The Min­ing Allot­ment Project is an essen­tial com­po­nent of the min­er­al deposit devel­op­ment process. Dur­ing the extrac­tion of ore or oth­er min­er­al resources, it is often nec­es­sary to man­age and remove water from the deposit in order to ensure the safe­ty, effi­cien­cy, and sta­bil­i­ty of min­ing oper­a­tions.

Min­ing allot­ment is a part of the sub­soil grant­ed to an orga­ni­za­tion or enter­prise for the indus­tri­al devel­op­ment of the min­er­al resources con­tained with­in it, as well as for the con­struc­tion and oper­a­tion of under­ground facil­i­ties not relat­ed to min­er­al extrac­tion, includ­ing those locat­ed on the con­ti­nen­tal shelf and with­in the exclu­sive (marine) eco­nom­ic zone.

Min­ing allot­ments may be grant­ed to enter­pris­es, insti­tu­tions, orga­ni­za­tions, as well as to cit­i­zens of Ukraine or for­eign nation­als only upon the avail­abil­i­ty of a Spe­cial Per­mit for Sub­soil Use and an approved project for the devel­op­ment of a min­er­al deposit or the con­struc­tion of a min­ing facil­i­ty or under­ground struc­ture not relat­ed to min­er­al extrac­tion.

For new­ly estab­lished enter­pris­es engaged in min­ing activ­i­ties, min­ing allot­ments must be for­mal­ized pri­or to the com­mence­ment of con­struc­tion of a min­ing facil­i­ty or under­ground struc­ture not relat­ed to min­er­al extrac­tion.

The pro­vi­sion of addi­tion­al min­ing allot­ments to an exist­ing one is for­mal­ized as a new allot­ment. Min­er­al resources locat­ed with­in the bound­aries of a min­ing allot­ment must be used strict­ly in accor­dance with the intend­ed pur­pose.

An enter­prise intend­ing to use worked-out mine work­ings or sub­soil for the con­struc­tion and oper­a­tion of under­ground facil­i­ties not relat­ed to min­er­al extrac­tion must obtain a min­ing allot­ment regard­less of whether it already holds a min­ing allot­ment for deposit devel­op­ment.

The grant­i­ng of a min­ing allot­ment for the con­struc­tion of under­ground facil­i­ties in areas con­tain­ing min­er­al resources, or in areas where min­ing activ­i­ties were pre­vi­ous­ly con­duct­ed, is car­ried out only upon obtain­ing the appro­pri­ate con­struc­tion per­mit in accor­dance with the estab­lished pro­ce­dure.

For­mal­iza­tion of min­ing allot­ments is a manda­to­ry con­di­tion for the devel­op­ment of min­ing activ­i­ties and ensures safe­ty, effi­cien­cy, and com­pli­ance with leg­isla­tive require­ments in the min­ing sec­tor.

The Min­ing Allot­ment Project is a doc­u­ment con­tain­ing a detailed plan and spec­i­fi­ca­tions for the estab­lish­ment or expan­sion of a min­ing allot­ment. It is devel­oped to ensure the safe­ty, effi­cien­cy, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty of min­ing activ­i­ties.

When grant­i­ng min­ing allot­ments, issues are resolved relat­ed to the prop­er divi­sion of min­er­al deposits into sep­a­rate allot­ments in order to pre­vent leav­ing less valu­able or tech­ni­cal­ly unsuit­able parts of deposits out­side the bound­aries, to ensure com­pli­ance with safe­ty require­ments dur­ing min­ing and blast­ing oper­a­tions, and to pre­vent haz­ards to peo­ple, prop­er­ty, and the envi­ron­ment.

To obtain a min­ing allot­ment for min­er­al deposit devel­op­ment, an appli­ca­tion must be sub­mit­ted to the ter­ri­to­r­i­al author­i­ty of the State Labour Ser­vice.

The appli­ca­tion must be accom­pa­nied by the Min­ing Allot­ment Project, which con­sists of an explana­to­ry note and graph­ic mate­ri­als.

The project includes infor­ma­tion on the pur­pose and jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for obtain­ing the min­ing allot­ment, gen­er­al data on the ter­ri­to­ry, geo­graph­i­cal and admin­is­tra­tive loca­tion, water bod­ies and land plots, geo­log­i­cal char­ac­ter­is­tics of the sub­soil area, and sub­stan­ti­a­tion of the bound­aries and dimen­sions of the min­ing allot­ment with rel­e­vant cal­cu­la­tions.

The grant­i­ng of a min­ing allot­ment is for­mal­ized by an offi­cial act.

In accor­dance with amend­ments to Arti­cle 17 of the Sub­soil Code of Ukraine, min­ing allot­ments are grant­ed exclu­sive­ly for min­ing facil­i­ties where min­er­al deposits are devel­oped by under­ground meth­ods, name­ly through mines and shafts.

The Min­ing Allot­ment Project is a key stage pri­or to the imple­men­ta­tion of min­ing activ­i­ties. It ensures safe­ty, effi­cien­cy, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty of min­er­al extrac­tion while tak­ing into account envi­ron­men­tal, tech­no­log­i­cal, and eco­nom­ic aspects.