May 2025 Prospecting Licence Competition
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From: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
- Published on: 1 May 2025
- Last updated on: 14 May 2025
The following Prospecting Licence Areas are available for application under equal competition in the 1 May 2025 Prospecting Licence Competition.
The deadline for competition applications is 30 June 2025.
| PL Area | County | PL Area | County | PL Area | County |
| 1940 | Cork | 3899 | Cork | 4409 | Kerry |
| 2024 | Cork | 3901 | Cork | 4410 | Kerry |
| 2331 | Cork | 3902 | Cork | 4411 | Kerry |
| 2597 | Cork | 4132 | Cork | 4412 | Kerry |
| 2637 | Cork | 4236 | Cork | 2625 | Laois |
| 2897 | Cork | 4506 | Cork | 3158 | Laois |
| 3112 | Cork | 4507 | Cork | 3160 | Laois |
| 3154 | Cork | 4508 | Cork | 3263 | Laois |
| 3294 | Cork | 4516 | Cork | 4041 | Laois |
| 3295 | Cork | 4525 | Cork | 3293 | Limerick |
| 3338 | Cork | 3756 | Galway | 3065 | Monaghan |
| 3365 | Cork | 3757 | Galway | 3469 | Monaghan |
| 3435 | Cork | 2741 | Kerry | 2447 | Tipperary |
| 3537 | Cork | 2904 | Kerry | 3318 | Tipperary |
| 3538 | Cork | 2906 | Kerry | 4035 | Tipperary |
| 3604 | Cork | 3984 | Kerry | 4480 | Tipperary |
| 3613 | Cork | 4219 | Kerry | 4510 | Tipperary |
| 3619 | Cork | 4220 | Kerry | 2554 | Wexford |
| 3733 | Cork | 4362 | Kerry | 2558 | Wicklow |
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@decc.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 May 2025 and the latest News on the Irish Exploration and Mining Sector are also available for download.
