Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited ( MECL ) (Formerly Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd.) was established as an autonomous Public Sector Company in October 1972, under the administrative control of Ministry of Mines, Government of India for systematic exploration of minerals, to bridge the gap between the initial discovery of a prospect and its eventual exploitation. MECL has the Mission "to provide high quality, cost effective and time bound geo-scientific services for exploration and exploitation of minerals".

MECL has completed over 1630 projects/reports and established 200317 Million Tonnes of ores/ mineral reserves of minerals like Coal, Lignite, Bauxite, Copper, Gold, Lead-Zinc, Iron Ore, Limestone, Manganese, Magnesite, Chromite, Fluorspar and several other Industrial Minerals since inception ( As on 30th September 2023). It has recently diversified into mining and beneficiation of minerals and sampling & analysis of coal stocks.