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Within the scope of Article 30 of the Mining Law No. 3213 amended by Law No. 6592, 316 mining sites will be announced on https://www.mapeg.gov.tr/ for at least fifteen days from the date of publication of the announcement in the Official Gazette. The announcement will include the province, access number, mining group, tender specifications, plot-coordinate information, areas and tender dates of the sites to be tendered.

Between 20.11.2023-01.12.2023, the information of 304 mining sites in the annex of the announcement, which were tendered in the 286th tender group between 20.11.2023-01.12.2023 and for which there was no application, will remain in the announcement for 1 month. If you wish to apply for the announced sites, a petition with a receipt showing that the tender request fee in the amount of the current operating license base fee has been deposited between 06.12.2023-06.01.2024 must be submitted to the MAPEG incoming document service or via e-MAPEG. The petition must include the province, access number and the name/title of the applicant. Otherwise, the request will be deemed invalid and the tender request fee in the amount of the business license base fee deposited will not be refunded.

Mehmet Yılmaz, President of the Gold Miners Association and Chairman of TÜPRAG, announced Turkey's first five-year mining course. Yılmaz drew particular attention to the emphasis on "mining" in the 12th Development Plan and the Medium Term Program (MTP), which includes the main macroeconomic targets. Stating that the mining route set in the new century of the Republic has created excitement in the sector, Yılmaz said that the mining sector, which has an import burden of 60 billion dollars in Turkey's foreign trade deficit, is targeting 15 billion dollars in exports and 60 tons of gold production annually in the first 5 years. On December 4, World Miners' Day, Yılmaz made important statements about the sector, sharing Turkey's new mining route drawn on the axis of sustainable mining principles and drawing attention to the green transformation in the global mining sector. Yılmaz also evaluated Turkey's potential in critical minerals used in green transformation, the demand for which has more than doubled in the last 5 years.