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August 2025 Prospecting Licence Competition

The following Prospecting Licence Areas are available for application under equal competition in the 1 August 2025 Prospecting Licence Competition.

The deadline for competition applications is 30 September 2025.

PL Area County PL Area County
1325 Meath 3679 Clare
3324 Meath 3857 Wicklow
3638 Meath 3932 Meath
3643 Clare    

Information on the procedure and evaluation of applications is available in the
Rules Document - Mineral Exploration in Ireland – section 5.1.4.

Completed application forms should be submitted to gsro@dcee.gov.ie

Please use our GSRO Information Hub to view an interactive webmap of the competition Prospecting Licence Areas and our online GIS viewer to check current licence area status.

A shapefile of the Prospecting Licence Area Status as of 1 August 2025 is also available for download.