Gold panning

Gold panning refers to the exploitation of gold found in the soil.

If you want to pan for gold on state-owned land, you need a gold panning permit issued by Tukes. For gold panning on private land, the landowner’s permission is enough.
Priority for a gold panning permit for state-owned land is given to however first applies for the permit in accordance with the Mining Act.

Applying for a gold panning permit

• Carefully fill in all sections of the gold panning permit application
• Send the application, accompanied by any necessary appendices, to [email protected] or by post to Tukes’s Rovaniemi office.

If a gold panning permit application is fundamentally flawed, an application filled in by another applicant in accordance with the Mining Act may be given priority.

Documents required for a gold panning permit

To apply for a gold panning permit, you need the following documents:

• a gold panning permit application
• a mining waste management plan
• a file containing the boundaries of the area applied for in the national coordinate system
• the applicant’s official certificate or a trade register extract from all applicants.