License to work with precious metals

An accountant today is not the one who knows how to balance debits with credits, issue an invoice or submit the RSV. The accountant submits a report for himself and for “that guy.” For what, you ask? We are responsible for the person who must submit a report on the use of minerals, on the handling of precious metals, or on the circulation of alcohol.

Usually the word report is strongly associated with an accountant, which means that it falls on the fragile shoulders of chief accountants, if not the preparation of reports, then a reminder of them to the responsible persons. Therefore, here is an educational program for you on such “non-standard” reports.

Obtaining a jewelry license

Obtaining a jewelry license or, in other words, registration with the state Assay Supervision Inspectorate is mandatory in cases where the following activities are planned:

retail or wholesale trade in jewelry;
cutting of precious stones;
processing of waste and scrap precious metals;
production, repair, purchase or transportation of jewelry, precious stones or metals.

Thus, all companies and individual entrepreneurs related to jewelry need to register: pawnshops, stores, manufacturers, wholesale suppliers, jewelry workshops, etc.

The Assay Supervision Inspectorate for the Moscow Region is located in Moscow and oversees the areas of activity described above not only in the capital, but also in eight nearby regions. You should contact this body not only to register with a special person, but also for territorial assignment, as well as on issues related to branding and testing.

will be happy to help you in obtaining a jewelry license and solving all related problems! We will not only help you create a package of documents, but we will also submit them to the inspectorate on the basis of a notarized power of attorney, we will advise you at all stages and promote your case during its consideration by the inspectorate until its successful completion - the issuance of a certificate.

What documents will we need?

A copy of OGRN/TIN certificates of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur;
Information about the address that will be used to conduct business;
A copy of the IP/LLC passport.

Terms of review and validity period of the license

A legal entity (or individual entrepreneur) carrying out the types of activities specified above is obliged, within 30 calendar days from the date of registration or adding a new type of activity to the constituent documents, to register with the state Assay Supervision Inspectorate.

After submitting the package of necessary documents, the review lasts no more than 15 calendar days ! After this period and within 3 days from the date of the decision, the applicant must receive a certificate of assignment of an account number or a notice of refusal with justification of the reasons.

If approved, the applicant receives not only a certificate, but also a special registration card certified by the inspection. By the way, the certificate is issued for a period of 5 years . Then you will need to get a new license, that is, get a special license. accounting again.

Why can they refuse to issue a license?

The Assay Supervision Inspectorate has the right to refuse registration in the following cases:

Submission of an incomplete set of documents;
submission of documents that are executed incorrectly or contain unreliable or deliberately false information.
Inaccuracy of information from legal entities regarding (legal address, director, participants)
Lack of business premises

By the way, you can try to appeal the refusal and demand an independent examination and review. However, all this will take time. If you don’t want to risk money and waste time on proceedings, he will do everything right the first time!

What else does the inspectorate pay attention to when considering an application?

For this regulatory authority, it is important that the applicant has:

an iron door in the room where jewelry will be stored;
cash register (must meet the requirements that were approved from 01/01/2017);

By the way, as part of its duties, the inspectorate can conduct a compliance check, as well as request explanations from the licensee on issues that arose during the inspection, draw up reports on violations and set deadlines for their correction.

What is included in our service package?

Our company’s lawyers will not only help you prepare a package of documents, but also:

provide advice on obtaining, renewing or re-issuing a license;
check the premises for compliance with the requirements;
provide support during formal and actual inspections;
will provide all necessary accounting and legal assistance;
will accompany you at all stages of the procedure until its logical conclusion - obtaining a certificate of registration for special training. accounting
They will give you a set of documents received from the inspection.

In addition to assistance in registration, we can act as an intermediary in the process of registration or re-registration of a name tag - the manufacturer's imprint on a piece of jewelry. Registration of the name is carried out in the same body as registration.

Cost of the service and deadlines for preparing documents

Term 15 calendar days.

Cost -8,000 rubles.

