A total of 3580 exploration and mining licenses were issued in Mongolia end of 2016, 2022 licenses were for exploration and 1558 were for licenses for mining, for approximately 8.0% of Mongolia’s territory special licenses issued for approximately 0.9% of Mongolia’s territory.

A total of 1560 mining licenses granted to companies in 2016 according to the Cadaster Registry of MRPAM, Figure shows the disbursed mining licenses, disaggregated by types of mineral and license area locations.