Mining in Ireland

IRISH MINING IN NUMBERS EXPLORATION EXPENDITURE ON PL AREAS € 35m Exploration is regulated by the State and is undertaken '11 30m by private industry. 25m It is undertaken under Prospecting Licences (PL), valid for six years and renewable '10 444,000tonnes 20m "08 The peak Irish output of zinc in 2004 PROSPECTING 15m LICENCES Tara Mine GRANTED 10m "07 '09 5m Co. Cavan, the largest zinc in the world '04 '03 *03 22 €32.6m '06 * 2012 figures not published '04 26 Amount of money spent drilling for minerals in Ireland in 2011 -5m 50 -10m '05 LEAD & ZINC PRICE OVER 25 YEARS/US Dollars per Metric Ton 85 38% 4.6k 90, ZINC 4.20k '07 143 LEAD The percentage of Europe's zinc supplied by Ireland 3.85k Zinc 91 3.50k 2.03k Lead 80, 3.2k 10th 66 '09 2.80k 2.33k Ireland's place in the world's zinc producers 2.25k '10 93 1.80k '11 98 1.50k 1.2k '12 102 715 360 Jan 1988 Jan 1993 Jan 1998 Jan 2003 Jan 2008 Jan 2013