PAN EUROPEAN RESERVES AND RESOURCES REPORTING COMMITTEE

Their core work

PERC is the pan-European professional body responsible for setting and maintaining standards for how mineral reserves and resources are classified and reported — the European equivalent of Australia's JORC Code or the SEC reporting rules in the United States. They define the technical language and methodology that mining companies, regulators, and investors use to describe what's actually in the ground. In H2020, they contributed this expert standardization knowledge to policy-oriented research on Europe's raw materials landscape, specifically helping frame how mineral deposits should be categorized at the European level and how Europe can coordinate with international partners on raw materials governance. Their value is not in lab research but in institutional knowledge: they know how the industry measures, reports, and communicates mineral assets across borders.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects date from 2015, so there is no meaningful timeline evolution to analyse — PERC's H2020 footprint is a single-period snapshot rather than a progression. The available keywords all come from INTRAW and cluster around raw materials governance, international cooperation, and knowledge exchange, which aligns squarely with PERC's core institutional mandate rather than representing any shift. Without post-2018 H2020 activity, it is impossible to say whether their focus broadened, narrowed, or moved on — the data simply does not cover a second period.

With no projects beyond 2018 in the H2020 record, any directional trend is speculative — but their dual focus on deposit classification (MINATURA) and international standards alignment (INTRAW) suggests they are a natural partner for Critical Raw Materials Act implementation work or any initiative needing a recognised European reporting standards body.

How they like to work

PERC has never led an H2020 project — both participations were as a consortium partner, consistent with a standards body that contributes expert input rather than managing research programmes. Despite a small funding footprint (EUR 134K total), they operated inside very large consortia: 61 unique partners across 29 countries for just two projects, indicating they join broad, policy-oriented coalitions rather than tight technical teams. Working with PERC means accessing an authoritative voice on reporting standards, but they are unlikely to anchor or coordinate a project themselves.

PERC has reached 61 distinct consortium partners across 29 countries from only two projects, reflecting the pan-European and internationally connected nature of CSA-type raw materials initiatives. Their network spans the full EU and likely extends to major mining nations given INTRAW's international cooperation mandate.

What sets them apart

PERC is the only pan-European body with an explicit mandate to harmonise mineral reserves and resources reporting standards across Europe, making them a singular institutional partner for any project that needs credibility with the mining industry, national geological surveys, or EU raw materials policy. No university or research institute can substitute for this role — PERC brings recognised industry authority, not just academic knowledge. For consortia addressing Critical Raw Materials, supply chain resilience, or minerals governance, PERC's endorsement and participation signals policy relevance to reviewers and funders.

Highlights from their portfolio

• INTRAW
  The larger of the two projects by funding (EUR 80,275), INTRAW connected European raw materials research with international partners and produced PERC's clearest demonstration of their bridging role between industry, research, and global standards bodies.
• MINATURA 2020
  Directly addressed the creation of a European minerals deposit framework — the kind of classification infrastructure that PERC's reporting standards are built to support — placing PERC at the core of EU minerals policy design.