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Export Brazil's resource data as JSON
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Country
Brazil
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{
"schema_version": "v1.0.0",
"exported_at": "2026-02-28T09:32:16.259Z",
"country": {
"name": "Brazil",
"iso2": "BR",
"iso3": "BRA",
"region": "South America",
"as_of": "2025-12-30",
"base_currency": "BRL",
"defaults": {
"recovery_factor": 0.75,
"government_take": 0.35,
"discount_rate": 0.1,
"time_horizon_years": 25
}
},
"resources": [
{
"id": "br-iron-ore",
"name": "Iron Ore",
"category": "metal",
"type": "iron_ore",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "World's #2 iron ore exporter after Australia. Vale dominant producer. Carajás highest grade globally. Minas Gerais historic production.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-carajas-iron",
"name": "Carajás Iron Ore Province",
"admin_areas": [
"Pará",
"Minas Gerais"
],
"location": {
"lat": -6,
"lon": -50
},
"grade": {
"value": 66,
"unit": "%Fe",
"notes": "Carajás has world's highest grade iron ore (66% Fe)."
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "Carajás Railway to Ponta da Madeira port. Vale operations.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 3,
"notes": "Brumadinho and Mariana dam disasters increased scrutiny. Amazon proximity concerns."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 34000000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.9,
"notes": "Brazil has ~17% of global iron ore reserves.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Brazilian Mineral Resources",
"publisher": "ANM",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 100,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.9,
"government_take": 0.3,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 3400000000000,
"state_value": 1020000000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-crude-oil",
"name": "Crude Oil",
"category": "energy",
"type": "conventional_oil",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Major offshore pre-salt discoveries made Brazil significant producer. Petrobras dominant. Lula, Búzios, Tupi major fields.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-pre-salt-oil",
"name": "Pre-Salt Oil Fields",
"admin_areas": [
"Rio de Janeiro",
"São Paulo",
"EspÃrito Santo",
"Offshore"
],
"location": {
"lat": -23,
"lon": -42
},
"grade": {
"value": 28,
"unit": "API_gravity",
"notes": "Medium crude. Pre-salt ultra-deepwater."
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "FPSO units. Petrobras and international operators. Major export infrastructure.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 3,
"environmental": 3,
"notes": "Deep water technical challenges. Local content requirements. Political interference in Petrobras."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 15000000000,
"unit": "bbl",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.85,
"notes": "Brazil produces ~3.5M bpd. Pre-salt ~70% of production.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Brazilian Petroleum Reserves",
"publisher": "ANP",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 80,
"unit": "USD/bbl",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.8,
"government_take": 0.45,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 1200000000000,
"state_value": 540000000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-natural-gas",
"name": "Natural Gas",
"category": "energy",
"type": "natural_gas",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Associated gas from pre-salt. Domestic production growing. Bolivia pipeline imports. LNG also imported.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-brazil-gas",
"name": "Brazilian Gas Fields",
"admin_areas": [
"Rio de Janeiro",
"São Paulo",
"Amazonas",
"Bahia"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": false,
"infrastructure_notes": "Pipeline network. Bolivia imports. LNG terminals.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 3,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 15000,
"unit": "bcf",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.8,
"notes": "Growing domestic production. Still import dependent.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Gas Reserves Report",
"publisher": "ANP",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 6000000,
"unit": "USD/bcf",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.85,
"government_take": 0.4,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 90000000000,
"state_value": 36000000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-niobium",
"name": "Niobium",
"category": "metal",
"type": "niobium",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Brazil has 95% of global niobium production. CBMM (Araxá) and CMOC dominant. Critical for steel and superconductors.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-araxa-niobium",
"name": "Araxá Niobium Deposit",
"admin_areas": [
"Minas Gerais",
"Goiás"
],
"location": {
"lat": -19.6,
"lon": -46.9
},
"grade": {
"value": 2.5,
"unit": "%Nb2O5",
"notes": "World's largest niobium deposits."
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "CBMM operations. Integrated ferroniobium production.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 1,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 10000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.9,
"notes": "Nb2O5 content. Brazil has 95% of global niobium reserves.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Niobium Resources",
"publisher": "ANM",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 40000,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.85,
"government_take": 0.3,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 400000000000,
"state_value": 120000000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-bauxite",
"name": "Bauxite",
"category": "metal",
"type": "bauxite",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Large Amazon basin deposits. MRN (Trombetas), Paragominas major mines. Alumina and aluminum production.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-amazon-bauxite",
"name": "Amazon Basin Bauxite",
"admin_areas": [
"Pará",
"Amazonas",
"Maranhão"
],
"location": {
"lat": -2,
"lon": -56
},
"grade": {
"value": 50,
"unit": "%Al2O3",
"notes": null
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "River transport. Alumar refinery. Albras smelter.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 4,
"notes": "Amazon deforestation concerns. Indigenous land issues."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 2700000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.85,
"notes": "Brazil has 4th largest bauxite reserves globally.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Bauxite Resources",
"publisher": "ANM",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 50,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.85,
"government_take": 0.25,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 135000000000,
"state_value": 33750000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-gold",
"name": "Gold",
"category": "metal",
"type": "gold",
"strategic": false,
"notes": "Significant gold production. Pará, Minas Gerais main states. Garimpo (artisanal) mining controversial.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-brazil-gold",
"name": "Brazilian Gold Deposits",
"admin_areas": [
"Pará",
"Minas Gerais",
"Goiás",
"Mato Grosso"
],
"location": {
"lat": -6,
"lon": -55
},
"grade": {
"value": 2,
"unit": "g/t",
"notes": null
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "Industrial and artisanal mining. Kinross, AngloGold Ashanti operations.",
"risk": {
"security": 2,
"regulatory": 3,
"environmental": 4,
"notes": "Illegal garimpo in Amazon. Mercury pollution. Indigenous land conflicts."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 2400,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.75,
"notes": "Brazil produces ~100 tonnes gold annually.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Gold Resources",