Additional services: what else can we offer you?

Cash register systems (from 15,000 rubles) and all the necessary cash register equipment with support for data transmission technology through the OFD (in accordance with new legal requirements).
Registration of the cash register with the Federal Tax Service (4,500 rubles).
Registration of a separate division (3,500 rubles when registering in Moscow.
If you open a branch in the Moscow Region, then we calculate the cost individually).
Obtaining digital signature and Jakarta;
Legal and accounting services.

If you have yet to obtain a jewelry license, entrust all the associated hassle to our specialists: they have enough knowledge and experience to guide you through the entire procedure and get the case approved by the inspectorate the first time.

What is needed to register and work in GIIS DMDK

The procedure for registration and work in the system is regulated by Resolution No. 270, which approved the relevant rules.

To register you need:

Issue a qualified electronic signature certificate obtained for work in GIIS DMDK.
Use the Sputnik, Yandex or Chromium-gost web browser.
Install CIPF.
Prepare and set up the workplace in accordance with the instructions of the system operator.
Submit an application for connection in the form of an electronic document - separately or in the GIIS DMDK system.

The decision to connect to the system is made within three working days. If you refuse, you must eliminate the identified deficiencies and re-register.

License for precious metals

The non-profit partnership “Republican Legal Society” has been operating since 2002.

Jewelry license

Our work is aimed at developing effective legislative regulation in Russia, increasing the professionalism, competitiveness and quality of services of the Russian legal market, ensuring the availability of legal services to citizens and legal entities.

For more than 11 years of practice, the Republican Law Society has implemented a significant number of joint projects with government authorities, providing them with methodological, consulting and organizational support, initiated discussions on current social and legal issues, and participated in the reform of federal executive authorities.

We have knowledge, competencies and experience, on the basis of which we provide assistance to representatives of medium and large businesses in building effective and constructive relationships with government executive and regulatory authorities, and conducting business in full compliance with established regulatory requirements.

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Obtaining a permit for jewelry activities

All individual entrepreneurs and legal entities wishing to process or trade in products made of precious stones and metals require a license to trade in jewelry.

License for jewelry activities

The exceptions are cases where paid precious metals or stones are placed in unallocated metal accounts but are not received in physical form, and also in cases where diamonds are used in instruments.

Types of activities requiring a jewelry license

A permit for jewelry activities is required for:

– production of jewelry and precious stones

– storage and sale of jewelry and precious stones,

- activities of pawnshops,

- cutting of precious stones,

— when processing scrap and dredge waste. metals and stones,

— retail and wholesale sale of precious metals. metals and jewelry,

— repair of jewelry and watches made of precious metals,

— minting (production) of commemorative awards and coins from precious metals.

Registration for special registration is carried out at the State Assay Office through the Assay Office at the location of the enterprise.

List of documents for obtaining a license for jewelry activities:

– certificate of state registration,

- charter and constituent agreement certified by a notary,

- protocol, decision or regulation on the creation of an enterprise, appointment of a director,

- certificate of registration of the enterprise with the tax authority,

- extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities,

— statistics codes,

- Full name of the head and chief. enterprise accountant,

- Bank details,

- actual address,

- documents on ownership or lease agreement for premises,

— sanitary passport of the property, BTI with landlord’s explanation,

— documents that confirm the qualifications of specialists in accordance with licensing requirements (diplomas, work books, employment contracts for an inspector, seller, jeweler, etc., certificates of advanced training),

- documents for a safe deposit box,

— a power of attorney for the person who will be involved in obtaining a jewelry license.

The procedure for submitting documents for obtaining a permit for jewelry activities:

— preparation of a set of documents,

— passing approvals at the State Property Inspectorate, SES, district government, making official payments,

- submission of documents,

— issuance of a license (within 2 months from the date of application).

The permit to sell jewelry is valid for 3 years.

