en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 2, 2026, Russia introduced new regulations allowing subsoil users to use the results of state reserve evaluations approved before July 1, 2004, when preparing technical development plans (TDR) for solid mineral deposits, with a four-year transition period established.

Mikhail Ignatov, General Director of the limited liability company research and design institute "MarGeo", stated that many deposits still use reserves approved decades ago. Some objects have not undergone reserve re-evaluation, and the results of the State Commission on Mineral Reserves (GKZ) were approved before the reform of subsoil legislation in the early 2000s. The regulatory authority has effectively provided the industry with a four-year transition period to handle old reserves without the need to rush into new state reserve evaluations solely for preparing TDRs.

The new rules require that TDRs be prepared based on reserves registered in the state balance of mineral reserves and in accordance with the conclusions of the state reserve evaluation. The rules specify the structure, composition, and content (including cartographic materials) of the technical documents. Design documents should comprehensively present the subsoil user's production facilities, extraction and primary processing technological processes, mine workings, warehouses, rock storage and waste disposal facilities for subsoil resource utilization, as well as the technical means and resources of the mining enterprise. When preparing the plan, technical and technological parameters consistent with the conclusions of the state reserve evaluation, as well as other conclusions and recommendations, must be considered.

The rules came into effect on March 1, 2026, and the transition period will last until March 1, 2030. If the development object is part of a subsoil block or several parts of adjacent blocks, the design documents must include a deposit development strategy. The new rules are valid until 2032.

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