The province created a Mining Projects Registry to support the implementation of its new Mining Procedure Code.
Mendoza has created a Mining Projects Registry as part of the implementation of its new Mining Procedure Code, introducing a unified tool designed to strengthen project organization, oversight, and traceability.
With this measure, the province formalizes the creation and regulation of the Registry established under Article 50 of the Code. The new system aims to bring greater agility, transparency, and administrative efficiency to mining activity across Mendoza.
By adopting this framework, Mendoza updates and modernizes all information related to mines, concessions, and operations, in line with national legislation and the province’s policy of promoting responsible and well-regulated investment in the sector.
“This regulation fulfills a specific mandate established in Mendoza’s Mining Procedure Code—particularly Article 50—which requires the creation of a technical registry for mining projects,” said Jerónimo Shantal, Director of Mining.
“The previous regulatory framework was outdated and often failed to resolve practical issues, such as projects that did not meet key legal or technical requirements for their constitution or concession,” he added.
Shantal noted that the new Registry responds to the need for a single, systematic, and verifiable system to register all petitioners, titleholders, and operators of mining projects. These projects are defined as areas composed of one or more concessions or claims where work is carried out to discover, evaluate, and quantify mineral deposits.
Traceability and Monitoring
The Registry will enable rigorous tracking of the work stages described in Articles 43 and 44 of the Mining Procedure Code, along with the technical, operational, and environmental progress of each project.
Mendoza has designated the Provincial Mining Notary Office as the authority responsible for administering the Registry. All registrations must be submitted using the official form attached to the resolution, available in the “Legislation” section of the Mining Directorate’s website. Submissions will be accepted exclusively through the Ticket System.
For their initial submission, project holders must attach:
- A Sworn Statement of Good Practices, as required by Resolution 192/24
- A Technical Sworn Statement, as required by Article 45 of Law 9529
- For exploitation permits, the minimum exploration program required under Article 46
To ensure compliance, the Environmental Mining Authority may request technical reports within fifteen days at key moments in a project’s timeline—such as the end of a field season, operational interruptions, stage changes, or modifications in ownership. At the prefeasibility and feasibility stages, project leaders must also report reserve calculations together with technical, economic, environmental, and social details.
