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GSRO - OPALS Mineral Exploration and Mining in Ireland

Some of the highlights:

4750 drilling locations
Drillhole search engine – with PDF logs
Live updates to Prospecting Licence ground status
Mineral Exploration Report access through Prospecting Licences
Live NPWS data
Mineral Occurrence Locations
Mining Locations
Bedrock Geology

GSRO - Prospecting Licence Exploration Report Search

The Geoscience Regulation Office (GSRO) and the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) hold Exploration Company Reports (GSI Open File Records) relating to many current and retired Prospecting Licence (PL) Areas. Reports on current Prospecting Licences that are less than six years old are not made publicly available. Use this web application identify PL Area Numbers, then click on the PL Area for information on the PL Area history and available GSRO and Open File exploration reports.