Historic
The 70's
- Construction and inauguration of CETEM for DNPM (currently National Minerals Agency).
- Systematic Geological Mapping Project of Brazil, scale 1: 250,000 (DNPM-CPRM agreement).
- Aerogeophysical Surveys (Brazil-Germany agreement).
- Deposit discoveries:
Phosphate - Patos de Minas (MG);
Kaolin - Capim River (PA).
- Construction and inauguration of the Patos de Minas Power Plant (MG).
- Multiannual programme to study Brazilian coal.
- Operation and maintenance of the national hydrometeorological network.
The 80's
- Mining rights of the deposits and Patos de Minas Power Plant (MG) sold to FOSFERTIL.
- Energy Mobilization Program - PME: coal welding in Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
- Deposit discoveries:
Tin - Rio Pitinga (AM);
Nickel - Morro do Engenho and Santa Fe (GO);
Copper - Curaca (BA);
Limestone - Aveiro (PA);
Niobium - Uaupés (AM);
Gold - Ribeira Valley (SP).
- Mining rights of the Pitinga River (AM) cassiterite assigned to the Paranapanema group.
- International contracts with Libya, Somalia, Mozambique, Paraguay and Nicaragua.
- Reduction of basic geology activities.
- Special Gold Project.
- Metallogenetic Maps Project and Mineral Resource Prediction.
- Implementation and maintenance of telemetric networks.
- Water quality network monitoring.
- Implementation of the Basic Geological Survey Program of Brazil - PLGB.
- Implementation of the Geological Information System of Brazil - SIGA.
- São José dos Campos peat deposits sold to Companhia Energética de São Paulo - CESP.
- CETEM is detached from CPRM and linked to CNPq.
The 90's
- New goals: search for strategic and social use materials.
- Implementation of the program Territorial Management Information - GATE.
- CPRM becomes a supervised entity of the National Treasury.
- Public tender for admissions.
- By Law n.º 8970 of December 28, 1994, CPRM becames a public company.
- By Decree n.º 1524, of June 20, 1995, is approved its statute with functions of the Geological Survey of Brazil.
- In 1996 CPRM was restructured to fulfill the mission of Geological Service of Brazil.
- Water resources management in river basins.
- Important projects:
Tapajós Mineral Province;
Ecological-Economic Zoning carried out in the border regions of Venezuela, Colombia and Peru;
National Gold Prospecting Program - PNPO;
Mineral Inputs for Agriculture Program - PIMA;
Groundwater Program for the Northeast Region;
Emergency Program of Productive Fronts.
The 2000s - First Decade
- The 31st International Congress of Geology was held in Rio de Janeiro.
- Inaugurated the Oil Exploration and Production Database - BDEP.
- GeoSGB was launched, encompassing databases, information and products.
- The mining rights of Sapopema Coal Mine were granted for a private initiative.
- Law n.º 10.848/04: government royalties derived from the production of oil and natural gas, to promote geological knowledge of the Brazilian territory.
- Groundwater Information System - SIAGAS.
- Installation of the National Training Center for Mining Pollution Control - CECOPOMIN.
- National Program for Research in Environmental Geochemistry and Medical Geology - PGAGEM: subsidize public health throughout the national territory.
- Resumption of basic geological mappings.
- Resumption of aerogeophysical surveys.
2000s - Second Decade
- Company restructuring.
- Strategic planning focused on corporate governance.
- Letter of intent with Petrobras and ANP to expand geological knowledge of sedimentary basins with the development of P,D&I projects.
- Encouraging innovation and use of new technologies for data collection and dissemination.
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