If activities related to the sale, storage, production of jewelry products. metals and stones are produced without a certificate of special registration.

registration with the Assay Supervision Inspectorate, the enterprise is considered illegal on the territory of the Russian Federation, which is punishable in accordance with the Criminal Code, which provides for the confiscation of jewelry and profits received as a result of the work.

If you need a license to sell jewelry, but you don’t have time to collect and prepare documents, entrust this matter to professionals. With our help, you can obtain a license in the shortest possible time.

Obtaining a jewelry license

License for scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals in Russia – procurement, storage and processing of scrap

Like all other state licenses, this permit merely serves as confirmation that its holder has the necessary skills, equipment, personnel and reputation to conduct a particular type of activity.

Obviously, a license for scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals involves working with them, but categorically excludes precious, toxic or radioactive metals.

This is partly the meaning of state licensing, which limits the activities of the subject to a very specific framework.

By purchasing a license, a legal entity or entrepreneur receives the right, confirmed by authorized structures, to procure, store, process and sell scrap metal at its own discretion - without additional approval of individual transactions.

As for the mandatory requirements for a potential licensee, they only include the presence of a site where scrap will be collected and processed, as well as workers who have completed safety courses when working with scrap metal and are provided with the necessary specific clothing and tools.

At the same time, the location of the site is not specified: since the license is issued on the basis of federal legislation, work can be carried out throughout the Russian Federation (including in Moscow and other large cities).

A license for scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals is issued to an individual entrepreneur or enterprise for an indefinite period and, therefore, once. However, obtaining it is mandatory for everyone who decides to connect their business with scrap metal. Including intermediaries in commercial transactions with it, who sometimes do not even actually touch it.

Joint Stock Company “Financial-Legal” is ready to assist in obtaining a license for ferrous and non-ferrous metals in several largest regions of the country at once: in Moscow and the Moscow region; in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region; in Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk region; in Krasnodar and the Krasnodar region, etc.

Why do you need a scrap metal license?

A document confirming the right of a business entity to work with scrap metal legally is necessary, if only because work without it is followed by almost inevitable sanctions.

Even a small but unauthorized transaction in which this material appears is punishable by a fine of up to 400 thousand rubles and possible confiscation of the goods.

Therefore, in order to avoid problems with the law, it is much wiser to pay the state once by obtaining an official license.

It indicates the rights of the licensee delegated by the federal government to:

reception and procurement of recyclable metal materials;
its storage and processing (cutting, pressing, grinding, etc.);
transportation of scrap metal using our own transport;
trade in it (except for export operations).

That is, after receiving a license, the state no longer has any claims against its holder during “cold” work with metals.

What types of scrap metal licenses are there?

At the moment they are divided into only three types:

for ferrous metal – 280* thousand rubles;
for non-ferrous metal – 280* thousand rubles
mixed - for ferrous and non-ferrous metal at the same time - 360* thousand rubles.

*Note: the price is indicated without paying state duty.

It was mentioned above that a separate license is required to work with precious, “heavy” and other metals.

How to obtain a license for scrap metal?

The requirements, which are common to all applicants, are conditionally divided into three areas.

The first of these is the mandatory requirements for the site:

a site located in an industrial zone must have an exclusively intended use (not combined with the procurement, storage and processing of scrap and metal waste from other activities);
it must have a hard (asphalt, concrete, asphalt concrete) surface;
the area of the site must be at least 200 m²;
the site must be registered (ownership or long-term lease) directly to the licensee, but not to third parties.

The second area is the minimum requirements for the qualifications of specialists and staffing. The applicant must have officially hired:

inspector of scrap and metal waste of 2nd and higher category;
1st category press operator (at least at one of the facilities located on the territory of the Russian Federation);
a trained person responsible for the continuous implementation of radiation monitoring of raw materials;
a similar competent specialist in testing scrap metal for explosion safety.

