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Application for
exploration and exploitation concession
If a foreign or
domestic company wants to submit an application for an exploration concession
for an area in Lao PDR there are two possible ways.
The application can either
be sent to the: in the central government
Address:
The Committee for
Planning and Co-operation Department of Domestic and Foreign Investment
Luangprabang Road
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Phone: 2532 4466
Copy to:
Ministry of Energy and Mines
Nongbone Road
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Phone: 4636 5858
Alternatively, the
application can be submitted to the Provincial Department of Energy and Mines
in the province in question.
The Committee for Planning
and Co-operation Department of Domestic and Foreign Investment. The committee
will send the application to Ministry of Energy and Mines, which will ask
Department of Mines and Geology for their comments. After the appropriate
authorities have dealt with the application it will be forwarded to the Prime
Ministers office where it will be approved.
For the February
2007 concession map please click here.
For a table of active mining
companies with concessions in Lao PDR (2006-2007) click here.
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