearing work (desmonte) such as removal of vegetation or relocation | | | | of clearing debris (desmontes) | of plant or animal species. Costs for overburden removal (destape) in the yard area or access roads. Forest plot studies or professional services related to the clearing of vegetation. | | --- | --- | --- | | 7.4 Preparation of waste deposits | · Indicate the costs incurred during the period for the conditioning of waste rock dumps (escombreras). | | | 7.5 Accesses | · Indicate the costs incurred during the period for the conditioning of access roads to the watercourse or the operations yard, settling basins, or any other project installation. | | | 7.6 Production costs | · Must present the production costs indicating the currency (whether in colones, dollars), stating it annually, and must be broken down as follows: . Extraction Costs . Overburden removal costs . Labor (include social charges) . Energy and fuels . Spare parts, materials, and supplies . Equipment and machinery rentals . Insurance and prepaid expenses . Environmental recovery (reforestation, technical closure of access roads, technical closure of waste rock dumps) . Surface fee (Canon de superficie) . Legal and audit expenses . Dispatch costs of mining products . Sales expense . Depreciation . Inventories . Financial costs . Municipal taxes (licenses, property, article 38 and 40 of the Mining Code, and others) . Period investments. | | | | 7.7 Financial report | · Provide the balance sheet and income statement for the period of the mining concession, duly certified by a CPA, clearly showing the performance of the respective mining concession period, as well as a copy of the latest income tax declaration. | | 8. Quality of materials for aggregates. | 8.1 Laboratory analysis. | · Present the compliance laboratory tests. | with | national | of | the | regulation. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 10. Environmental mitigation | 10.1 Environmental mitigation | · Table of environmental mitigation, upkeep (ornato), and occupational safety activities that were implemented during the period and that incurred a cost for the project. · This table is a breakdown of what is indicated in section 7.2 of the environmental mitigation costs. · The table must include the activities and the financial cost. · The sum of costs must match the amount indicated in section 7.2. · Activities must include: studies to establish the baseline level, upkeep of the project area, implementation of occupational health measures, implementation of analyses or studies for baseline level control, implementation of mitigation measures, nursery maintenance costs. Social campaigns. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10.2 Partial technical closures | · Table of partial technical closure activities that were implemented during the period and that incurred a cost for the project. · This table is a breakdown of what is indicated in section 7.6.8 of the environmental recovery costs. · The table must include the activities and the financial cost. · The sum of costs must match the amount indicated in section 7.6.8. · Activities must include: reforestation campaigns; partial technical closure works in yards, waste rock dumps (escombreras), plant, or any other project area. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11. Machinery and equipment used. | 11.1 Characterization and number of units. | · Characteristics period. | and | the | units | of | the | equipment | number | that | were | used during | of | the | work | of | | 11.2 Flow diagram | · Present the flow diagram. | | | | | | | | | | | 12. Logbook | 13.1 Geological logbook | - Copy of the geological logbook or geological logbooks used during the period. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Annual Work Report. Artisanal Exploitation Concession | Cover Page | Cover Page | · Project Name · Name of the legal entity or individual concession holder. · Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional license number, and signature. . Artisanal exploitation file number. . Date (month/year) | | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Executive Summary | 1.1 Production, sales, and inventories for the period. | · Indicate the period's production (extraction, processing, sales, and inventories). Present a single figure without elaboration. | | 1.2 Term of validity and extensions. | · Briefly indicate the term being enjoyed, whether it is the original term or an extension or other modality. | | | 1.3 Authorized volume. | - Indicate the authorized volume that was maintained during the period. Present the figure without elaboration. | | | 1.4 Geological logbook. | · Indicate the logbook number or numbers of the logbooks that were in effect during the period. | | | 1.5 Crusher (Quebrador). | · Indicate whether the crusher (quebrador) remains in operation, or if it was implemented during the period, or if there is no crusher. | | | | 1.7 Work performed | · Brief description of the work performed. | | --- | --- | --- | | 2. General Information | 2.1 Project location | · Include the administrative location of the concession area. · Location by official coordinates. · Location figure. This figure must contain the granted area, the official coordinate grid, public and private access routes, an indication of north, and the scale. | | 2.2 Workforce | · Indicate the number of people working on the project. | | | 2.3 Occupational safety | · Safety elements used in the development of the work. | | | 2.3 Contact of the manager | · Contact