Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

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Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

Domestic and overseas onshore and seabed geological survey, exploration,
development, and utilization of underground resources, and R&D and
achievements diffusion for corresponding to geological disasters and global
environment changes

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) - provided in order to President, Establishment Date, Location, Contact, Homepage.
President Lee, Pyeong-gu
Establishment Date 1948.09.13
Location KIGAM, 124, Gwahak-ro Yuseong-gu, Daejeon
Contact 042-868-3114
Homepage www.kigam.re.kr

Key Functions

  • To research and develop geological science, building and providing the information based on geological resources, and efficiently utilizing ground and underground space
  • To research and develop exploration, development, utilization, and circulation of mineral resources
  • To perform R&D of securing underground energy resources
  • To perform R&D of responding to earthquake, geological disasters, and changes in the global environment
  • To perform R&D of exploring, developing, and conserving groundwater resources
  • To cooperate, for technical services provision and consignment, technology commercialization, technical policy establishment, other test evaluation, and certification in R&D

Recent achievements

  • Confirming the burial of gas hydrate in the East Sea
  • Independence of 2D / 3D oil and gas exploration technology
  • Building mineral resources portal site regarding resource-rich countries
  • Establishing resources recycling advancement technology
  • Operating the earthquake observation integrated networks such as national seismic data center and KSRS
  • Securing Jeju clean / large capacity groundwater (50,000 m3 / day)
  • Construction of the development / commercialization foundation of marine dissolved lithium extraction technology