The activity of this department of EVE takes place along four differentiated lines:
- Creation and maintenance of a documentary infrastructure on the geology and mining resources of the Basque Country.
- Geological and mining maps.
- Databases of potential resources in the mineral, metal and industrial sectors.
- Databases of geological and mining exploratory surveys.
- Research into mineral resources in the Basque Country.
- Provision of consultancy and consultation services in the geology/mining field.
- Risk studies associated with old mining infrastructures.
- Plans for the mining sector.
- Valorising the geological and mining heritage.
- Supporting the management of companies participated in by EVE.