information for the current geological manager (regente) and indicate if other geologists have been managers during the period. | | | 4. Reserves | 4.1 Initial, extracted, and remaining reserves | - Only for artisanal quarry exploitation, indicate the initial reserves, those extracted during the period, and the remaining reserves. - Methodology of the reserve calculation used. | | 4.2 Proven reserves (static) | · Only for artisanal exploitation of public domain watercourses, indicate the static reserves of the concession area. · Methodology of the reserve calculation used. | | | 5. Stockpiling yards | 5.1 Location of stockpiling yards | · Present the location of the stockpiling yards with a sketch. | | 6. Production, sales, and costs | 6.1 Production | · Present a table of extraction broken down by month. | | 6.2 Sales | · Present a table of sales broken down by products and by month. | | | 6.3 Production costs | · Present the costs incurred in production during the period. | | | 7. Logbook | 7.1 Geological logbook | · Copy of the geological logbook or geological logbooks used during the period. |
Annual Work Report. Beneficiation Plant Concession | Cover Page | Cover Page | · Project Name · Name of the legal entity or individual concession holder. · Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional license number, and signature. . Beneficiation file number. . Date (month/year) | | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Executive Summary | 1.1 Production, sales, and inventories for the period. | · Indicate the period's production (processing, sales, and inventories). Present a single figure without elaboration. | | 1.2 Term of validity and extensions. | · Briefly indicate the term being enjoyed, whether it is the original term or an extension or other modality. | | | 1.3 Geological logbook. | - Indicate the logbook number or numbers of the logbooks that were in effect during the period. | | | 1.4 Work performed | · Brief description of the work performed. | | | 2. General Information | 2.1 Project location | · Include the administrative location of the concession area. · Location by official coordinates. · Location figure. This figure must contain the granted area, the official coordinate grid, public and private access routes, an indication of north, and the scale. · Indicate the concession area. | | 2.2 Contact of the manager | · Contact information for the current geological manager (regente) and indicate if other geologists have been managers during the period. | | | | period. | | --- | --- | --- | | 3. Equipment description | 3.1 Plant description | · List of the Plant components, make, model, capacity, useful life, maintenance plan. | | | 3.2 Changes in components | · Changes in the Plant components and their justification. | | | 3.3 Flow diagram | · Description of the process and flow diagram used during the period. | | 4. Production | 4.1 Production, storage, and sales | · Table with the quantity of materials stored, purchased, processed, donated, sold, and exported. Breakdown of materials by type, quantity, and value. · Indicate the list of the concessions to which it provided beneficiation services during the period. | | 5. Environmental Mitigation | 5.1 Environmental mitigation | · Table of Environmental Mitigation Works carried out during the period. Such as, for example: implementation of anti-noise barriers, noise or dust reducing components, maintenance of settling basins, improvement in runoff or residual control, anti-dust measures on stockpiles, roads, or yards, solid and liquid waste management, upkeep (ornato), occupational safety, and social works. | | 6. Financial Information | 6.1 Environmental mitigation | - Indicate the costs incurred for the implementation of specific environmental measures, related to mitigation. (see section 5.1) | | 6.2 Preparation of waste deposits | · Indicate the costs incurred during the period for the conditioning of waste rock dumps (escombreras). | | | 6.3 Accesses | · Indicate the costs incurred during the period for the conditioning of roads for access to waste rock dumps, access to processing yards, settling basins, or any other project installation. | | | 6.4 Production costs | · Must present the production costs indicating the currency (whether in colones, dollars), stating it annually, and must be broken down as follows: . Labor (include social charges) . Energy and fuels . Spare parts, materials, and supplies . Equipment and machinery rentals . Insurance and prepaid expenses | | | | | . Surface fee (Canon de superficie) . Legal and audit expenses . Dispatch costs of mining products . Sales expense . Depreciation . Inventories . Financial costs . Municipal taxes (licenses, property, article 38 and 40 of the Mining Code, and others) . Period investments. | | --- | --- | --- | | | 7.7 Certified financial report | · Provide the balance sheet and income statement for the period of the mining concession, duly certified by a CPA, clearly showing the performance of the respective beneficiation concession period, as well as a copy of the latest income tax declaration. | | 7. Quality of materials for aggregates. | 7.1 Laboratory analysis. | · Present the laboratory tests that indicate compliance with national regulations. | | 8. Logbook | 8.1 Geological logbook | · Copy of the geological logbook or geological logbooks used during the period. |
Annual Work Report. Metallic Minerals Exploitation Concession Cover Page Cover Page · Project Name · Name of the legal entity or individual concession holder.
