Minerals and Mining Program
Administrator - Bob Townsend, C.P.G. E-mail
Phone (605) 773-4201
Fax (605) 773-5286
Welcome to the Minerals and Mining Web Page
The Minerals and Mining Program is the regulatory arm of DENR responsible for ensuring that the impacts from mineral exploration, mining, and oil and gas production in South Dakota to the environment are minimized and that affected lands are reclaimed and useable after the resources have been extracted. The regulatory process includes issuing exploration permits, mining permits, mining licenses, and oil and gas permits in accordance with the requirements of state law and rules and then, inspecting and monitoring development activities to ensure compliance with permit requirements.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is making environmental permitting files related to Powertech (USA) Inc. uranium exploration and proposed in situ leach mining projects near Edgemont available to the public in electronic format. To go to the Powertech environmental permit web page, please click here.
In situ leach mine regulations have been adopted by Board of Minerals and Environment and the Interim Rules Committee. For a copy of the adopted regulations, the board's statement of reasons for adopting the regulations, and questions and answers about the new regulations, please click here.
A new web page has been developed that contains information on how to obtain a uranium exploration permit. To access the web page, please click here.
The 2008 Mineral Summary and the 2008 Summary of the Mining Industry in South Dakota are now available.
