Definition: Subsoil assets

Category: ESA 1995

Proven reserves of mineral deposits located on or below the earth’s surface that are economically exploitable, given current technology and relative prices. Ownership rights to the subsoil assets are usually separable from those to the land itself. Subsoil assets consist of coal, oil and natural gas reserves, metallic mineral reserves and non-metallic mineral reserves. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=CA-15-96-001&mode=view