The Basic Mining Form, or FBM, is the annual report in which the holder informs the authority of the activity under the title. That information feeds the sector's official statistics. The law requires title holders and mine owners to submit it every year, so a year without production does not exempt them from filing it.
Who submits it and who endorses it
The FBM is a single form per title and per year, adopted by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and it is submitted by the holder or their attorney. The information is endorsed by a geologist, a mining engineer or a geological engineer with a professional licence, and because that professional signs for what the form states, every technical figure must have its supporting record.
Where it is filed
The form is completed and filed in AnnA Minería, the single platform for procedures before the Mining Authority, where according to the authority's guide it has been submitted since July 2020. The previous system, SI.MINERO, remains only for consulting forms already submitted.
Cross-check with royalties and production
A holder in production also reports production in the Production Control system and declares royalties every quarter. They are different reports on the same operation, and because the authority can cross-check them, it is advisable to review them together before filing. The most frequent errors are these:
- Figures that do not match: FBM production does not reconcile with Production Control or with declared royalties.
- Data departing from the PTO: figures stray from what was approved without a technical explanation.
- Forms without endorsement: the document is filed without the signature of the professional the regulation requires.
From the mining file to the filed form
We review the file and what was approved in the PTO, and with that reference we gather the year's information with you and complete the FBM with the professional endorsement the regulation requires. Before filing we cross-check its figures with the declared royalties and with what was reported in Production Control. If forms from previous years are pending, we tell you which ones and how to deal with each.
Legal framework
- Law 685 of 2001, art. 340Annual update of the Mining Information System
- Decree 1073 of 2015, arts. 2.2.5.1.3.14 and 2.2.5.1.3.15 (Decree 1993 of 2002)Adoption of the FBM and the obligation to submit it
- Decree 1073 of 2015, art. 2.2.5.1.2.1, replaced by Decree 2078 of 2019AnnA Minería, the single platform for mining procedures
- Resolution 371 of 2024 of the National Mining Agency, amended by Resolution 3749 of 2025Production reporting in the Production Control system
Regulations reviewed in October 2026. This is general guidance; the decision on each procedure rests with the competent authority.
