Last August, the Geological, Mining and Metallurgic Institute (Ingemmet) granted a total of 297 concession titles at a national level; accumulating a total of 984, without considering the months of April, May and June.

This was reported by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) in its Mining Statistics Bulletin updated as of August of this year.

In addition, it is worth noting that the August value was the highest so far this year, followed by January (241), February (187), March (157) and July (102).

In terms of hectares, Ingemmet detailed that from January to August a total of 529,839 hectares have been granted in concession. Of this value, August was also the highest with 170,410 hectares (ha).