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ANM Regulatory Agenda 2025/2026
We monitor developments under ANM’s 2025–2026 Regulatory Agenda to help keep your operations compliant. In this edition, we provide an executive summary of the main workstreams currently underway, ranging from updates to granting rules and Mining Regulatory Standards (NRMs) to discussions on financial guarantees, telemetry, the utilization guide, territorial conflicts and operational safety.
| Topic | Current stage |
| Update of rules and procedures for granting nuclear minerals titles, to align with Law No. 14,514/2022 | Not yet initiated. |
| Update and improvement of Mining Regulatory Standards (NRMs). | This topic was addressed under Public Consultation No. 1/2025 and Public Consultation No. 2/2025. |
| Free, Prior and Informed Consultation (FPIC) – Quilombola and Traditional Communities | Not yet initiated. |
| Compliance with telemetry systems to monitor mineral water mining. | Legal review. This topic was addressed under Public Consultation No. 2/2021 and Public Hearing No. 1/2023. |
| Consolidation of regulation on the Utilization Guide (Guia de Utilização). | Preliminary studies. |
| Construction of intakes and assessment of the production capacity of mineral water or table water sources. | Review of contributions received under Public Consultation No. 4/2024. |
| Public Utility Declaration (DUP): mining easement and expropriation. | Preparation of a Regulatory Impact Analysis. |
| Withdrawal of mineral title applications and waiver of mineral titles. | Review of contributions received under Public Consultation No. 07/2024 and Participatory Meeting No. 2/2025. |
| Establishment of grid blocks (quadrículas). | Preparation of a Regulatory Impact Analysis. |
| Financial guarantees and insurance to cover risks arising from mining activities. | Review of contributions received under ANM Participatory Meeting No. 1/2025, Public Consultation No. 6/2024 and Request for Inputs (Tomada de Subsídios) No. 8/2021. |
| Use of mineral titles as collateral for financing purposes | Receipt of contributions through Public Consultation No. 04/2025. |
| Regulation of Law No. 13,540/2017: Current Price, Reference Value and New Mineral Category. | Receipt of contributions through Public Consultation No. 03/2025 and Request for Inputs (Tomada de Subsídios) No. 3/2023. |
| Regulation of the 4-year exploration term, as amended by Law No. 14,514/2022. | Not yet initiated. |
| Final Mineral Exploration Report: minimum content and submission rules for aggregates, ornamental stones and dimension stones. | Preliminary studies. |
| Review and modernization of ANM Resolution No. 68/2021, which regulates Mine Closure Plans. | Preparation of a Regulatory Impact Analysis. The topic was discussed at Participatory Meeting No. 1/2024. |
| Review and update of DNPM Ordinance No. 155 of May 12, 2016, related to the assignment and lease of mineral rights | Preparation of the technical note and draft resolution. |
| Streamlining of the granting process under the Mining Concession regime: Mine Economic Exploitation Plan (PAE) for construction aggregates and ornamental stones, and declaration of resource availability (art. 38(VII) of the Mining Code) | Not yet initiated. |
| Streamlining of the granting process under the Licensing regime: review and regulatory consolidation. | Review of contributions received under Public Consultation No. 5/2024. |
| Conflicts arising from mining: blocks and zoning, natural and cultural heritage, environmental conflicts, and Indigenous lands. | Not yet initiated. |
| Review of rules and procedures governing regime change. | Not yet initiated. |
| Regulation of safety criteria related to mining piles. | Not yet initiated. |