The third group of requirements is for special equipment. The starter kit for the future holder of a license for scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals consists of:

press or press shears, installations for crushing and sorting scrap);
measuring devices - scales, etc., the accuracy of which is confirmed by a valid state verification certificate;
laboratories to determine the chemical composition of accepted scrap;
dosimeter (not household).

Who issues licenses for ferrous and non-ferrous metals?

The licensing authority in this case is the authorized executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

It is noteworthy that in different regions they have different names and often belong to different departments.

For example, in the capital this is done by the Department of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Moscow and the Ministry of Consumer Market and Services of the Moscow Region, and in St. Petersburg by the Committee for the Development of Entrepreneurship and the Consumer Market and the Department of State Licensing and Control of State Orders of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activities under the Government Leningrad region.

Moreover, the license issued by them to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs is valid not only in the region, but within the borders of the entire country - without exception.

Legal regulation of licensing

The conditions and procedure for issuing licenses for scrap metal are regulated by many legal acts:

Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated May 4, 2011 N 99-FZ “On licensing of certain types of activities”;

Ethyl alcohol for production purposes or sale of alcoholic beverages

And to prevent the loaders from drinking alcohol, the station manager ordered to write “C2 H5 OH” on the tank instead of the word “Alcohol.” In the morning he comes - the tank is empty. He said to the loaders: “Where is the alcohol?” - Well, we look - “OH” is written on the tank. We tried it - that's it!

If you use more than 200 deciliters of ethyl alcohol per year in the production of goods or sell alcohol-containing products, then you need to report under Federal Law 171 “On state regulation of the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products and on limiting the consumption (drinking) of alcoholic products” and submit the appropriate declarations.

Since 2022, by Order No. 396 of December 17, 2020, FSRAR has approved new reporting forms for participants in the alcohol market , including organizations and individual entrepreneurs selling alcohol-containing drinks at retail ─ instead of form 11, now form 7, and form 12 replaced by form 8.

Form 7 - Format for submitting a declaration on the volume of retail sales of alcoholic (except for beer and beer drinks, cider, poire and mead) and alcohol-containing products. Approved by Order of Rosalkogolregulirovanie dated December 17, 2020 No. 396.

Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs selling beer and beer drinks, cider, poire, mead. Sellers of these alcoholic beverages must fill out Form 8.

Declarants must submit alcohol reports quarterly. The deadline is until the 20th day of the month following the reporting quarter.

Who submits an alcohol declaration?

The declaration for strong alcohol is submitted by:

Catering organizations;
Stores located in rural areas without Internet access.

When filling out an alcohol declaration yourself, without using electronic forms and templates, it is very easy to make a mistake or lose important information. A good solution would be to connect to electronic reporting.
Astral Report 5.0 allows you to prepare reports to Rosalkogolregulirovanie and check them for errors before sending them.

Obtaining a license for activities related to precious metals and precious stones

Resolving any legal issue is the domain of real professionals. Therefore, believe me, timely and qualified legal assistance is always in place.

Moreover, it is she who will save your time and money, and will also warn you against taking the wrong and more costly step.

And it doesn’t matter at all what problem you turn to a lawyer for, bankruptcy or obtaining a license for activities related to precious metals and precious stones, you will be 100% sure that you did everything right.

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for licensing activities related to precious metals and precious stones.

What is included in the concept of licensed activity?

“Licensed activities”, which in turn are related to precious metals and precious stones, include the following types of work:

use of precious stones and metals in production;
processing of precious stones;
storage of precious metals and stones;
production of products from precious metals and stones;
restoration of products made of precious metals and stones;
wholesale and retail trade;
acceptance of precious stones and metals from the population under a commission agreement;
purchase of precious metals and stones in scrap, as well as in products;
accepting precious metals and stones as collateral;
collection and processing of scrap and waste of precious metals and stones that come from legal entities.