· Name of the geologist or mining engineer, professional license number, and signature.
. Quarry exploitation file number.
. Date (month/year) | 1. Executive Summary | 1.1 Production, sales, and inventories for the period. | · Indicate the period's production (extraction, processing, sales, and inventories). Present a single figure without elaboration. | | --- | --- | --- | | 1.2 Term of validity and extensions. | · Briefly indicate the term being enjoyed, whether it is the original term or an extension or other modality. | | | 1.3 Authorized volume. | · Indicate the authorized volume that was maintained during the period. Present the figure without elaboration. | | | 1.4 Geological logbook. | · Indicate the logbook number or numbers of the logbooks that were in effect during the period. | | | 1.5 Beneficiation System or Plant. | · Indicate whether any beneficiation plant remains in operation and the methodology used, or if it was implemented during the period, or if there is no beneficiation plant. | | | 1.6 Blasting | - Indicate if authorization for the use of blasting (voladuras) is held. If so, indicate how many blasts were conducted in the period. | | | 1.7 Work performed | · Brief description of the work performed. | | | 2. Geology. | 2.1 Updated local geology at 1:5,000 scale, plan and profiles (geology, structures, stratigraphy, etc.). | · Present a detailed description of the lithologies found and their possible association with the environment and the exploitation fronts, represented on the respective geological map with an updated topographic base at a scale of 1:5000 or smaller, with at least 2 representative profiles. Include the topographical survey in digital format (dxf or other). | | 2.2 Present lithologies. Geomechanical properties | · Detailed description of evidenced changes in lithology, mineralogy | | | | 2.3. Topographic map with the location of reserve blocks and samplings conducted with the analytical results. | · Present the plans and profiles that support the information, indicating the calculation methodology used. As well as the tables of the period's samplings with the results. | | --- | --- | --- | | 2.4. Updated topographic maps showing the advance and the exploitation fronts. Include detailed geological profiles of the exploitation fronts. | · Structural and stratigraphic control must be included in the information, as well as updated hydrogeological behavior. | | | 2.5. Geological survey of tunnels, trenches, etc. | · This item may be included in the information of the previous point 2.4. | | | 2.6. Charts of monthly production analysis. | · Must present the production separately for the ore and the final product obtained. | | | 2.7. Volume and types of material removed during the period. | · Present an inventory of the ore and gangue materials and their current location. | | | 2.8. Proven and probable mineral reserves. Reserves extracted in the period, remaining reserves. Apply the international measurement system. | - Present an updated inventory of reserves every year. | | | 2.9. Detailed description of the analysis models used for the quantification of reserves. | · Must include the detail of the data used for the calculation of reserves. | | | 2.10. Summary of logbook entries or photocopy of the same. | · Copy of the geological logbook or geological logbooks used during the period. | | | 3. Hydrogeology | 3.1. Hydrogeological properties of the formations present in the area. Porosity, permeability, etc. | · Describe and update the characterization of the rocks at the work fronts, including information on the location within the tunnels. | | 3.2. Piezometric levels. | · Present the report of readings from the existing piezometers in all areas related to the exploitation, environmental controls, beneficiation plant, and tailings pile. | | | 3.3. Description of existing aquifers. | · Update the information on existing aquifers. | | | 3.4. Influence of the activity on the aquifers. | · Describe the influence of the exploitation, beneficiation, and tailings pile works on the aquifers. | | | 4. Exploitation. | 4.1. Physical conditions of the deposit. | · 4.1.1. Ratio of waste rock to ore. · 4.1.2. Uniformity of the deposit. Needs for | | | | | blending and grade control. · 4.1.3. Continuity of the mineralization. · 4.1.4. Geometry. Size, shape, disposition, continuity, and depth. · 4.1.5. Provide analysis models that led to the obtaining of the results. | | --- | --- | --- | | 4.2. Exploitation method used. | · 4.2.1. Methodology and sequence of exploitation. · 4.2.2. Types of blasting, templates, and cuts. · 4.2.3. Safety factor used