Ålesund municipality

Mineral resources1

Exploration permits1

Extraction permits0

Mineral resources

Deposit, prospect and province of metals and industrial minerals in Ålesund municipality.

Name NGU's designation for deposit, prospect and province	Raw material Raw material refers to the type of mineral resource. This does not exclude the possibility of multiple mineral resources.	Classification The dataset consists of NGU classifications.	Competing interests The Directorate of Mining has selected a set of competing interests that may afflect the potensial to develop the deposit for production. The selection is not exhaustive and does not indicate the degree of impact of each factor.	Infrastructure DMF has selected infrastructure factors that may be advantageous to develop a deposit for production. The selection is not exhaustive and is based on publicly available information from other authorities.
Sjøholt	Iron-titanium	Regional significance	Nature reserve, Nature conservation Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance Cultural monument, Cultural heritage, Site Ingen reindrift funnet	Kristiansund airport, Kvernberget, Airport, Molde airport, Årø, Sandane airport, Anda, Ålesund airport, Vigra, Ørsta/Volda airport, Hovden European route, County road, Municipal road, Private road, Road Ingen jernbane funnet Distribution network, Power grid infrastructure, Regional network
Sjøholt Municipality: Ålesund County: Møre og Romsdal (In Norwegian only) Forekomsten er tilknyttet amfibolittiske linser i granitoide gneiser, med disseminert og massiv opptreden av vanadiumholdig titanomagnetitt og ilmenitt. Verdikomponentene er i første rekke jern og vanadium, begge bundet i titanholdig magnetitt (titanomagn Read more at NGU Registration type: Deposit Raw material: Iron-titanium Main rock type: (In Norwegian only) Aluminiumsilikatgneis, Granittisk gneis Mineral permits: Released Exploration permit, Approved Exploration permit More about the mineral resource Competing interests Nature conservation Yes Nature reserve, Nature conservation Species of national significance Yes Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance Cultural heritage Yes Cultural monument, Cultural heritage, Site Reindeer husbandry No Infrastructure Road Yes European route, County road, Municipal road, Private road, Road Airport Yes Kristiansund airport, Kvernberget, Airport, Molde airport, Årø, Sandane airport, Anda, Ålesund airport, Vigra, Ørsta/Volda airport, Hovden Railway network No Power grid infrastructure Yes Distribution network, Power grid infrastructure, Regional network

Permits to the minerals owned by the State

Exploration and extraction permits in Ålesund municipality.

Permit holder	Permit name	Type	Status
ELEMENT29 AS	Sjøholt 1	Exploration permit	Approved