According to the decree “On licensing of certain types of activities”, a license is not required to perform the following work:

to perform work with precious stones unsuitable for the manufacture of jewelry and other household products, which must be recognized in the manner prescribed by law;
use in the production of precious metals and stones for medical purposes, as well as for the purpose of carrying out scientific research work;
use in the production of silver, gold leaf, solders, diamonds in tools;
repair of jewelry and other items made of precious stones and metals that belong to the person or organization performing the repair;
wholesale trade in commercial products made from base metals, as well as the sale of precious metals and stones that were purchased for own production or consumption;
acceptance of collateral made of precious metals and stones without transfer of collateral;
retail trade by religious organizations in religious items made of precious stones and metals;
processing of scrap and waste of non-ferrous metals and stones for the purpose of using them in our own production;
implementation by banks of various operations with coins made of precious metals;
restoration by state museums of objects that consist of precious metals and stones;
supply of precious stones and metals to the State Fund;
collection of scrap and waste that contains precious metals.

Licensing requirements for working with precious metals and stones

The following requirements are imposed on the license applicant:

availability of a legal place to perform work;
creation of special conditions to ensure the safety of precious materials, as well as a system for their accounting;
the legal availability of gemological equipment for the diagnosis of precious stones;
the presence of at least one employee who has professional training.

A special licensing requirement is to carry out activities in places where work is performed that are specified in the license. Exception to this rule:

retail and wholesale trade in precious stones and metals at fairs;
collection of scrap and waste that contains precious stones and metals using mobile collection points.

Documents for obtaining a license to work with precious stones and metals

To obtain a license for activities related to precious stones and precious metals, the applicant provides the following documents:

statement;
receipt of payment of state duty;
appropriate confirmation of the legal status of the foreign organization.

The applicant must also provide the following documents:

copies of documents that would confirm the legal existence of premises for work;
documents that confirm the possibility of carrying out licensed activities;
security conclusion, which confirms the compliance of the work site with the licensed activity;
copies of work books or other documents that would confirm the qualifications of employees;
list of gemological equipment for diagnostics of precious stones.

In addition to all this, in order to obtain this license, the applicant indicates in the application the following features of his activities:

performance of work or provision of services with precious stones and precious metals (certain types);
production of products from precious metals and stones according to individual orders;
repair of products made of precious stones and metals with acceptance of products for a period of more than one working day or urgent repairs in the presence of the customer;
storage of precious metals and stones, as well as products made from them, which are part of the Museum Fund of the Republic of Belarus.

License violations

Gross violations of the decree “On licensing of certain types of activities” will be:

performing types of work that are not specified in the license;
issuing to the customer custom-made jewelry without the obligatory stamp;
carrying out licensed activities outside the work sites specified in the license.

Thus, an applicant for a license for activities related to precious metals and precious stones should remember:

for some types of work related to precious metals and precious stones, a license is not required;
licensed activities must be carried out only in places specified in the license. There are two exceptions to this rule: trading at fairs and collecting scrap and waste using mobile units;
you should perform only those types of work that are specified in the license;
A lawyer knows about other features of obtaining a license for activities related to precious metals and precious stones.

Our service is an excellent intermediary in finding real professionals in various fields of jurisprudence; they can both register an LLC and help the applicant obtain a license for activities related to precious stones and metals.

By contacting us, you will be sure that the problem you have stated will be completely resolved in the shortest possible time. We are confident in this, because before starting work we tested absolutely all the experts and were personally convinced that each of them had the necessary knowledge and experience.

They are not so easily baffled; our specialists were faced with not such tasks. Full and qualified legal assistance can be obtained by filling out the feedback form.

Our administrators will select a specialist for you personally, whose knowledge and qualifications will contribute to the best solution to the task assigned to him.

Environmental reporting

Is your organization engaged in production, a large amount of waste accumulates in the backyard, and not the most environmentally friendly impurities are released into the atmosphere? Get ready to answer to the environment. Reporting, of course.

The new form 2-TP (waste) came into force with the 2020 report. It must be provided by the following persons:

business entities operating in the field of industrial and consumer waste management;
regional operators for the management of municipal solid waste (hereinafter referred to as MSW);
MSW management operators.

