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Export of Rocks/Fossils

To fill this section you should be a holder of a Research/ Collecting Permit(s) from Rec. Minerales Dept./ MICI
If this is your second (third, etc.) export permit request, please submit a briefing in Spanish, or any publications or reprint on your research updates. Otherwise, Rec. Minerals will not consider processing your permit(s).
A Rec. Minerales official may want to check the samples collected before authorizing the export permit.

Principal Investigator's Name:
Email:*
Nationality:
Title of Research Project:
STRI Sponsor / Advisor:
Duration of Project:
Specify the quantity in kilos or pounds of the amount of species you will need to export:
Specify the common or scientific name of the species collected:
Provide the name of the laboratory and address where the species will be deposited for laboratory analysis and study :
Date of Request : mm/dd/yyyy
Date of Export : mm/dd/yyyy
Reason for Export :
How will the species be exported :

Fields marked (*) are required

Permit will be processed by STRI/External Affairs Office, Tupper Building 628. Celideth De León, Tel. +507 212.8050, fax +507. 212.8150, E-mail deleonc@si.edu.