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According to a senior government official, the Madhya Pradesh government has handed over two reconnaissance permits and has signed an agreement with it to search for diamonds, the report said.

Exploration licences The Policy sets out four types of exploration licence that will be available: (i) Reconnaissance Permit - a one-year permit (with a one-year option for extension) which allows companies to undertake non-exclusive surveys and drill stratigraphic wells, but carries no right to be converted into a petroleum concession or production sharing agreement.

20 that it has been granted a reconnaissance permit in the Aranka district, Cuyuni river area, Guyana.

In September `98, Vanco signed an Exclusive Reconnaissance Permit for the Safi Haute Mer block in deep water offshore Morocco; two months later in November `98 the Vanco Gabon Group was formed.

The government recently authorized a reconnaissance permit for the global diamond mining company Rio Tinto Exploration Company for the conduction of a preliminary survey for diamonds and other precious minerals including gold, copper, lead, zinc, silver, bismuth and cadmium.

On September 2nd, the Moroccan Ministry of Energy awarded ONAREP (Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitations Petrolieres) and Vanco the Safi Haute Mer block under an exclusive reconnaissance permit.

The government recently authorized a reconnaissance permit for the global diamond mining company Rio Tinto Exploration Company for the conduction of a preliminary survey for diamonds and other precious minerals including gold, copper, lead, zinc, silver, bismuth and cadmium.

2, 1998--Gene Van Dyke, president of Vanco Energy Company, is pleased to announce that Vanco Energy Company has signed an Exclusive Reconnaissance Permit with ONAREP, the national oil company of Morocco for the Safi Haute Mer block offshore Morocco.