Monitoring and mapping of mining and exploration licenses for Mongolia
Last modified: 2009-06-25
Abstract
One of the responsibilities of the company “Denison Mines Mongolia” is to process exploration and mining licenses data for Mongolia and report to “Denison Mines” company six times per year.
Data on exploration and mining licenses and on boundaries of state protected and special public needs areas which are restricted and prohibited by an authorized government entities are distributed every month by the Geological and Mining Cadastre Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia (MRPAM). Boundary data are stored in ESRI shape file format and other attributive data are stored in a MS Access database.
A GIS database is created with ArcGIS 9.3 using the above mentioned data. Thematic maps and statistic reports of licensed areas are produced and analyzed every two months for further use of the Denison Mines company’s business purposes.
By the use of the database, the company is able to know which company, where, and what kind of licenses they get or they have to return. It is important for our company to monitor license information for the future work and for the developing business plans.
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