As a partner of GSEU, the Ukrainian Association of Geologists within the framework of the tasks of Work Package 8 disseminates information regarding some published news and scientific articles in Ukraine on the main thematic areas of the project.
The article proposes the use of the project as a basic object of geological and economic assessment. Definitions of projects in various areas of economic activity in domestic and international classification systems are analyzed. According to individual cases of using one or more subsoil resources, the following can be distinguished: mining or exploration project, geothermal project, hydrogen project and complicated subsoil use project. The proposed definition of the project as a complex of processes related to the study or development of at least one of the subsoil resources, which ensures economic, environmental and social viability within the estimated period (life cycle). Depending on the stage of implementation, the project includes the amount of the resource with which the project is connected, the available assets and the main means for ensuring production activity.