The Regional Government admits the Jola graphite research permit in Valencia de Alcántara for processing

The Industrial, Energy, and Mining Planning Service of the General Directorate of Industry, Energy, and Mines of the Junta de Extremadura has definitively admitted the application for a research permit for Section C resources—specifically graphite—in the municipality of Valencia de Alcántara (Cáceres). The announcement, dated October 30, 2026, is published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura no. 215, of November 9, 2026, under official reference 2026081896, and opens a dual public information period affecting residents, owners, and environmental groups in the area.

The promoter is the company Extremadura Delicatessen, SL, with NIF B10306223 and address at Don Pedro Rodríguez Street, no. 2, 1st D, in the town of Valencia de Alcántara. The application is processed under the Mining Law and the General Regulation for the Mining Regime of August 25, 1978, whose article 70.2 requires the publication of the process so that any natural or legal person may examine the procedure and interested parties may appear in the file.

The requested perimeter and its coordinates

The permit is identified by number 10C10347-00 and the name “Jola”, and comprises 18 mining grids in the municipality of Valencia de Alcántara. The requested perimeter, designated in the SRG ETRS89 reference system, is delimited by ten vertices with the following coordinates:

• Vertex 1 (starting point): 7º 15’ 00" West, 39º 18’ 20" North.
• Vertices 2 and 3: 7º 13’ 20" West, 39º 18’ 20" and 39º 18’ 00" North.
• Vertices 4 and 5: 7º 13’ 00" West, 39º 18’ 00" and 39º 17’ 00" North.
• Vertex 6: 7º 14’ 00" West, 39º 17’ 00" North.
• Vertices 7 and 8: 7º 14’ 00" and 7º 14’ 20" West, 39º 17’ 20" North.
• Vertices 9 and 10: 7º 14’ 20" and 7º 15’ 00" West, 39º 17’ 40" North.

The location map of the application can be consulted on the official page of the Geological Mining Information System of Extremadura (sigeo.juntaex.es), in its Public Information Section.

Two deadlines for allegations and project consultation

The announcement provides for the opening of a public information period of fifteen business days so that any person may examine the procedure and submit allegations. Simultaneously, and to comply with article 6 of Royal Decree 975/2009, of June 12, on waste management from extractive industries, it is communicated that the restoration plan of the project may be examined for thirty business days. Both periods are calculated from the day following the publication of the announcement.

The documentation —the project and the restoration plan— is available at the Industrial, Energy and Mining Planning Service, at Clara Campoamor Avenue, no. 2, Múltiples Building, 3rd floor, Cáceres, from 09:00 to 14:00 hours, Monday to Friday, and also on the geological-mining system website. Observations and allegations may be submitted through any of the means permitted by Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations. Additionally, an edict will be sent for posting on the notice board of the affected town hall.

Mandatory reports and favorable proposal

In accordance with Article 5 of Royal Decree 975/2009, reports will be requested from the General Directorate of Sustainable Management and Forestry Policy, the General Directorate of Cultural and Documentary Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, the Tagus Hydrographic Confederation, and the affected Town Hall.

The Industrial, Energy and Mining Planning Service, in view of the documentation provided by the interested party, proposes a favorable resolution to the presented restoration plan. This proposal is subject to the allegations submitted during the public information period and to the reports or conditions of the consulted bodies; the body competent to resolve the administrative authorization of the restoration plan is this same service. The announcement is signed by the head of service, Juan Francisco Lemus Prieto.

The processing opens for the first time a formal channel of participation for the residents of Valencia de Alcántara, a border municipality very attentive to the mining uses within its territory, and for conservationist groups, who may challenge or place conditions on both the research project and the restoration plan before the authorization is resolved.

Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura, no. 215, November 9, 2026, section IV (Announcements) (official reference: 2026081896).