"publisher": "ANM",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 64000000,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.8,
"government_take": 0.3,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 153600000000,
"state_value": 46080000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-copper",
"name": "Copper",
"category": "metal",
"type": "copper",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Growing copper production. Salobo and Sossego mines in Carajás. Vale operations.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-carajas-copper",
"name": "Carajás Copper Province",
"admin_areas": [
"Pará"
],
"location": {
"lat": -6.3,
"lon": -50.2
},
"grade": {
"value": 0.8,
"unit": "%Cu",
"notes": null
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "Vale Salobo, Sossego mines. Carajás infrastructure.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 3,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 15000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.8,
"notes": null,
"sources": [
{
"title": "Copper Resources",
"publisher": "ANM",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 8500,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.8,
"government_take": 0.3,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 127500000000,
"state_value": 38250000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-lithium",
"name": "Lithium",
"category": "metal",
"type": "lithium",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Emerging lithium sector. Grota do Cirilo in Minas Gerais. Sigma Lithium development.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-minas-lithium",
"name": "Jequitinhonha Valley Lithium",
"admin_areas": [
"Minas Gerais"
],
"location": {
"lat": -16.5,
"lon": -41.5
},
"grade": {
"value": 1.4,
"unit": "%Li2O",
"notes": null
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "Sigma Lithium Grota do Cirilo. Near port access.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 500000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.75,
"notes": "LCE. Brazil emerging as lithium producer.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Lithium Resources",
"publisher": "ANM",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 15000,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.8,
"government_take": 0.3,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 7500000000,
"state_value": 2250000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-rare-earth-elements",
"name": "Rare Earth Elements",
"category": "metal",
"type": "rare_earth",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Significant REE reserves. Serra Verde project in Goiás. Potential to diversify global supply.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-goias-ree",
"name": "Goiás REE Deposits",
"admin_areas": [
"Goiás",
"Minas Gerais"
],
"location": {
"lat": -14.5,
"lon": -49
},
"dev_status": "exploration",
"export_ready": false,
"infrastructure_notes": "Serra Verde project. Mining Ventures Brasil.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "indicated",
"quantity": {
"value": 22000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "in-place"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.6,
"notes": "REO content. Brazil has 3rd largest REE reserves.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "REE Assessment",
"publisher": "CPRM",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 50000,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.65,
"government_take": 0.3,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 715000000000,
"state_value": 214500000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-timber",
"name": "Timber/Forestry",
"category": "forestry",
"type": "timber",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Amazon rainforest - world's largest. Plantation forestry in south. Deforestation major global concern.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-brazil-forests",
"name": "Brazilian Forest Resources",
"admin_areas": [
"Amazonas",
"Pará",
"Mato Grosso",
"Paraná",
"Santa Catarina"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "Amazon natural forest. Southern plantation forests. Major pulp producers.",
"risk": {
"security": 2,
"regulatory": 4,
"environmental": 5,
"notes": "Amazon deforestation global concern. Illegal logging. ESG pressure on supply chains."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 310000000000,
"unit": "cubic_metre",
"basis": "standing_volume"
},
"as_of": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": 0.7,
"notes": "~500M ha forest. Amazon 60%. Plantation ~8M ha. World's #2 pulp exporter.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Forest Resources",
"publisher": "IBGE",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-soybeans",
"name": "Soybeans",
"category": "agriculture",
"type": "soybeans",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "World's largest soybean exporter. Mato Grosso, Paraná major states. Critical for China food supply.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-brazil-soybeans",
"name": "Brazilian Soybean Belt",
"admin_areas": [
"Mato Grosso",
"Paraná",
"Rio Grande do Sul",
"Goiás"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "Major ports Santos, Paranaguá. Road and rail network.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 4,
"notes": "Amazon and Cerrado expansion concerns. Deforestation pressure."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 160000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "annual_production"
},
"as_of": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": 0.95,
"notes": "Record 160Mt production. World's #1 exporter.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Agricultural Statistics",
"publisher": "IBGE",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-arable-land",
"name": "Arable Land",
"category": "agriculture",
"type": "farmland",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Vast agricultural land. Cerrado expansion. Major beef, soy, coffee, sugar producer.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-brazil-farmland",
"name": "Brazilian Agricultural Land",
"admin_areas": [
"Mato Grosso",
"Goiás",
"Minas Gerais",
"Paraná",
"São Paulo"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": null,
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 4,
"notes": "Cerrado conversion. Amazon deforestation for cattle. Water stress in some areas."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 350000000,
"unit": "hectare",
"basis": "total_farmland"
},
"as_of": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": 0.9,
"notes": "350M ha agricultural land. ~80M ha crops. ~170M ha pasture. Agricultural superpower.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Agricultural Census",
"publisher": "IBGE",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "br-freshwater",
"name": "Freshwater Resources",
"category": "water",
"type": "freshwater",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Brazil has 12% of world's freshwater. Amazon basin dominant. Guarani Aquifer major groundwater.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "br-brazil-freshwater",
"name": "Brazilian Freshwater Systems",
"admin_areas": [
"Amazonas",
"Pará",
"São Paulo",
"Minas Gerais",
"Paraná"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": false,
"infrastructure_notes": null,
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 3,
"notes": "Uneven distribution (80% in Amazon). Southeast water crises. Hydropower dominant."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 8233,
"unit": "km3",
"basis": "renewable"
},
"as_of": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": 0.85,
"notes": "Annual renewable freshwater. World's largest. Hydropower ~65% of electricity.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Water Resources Report",
"publisher": "ANA",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
}
]
}