The IGME Strategic Plan contemplates the following as priority lines of action:

• - Geoscientific cartography.

• - Hydrogeology and environmental quality.

• - Mineral resources and environmental impact of mining.

• - Geological risks, active processes and global change.

• - Subsoil geology and geological storage of CO2.

• - Geodiversity, geological-mining heritage and scientific culture.

• - Geoscientific information systems.

The Institute, in collaboration with the Geological Society of Spain, prepares the list of Places of Geological Interest in Spain,[14]​ as a contribution to the project Global Geosites (Places of World Geological Interest"), promoted by the International Union of Geological Sciences, and which serves as the basis for the «Spanish Inventory of Places of Geological Interest")» [15]​[16]​ The list is made up of 3503 points grouped into 20 geological contexts.[17]​.

Since 1988, the IGME has had a drilling library in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba "Province of Córdoba (Spain)") which, as a documentary center, custody, conserves, manages and makes available to the public the cores, gravel and samples of almost 12,000 drillings from all Spanish communities, with more than 207,000 m of continuous cores and two million of debris from hydrogeology and hydrocarbon drillings. The samples come from the Institute's own activity or from companies' transfers, most of them from drillings carried out for hydrogeological studies and prospecting for metallic minerals. It also houses a collection of nearly 40,000 thin sheets "Thin film (geology)") with petrographic samples.[18]​.

• - Geological and Mining Bulletin (1874-present).[19]​ Magazine dedicated to scientific articles in the field of Earth sciences, focused mainly on Europe and Latin America.[20]​ The first series of the publication between 1874 and 1909 was called Bulletin of the Geological Map Commission of Spain and consists of 30 issues,[21]​ later, from 1910 to 1926, Bulletin of the Geological Institute of Spain, from 1927 to 1967 it was called Bulletin of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain and since the end of 1967 it has received its current name.[22][23]​.

• - Spanish Journal of Micropaleontology") (1990-2013).[24]​ Dedicated to micropaleontology work. The journal had previously been published by the Adaro National Mining Research Company"), from 1967 until the Institute took charge of it in 1990.

• - Mining overview") (1981-2011).[25]​ Annual publication with economic and production data on mineral substances in Spain. Since 2002 it has been published in collaboration with the General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines.

The Geological and Mining Institute of Spain has Offices that provide technical-scientific, coordination and assistance support, of a temporary nature and linked to the development of projects in specific areas in the towns of.

• - Annex: Global Geosites of Spain.

• - Annex: Directors of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

• - Headquarters of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

• - United States Geological Survey.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

• - IGME main page.

The IGME Strategic Plan contemplates the following as priority lines of action:

• - Geoscientific cartography.

• - Hydrogeology and environmental quality.

• - Mineral resources and environmental impact of mining.

• - Geological risks, active processes and global change.

• - Subsoil geology and geological storage of CO2.

• - Geodiversity, geological-mining heritage and scientific culture.

• - Geoscientific information systems.

The Institute, in collaboration with the Geological Society of Spain, prepares the list of Places of Geological Interest in Spain,[14]​ as a contribution to the project Global Geosites (Places of World Geological Interest"), promoted by the International Union of Geological Sciences, and which serves as the basis for the «Spanish Inventory of Places of Geological Interest")» [15]​[16]​ The list is made up of 3503 points grouped into 20 geological contexts.[17]​.

Since 1988, the IGME has had a drilling library in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba "Province of Córdoba (Spain)") which, as a documentary center, custody, conserves, manages and makes available to the public the cores, gravel and samples of almost 12,000 drillings from all Spanish communities, with more than 207,000 m of continuous cores and two million of debris from hydrogeology and hydrocarbon drillings. The samples come from the Institute's own activity or from companies' transfers, most of them from drillings carried out for hydrogeological studies and prospecting for metallic minerals. It also houses a collection of nearly 40,000 thin sheets "Thin film (geology)") with petrographic samples.[18]​.

• - Geological and Mining Bulletin (1874-present).[19]​ Magazine dedicated to scientific articles in the field of Earth sciences, focused mainly on Europe and Latin America.[20]​ The first series of the publication between 1874 and 1909 was called Bulletin of the Geological Map Commission of Spain and consists of 30 issues,[21]​ later, from 1910 to 1926, Bulletin of the Geological Institute of Spain, from 1927 to 1967 it was called Bulletin of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain and since the end of 1967 it has received its current name.[22][23]​.

• - Spanish Journal of Micropaleontology") (1990-2013).[24]​ Dedicated to micropaleontology work. The journal had previously been published by the Adaro National Mining Research Company"), from 1967 until the Institute took charge of it in 1990.

• - Mining overview") (1981-2011).[25]​ Annual publication with economic and production data on mineral substances in Spain. Since 2002 it has been published in collaboration with the General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines.

The Geological and Mining Institute of Spain has Offices that provide technical-scientific, coordination and assistance support, of a temporary nature and linked to the development of projects in specific areas in the towns of.

• - Annex: Global Geosites of Spain.

• - Annex: Directors of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

• - Headquarters of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

• - United States Geological Survey.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

• - IGME main page.