Statistical reporting on atmospheric air protection - form 2-TP (air) is submitted to Rosprirodnadzor before January 22 of the year following the reporting year.

All reports are submitted to Rosprirodnadzor electronically.

Well, who should remember when to report for air or water? Well, of course, an accountant, although in large enterprises this function is performed by ecologists.

Jewelry license: trade, sale

wholesale and retail trade, cutting and production of jewelry and precious stones;
pawnshop activities and storage of all types of jewelry;
production and sale of medals, awards and coins.

If an organization has the goal of carrying out activities related to jewelry, then it must necessarily go through a certain procedure, consisting of the following stages:

Prepare the necessary package of documents;
Send this package to the state Assay Supervision Inspectorate in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation where it plans to operate;
Receive notification of registration.

It should be noted that the license to trade jewelry or the period for registration with specialized registration is 5 years, after which it is necessary to apply again to the specified government body to extend this period.

When is it not necessary to register with the Assay Office?

There are a number of works related to precious stones and metals, which, however, do not require registration with the Assay Office. These types of activities include:

mining of precious metals and stones;
use of precious metals and stones in medicine;
using tools that contain precious metals or natural diamond elements.

If you are not sure whether you need to obtain a jewelry license, call 7 (812) 6666-808, a lawyer will tell you whether your work is included in the list of licensed activities.

Along with a jewelry license, you may need a subsoil use license.

What documents are needed for the Assay Office?

For an organization associated with precious metals, a license for jewelry activities is extremely important and therefore the organization needs to collect the correct package of documents for the assay office, which includes:

constituent documents of the organization, on registration of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur, charter, if there is a constituent agreement or other decision on the creation of a legal entity, this list also includes an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, notices of tax registration, a decision on the appointment of the sole executive body of the organization
title documents for the premises where jewelry activities will be carried out (lease agreement, purchase and sale agreement for premises)
special accounting card
application for registration with the Assay Office

How to obtain a license to open a jewelry store

If a company plans to work with precious metals and stones, a number of conditions must be met:

Requirements are put forward for the premises where precious stones and metals are processed, produced and sold: a cash register is required (if the company is engaged in trade), an iron door and an alarm system. The licensing authority will ask for documentation and inspection reports for the alarm system.
If a company is engaged in processing precious metals and stones, it will require employees with special education. Certificates confirming the education of personnel will also be required to be submitted to the licensing authority.

To legally run a jewelry business, a license is required. It is issued by the Russian State Assay Office.

The following are subject to licensing:

trade in jewelry and precious stones;
pawnshop activities;
jewelry production;
storage and sale of precious metals;
cutting of precious stones.

Supervisory authorities can check at any time the presence of:

an iron door where jewelry is stored;
cash register;
alarms

To increase security, it is recommended to purchase a safe, preferably built-in and fireproof.

When the safe is located in the wall, then to break into it you will first need to remove it, which is not possible under conditions of an alarm.

If you have lost your keys and need to open the vault yourself (this also happens), then now there are companies that specialize directly in such types of work (Website of the organization for opening locks “prof-key”).

extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities / Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (issued no later than 30 days ago);
TIN and OGRN certificates;
statistics assignment codes;
documents confirming the ownership of the premises or a lease agreement;
passport and contact details of the manager, as well as the person responsible for financial activities;
if an LLC is opened, it will require the provision of the organization’s charter and protocol on its creation, an order for the appointment of management (not necessary for individual entrepreneurs).

A license may be refused for the following reasons:

not a complete package of documents was provided;
presence of errors in the documentation;
inaccurate information about legal entities, registration address;
due to the lack of suitable premises for the store.

Time limit for consideration of an application by the Assay Office

After receiving the package of documents, the state assay supervision authority checks the documents within 15 days, after which it makes one of the following decisions:

on registration with specialized registration;
about refusal of application, and the grounds for refusal are the provision of an incomplete package of documents, or the provision of false information.

