Do you handle the reclamation bond?

Yes. We prepare the reclamation cost estimate and the bond paperwork, and we can post the bond for you if we manage your project.

Do you file state permits too?

Yes, alongside the federal ones.

Every job is quoted. You get a written proposal within 3 days of your request, with the scope, the price and the expected mobilization date. Fill out our form or give us a call for more information.

Permitting & Compliance Services

Mineral Exploration Permitting

Mineral Exploration Permitting Services

You can't drill, trench or cut a road on public land until the agency signs off. We handle mineral exploration permitting from start to finish: we put the filing together, submit it, and see it through to approval.

Your project is handled by a Registered Landman (RL) with the American Association of Professional Landmen, with 34 years of experience. Veteran owned and operated.

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Which permit do you need?

Casual use: hand tools and negligible disturbance, with no mechanized equipment or explosives. Usually no BLM filing.
Notice (BLM): exploration that disturbs 5 acres or less. It has to be filed 15 calendar days before work starts.
Plan of operations (BLM): exploration that disturbs more than 5 acres, bulk sampling of 1,000 tons or more, or mining. It triggers an environmental review under NEPA, cultural resource clearances and a reclamation bond.
Forest Service land: a notice of intent to the district ranger. If the work is likely to significantly disturb the surface, the Forest Service requires a plan of operations and a reclamation bond before approval.
Eastern states: a prospecting permit from the BLM Eastern States office.
State permits: many states add their own exploration permits. We handle those as well.

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What you get from mineral exploration permitting

The approved permit: an acknowledged BLM notice, an approved plan of operations, an Eastern States prospecting permit, or a state exploration permit.
The permit conditions: the operating rules, seasonal restrictions and environmental requirements the agency attached.
The supporting reports: the cultural resource clearances, hydrology and baseline water quality studies, and wildlife surveys from the agency review.
The full record: the exact application packages submitted, in digital and paper copies, and the correspondence with each agency.
Reclamation and bonding: a reclamation cost estimate and the bond paperwork the agency requires before equipment moves in.
A reporting calendar: progress reports, permit renewals and fee deadlines, so nothing lapses.
A next-steps checklist: posting the bond and briefing your geologists and drillers on the permit conditions. If we manage your project, we handle these too. (Project management)

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What comes next

A permit is what lets the real work start. Once it's approved, the same team can:

Post the bond and brief your crews on the permit conditions (Project management)
Fly LiDAR and topographic surveys to lay out roads and drill pads (Drone LiDAR and photogrammetry)
Run the drill program the permit allows (Project management)
Collect the baseline water samples your permit calls for (Water sampling)
Keep the reporting calendar so nothing lapses (Project management)

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