in the development of the project. | | | 5. Metallurgical treatment method when applicable | 5.1. Characterization of the ore. | · 5.1.1. Properties of the exploitable mineral: · a. Mineralogical, physical, and chemical. · b. Hardness of the mineral and needs for subsequent processes for its obtainment. | | 5.2. Alternative treatment methods. Selection. | · 5.2.1. Process flow diagrams. · 5.2.2. Mass balance and obtainable product. In the case of metallics, specify the average recoverable grade. · 5.2.3. Quality of the products and specifications. For construction aggregates, at least the following laboratory analyses, conducted during the period covered by the report, must be presented: - a) Abrasion. - b) Specific gravity for fines and coarse aggregates. | | | | | · c) Soundness. · d) Granulometry for fine phase and coarse phase. · e) Colorimetry. | | --- | --- | --- | | 5.3. Equipment selection. . | · 5.3.1. Characteristics and number of units · 5.3.2. Expected yields. | | | 6. Financial and sales information: | 6.1. Sales information. | · Describe the period's sales, buyers, final destination of the product. | | 6.2. New period investments. | · 6.2.1. Geological investigation. · 6.2.2. Mine or quarry preparation. ??????6.2.2.1. Clearing (Desmonte). · 6.2.2.2. Preparation of waste rock deposit. ??????6.2.2.3. Accesses | | | 6.3. Operating costs | · 6.3.1. Production cost: Annual: - 6.3.1.1. Overburden removal cost. - 6.3.1.2. Extraction Cost. - 6.3.1.2.1. Labor, include social charges. - 6.3.1.2.2. Energy and fuels. - 6.3.1.2.3. Explosives. - 6.3.1.2.4. Spare parts, materials, and supplies. - 6.3.1.2.5. Repair labor, include social charges. - 6.3.1.2.6. Equipment rental or others. | | | | | · 6.3.1.2.7. Insurance and other prepaid expenses. · 6.3.1.2.8. Environmental recovery. · 6.3.1.2.9. Activity taxes (article 36 of Law No. 6797). · 6.3.1.3. Product dispatch cost. · 6.3.1.4. Administrative expenses. · 6.3.1.4.1. Labor, include social charges. · 6.3.1.4.2. Legal and audit expenses. · 6.3.1.4.3. Other expenses. · 6.3.1.5. Sales expense · 6.3.1.6. Depreciation. · 6.3.1.7. Financial Cost. · 6.3.1.8. Taxes or other charges. | | --- | --- | --- | | 7. Profitability | 7.1. Financial reports certified by a Certified Public Accountant. | · Must present the financial statements that support the comprehensive activity object of the concession, incorporating the period's costs and expenses. | | 7.2. Profitability indicators. | · Present the profitability analysis endorsed by the competent professional. | | | 7.3. Proof of the latest income tax declaration. | · Must present the declaration for the fiscal year under review. | | | 7.4. Conclusions. | · Must perform a business analysis and projections, including the activities it intends to implement with the objective of maintaining or improving the project's profitability. | | | 8. Environmental recovery works carried out and those | 8.1 Environmental Mitigation | - Table of environmental mitigation, upkeep (ornato), and occupational safety activities that were implemented during the | planned for the next period.
period and that incurred a cost for the project.
· This table is a breakdown of what is indicated in section 6.3.1.2.8 of the environmental mitigation costs.
· The table must include the activities and the financial cost.
· The sum of costs must match the amount indicated in section 3.3.1.2.8 · Activities must include: studies to establish the baseline level, upkeep of the project area, implementation of occupational health measures, implementation of analyses or studies for baseline level control, implementation of mitigation measures, operating costs of treatment plants or similar, nursery maintenance costs. Social campaigns.
8.2 Partial technical closures · Table of partial technical closure activities that were implemented during the period and that incurred a cost for the project.
· This table is a breakdown of what is indicated in section 7.6.9 of the environmental recovery costs.
· The table must include the activities and the financial cost.
· The sum of costs must match the amount indicated in section 7.6.9 · Activities must include: reforestation campaigns; partial technical closure works in yards, waste rock dumps (escombreras), pit, plant, or any other project area; closure of shafts, wells, or tunnels.
9. Mining exploration work carried out in the exploitation concession area.
· Must report if any type of study was conducted and present the results thereof, which must have incorporated all the details of the investigation (field geology campaigns, drilling, samplings, geophysics, or some other method).