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May 2025 Prospecting Licence Competition

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 is also available for download.