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Resolution 1006 of 30 November 2023

Source: International Energy Agency
Last updated: 28 April 2025

By way of Resolution 1006 of 2023, the National Mining Agency (ANM) declared the following groups of minerals (and their associated minerals, derivatives or concentrates) as being of strategic interest for Colombia:

  1. Copper (Cu) 
  2. Nickel (Ni) 
  3. Zinc (Zn) 
  4. Platinum Group Metals [Platinum (Pt), Palladium (Pd), Ruthenium (Ru), Rhodium (Rh), Osmium (Os) and Iridium (Ir)] 
  5. Iron (Fe) 
  6. Manganese (Mn) 
  7. Metallurgical coal
  8. Phosphates [phosphorite or phosphate rock (P2O5 > 20%) and phosphate rock (P2O5 < 20%)] 
  9. Magnesium (Mg) minerals 
  10. Bauxite and other Aluminum minerals
  11. Gold (Au) 
  12. Emeralds 
  13. Construction materials, limited only to sands, gravels and clays.
  14. Siliceous sands, Silicon (Si) 
  15. Limestone 
  16. Gypsum 
  17. Chromium


As per the resolution, the list is to be reviewed and, if necessary, updated within three (3) years. The definition of minerals as strategic responds to guidelines for the mining sector embodied in the National Development Plan 2022-2026 “Colombia World Power of Life” and the guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors of ANM through Agreement No. 01 of 2023. These guidelines are:

  1. Sovereignty of the Colombian State over State-owned mineral resources
  2. Existence of favorable geological environments and prioritization of research
  3. Demand for minerals for the energy transition
  4. Demand for minerals for food security
  5. Demand for minerals for industrial and public infrastructure development
  6. Minerals for self-sufficiency
  7. Minerals to promote associativity


The resolution repeals Resolution 18 0102 issued on January 30, 2012 by the Ministry of Mines and Energy that set out a list of strategic minerals. 

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