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February 2025 Prospecting Licence Competition
From Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
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The following Prospecting Licence Areas are available for application under equal competition in the 1 February 2025 Prospecting Licence Competition.
The deadline for competition applications is 31 March 2025.
| PL Area | County | PL Area | County | PL Area | County |
| 622 | Longford | 2717 | Tipperary | 3689 | Tipperary |
| 1318 | Kildare | 2718 | Tipperary | 3715 | Waterford |
| 1338 | Meath | 2927 | Limerick | 3788 | Clare |
| 1345 | Westmeath | 3316 | Tipperary | 3827 | Tipperary |
| 1346 | Westmeath | 3317 | Tipperary | 3936 | Westmeath |
| 1575 | Tipperary | 3320 | Tipperary | 4112 | Tipperary |
| 1601 | Meath | 3329 | Kildare | 4113 | Tipperary |
| 2026 | Tipperary | 3367 | Limerick | 4117 | Tipperary |
| 2027 | Tipperary | 3611 | Meath | 4520 | Galway |
| 2604 | Tipperary | 3614 | Kildare |
Information on the procedure and evaluation of applications is available in the Rules Document - Mineral Exploration in Ireland – section 5.1.4.
Completed application forms should be submitted to gsro@decc.gov.ie
Please use our GSRO Information Hub to view an interactive webmap of the competition Prospecting Licence Areas and our online GIS viewer to check current licence area status
A shapefile of the Prospecting Licence Area Status as of 1 February 2025 is also available for download.