After a positive decision of a government body is made, a legal entity or individual entrepreneur receives a license to work with precious metals, which gives it the right to carry out activities in this area without any violations of the law.

As a result, it should be pointed out that if you have a question: do you need a license to make jewelry?, then in this case, this article contains an affirmative answer.

To obtain this license, it is better to contact the experienced specialists of our Law Office, who will not only help you formulate the correct package of documents, but will also interact with specialists from the government agency until the final decision.

How can Neva Consult legal center help?

Registration with the Assay Office requires the collection of a significant package of documents. Documentation also plays an important role - it is necessary to comply with the conditions of the licensing authority.

Lawyers of the Neva Consult center accompany the client at every stage of the state licensing procedure: we advise, check and collect missing documentation, submit a ready-made package of documents and monitor the consideration of the application by the licensing authority.

To get started, you only need a starter package of documents; our lawyers will do the rest.

License to work with precious metals - Metalist's Handbook

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Rules for obtaining a gold mining license

At the end of July 2022, the Federal Law “On Precious Metals and Precious Stones” underwent changes, according to which gold mining activities can be carried out not only by government organizations, but also by private individuals. There are a number of conditions limiting such activities. First of all, you should take care of obtaining a mining license. Where to go and how to fill out the documents correctly?

Gold mining is based on the procedure for extracting precious rocks from the bowels of the earth, which belong to the state, therefore, to obtain a mining permit, it is advisable to contact Rosnedra.

This Federal body has a representative office in each region, therefore, a trip to the capital to obtain a permit document does not seem advisable.

In some cases (for example, when the right to develop a deposit of special status is issued), the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources is involved in the process.

This government agency conducts auctions and competitions. The largest gold deposit today is Sukhoi Log; the right to gold mining here will cost tens of billions of rubles.

To obtain a license, you should contact Rosnedra

Cases that do not require a license

Purchasing a license is not necessary if an entrepreneur purchases an enterprise with all permits

In a number of situations, it is not necessary to obtain a license and go through a lengthy procedure of competitions and auctions. These include:

An entrepreneur acquires an enterprise with all permits and, if necessary, extends the permit.
An entrepreneur leases a mine or deposit from an organization that has the right to gold mining.

In the first case, when renewing a license, state inspectors re-evaluate the geological information at the field. In the second case, the work is carried out on the basis of the lessor's documents.

How to obtain a license based on a competition/auction

The procedure for obtaining a gold mining permit can be divided into 5 stages:

Independent search and selection of a deposit on the state website "Rosnedra" based on an auction or competitive list.
Filling out an application for participation in an ongoing competition/auction.
Collection and provision of the required package of documents to the party organizing the competition/auction.
Winning a competition/auction.
Obtaining the relevant papers.

For what period is a license issued?

Permits are issued to enterprises and organizations for different periods, which depend on the type of activity being carried out.

In the case of precious metals mining, permission will be given for 20 years. In the case of combining gold mining with geological exploration, the license right is granted for 25 years.

At the same time, the license right for geological exploration will have to be renewed every 5 years.

Individuals receive permission to mine gold for only 5 years. Private owners are limited in their choice of sites, and deposits containing gold reserves of industrial volumes are prohibited for them. In this regard, they most often develop residual dumps after the work of large organizations or not very promising places.

There is one more restriction for free miners: they do not have the right to use a bulldozer at the mine, and they can only extract raw materials with hand tools. Any license comes into force on the day of its registration with a government agency.

Where can you mine precious rocks?

When extracting precious metals, private individuals cannot use mining and geological exploration equipment, resort to blasting, or develop and maintain quarries. For this category, there are also prohibitions regarding mining sites. Where can free miners mine gold raw materials?

In the Magadan region.
In a placer site where the supply of expensive metal does not exceed 10 kg.
On a plot of no more than 0.15 square meters. km.
At a depth of at least 5 m.