Colombia ANM Resolution 1006 — Designation of 17 Strategic Minerals

Mechanism

Resolution 1006 is the second update to Colombia's strategic-minerals list (the first was ANM Resolution 180102 of 2012, refreshed by Resolution 0834/2014). It is issued under Law 1753 of 2015 Article 20, which authorises the Mining Authority to designate strategic minerals and to declare Strategic Mining Reserve Areas (AME — Áreas de Reserva Minera Estratégica) over them. Once a mineral is on the strategic list:

• Areas containing it can be withdrawn from the ordinary "first-come,

first-served" concession queue and tendered through special rounds (rondas mineras) with technical and environmental pre-feasibility performed by ANM/SGC up-front.

• Concession titles in AME zones can incorporate enhanced state

participation (royalties, equity, knowledge-transfer obligations) beyond the baseline regalías regime.

• Exploration and licensing receive prioritised technical attention

inside ANM's resource allocation.

The 17-mineral list explicitly broadens Colombia's mining vision beyond its historical coal–gold–nickel emphasis to capture the energy-transition basket (Cu, Ni, Zn, PGEs), agricultural inputs (phosphates), industrial metals (Fe, Mn, Mg, Al, Cr), construction materials (silica sand, limestone, gypsum, generic construction materials), and Colombia's heritage mineral exports (emeralds, gold, metallurgical coal).

Downstream implications

• First Colombia entry in the IPTM register; cornerstone of any future

Colombia mining action (special licensing rounds, AME declarations, Petro-government reform packages will all reference this list).

• Copper inclusion is the most strategically novel: Colombia has known

copper resources at El Roble, Mocoa and Quebradona but production has historically been incidental to gold; designation signals state intent to grow copper output during the 2030s decarbonisation copper cycle.

• PGE designation is forward-looking — Colombia has placer-platinum

production (Chocó) but the inclusion telegraphs ambition to develop hard-rock PGE plays alongside copper-nickel sulphides.

• For inbound investors, the designation is a double-edged signal: it

unlocks special-rounds licensing pathways but also flags that the state may seek enhanced participation terms versus standard concessions.

Open questions

• How aggressively will the Petro administration (or its successor)

declare new AMEs across the 17-mineral list versus letting them remain on the strategic list without zone activation?

• Will the exclusion of lithium from the list be revisited as Colombia

catalogues its salar resources?

• How does this list interact with the parallel "Plan Nacional de

Desarrollo Minero" expected under MinMinas?