The Council of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice President, eight Councillors, the immediate past president, a treasurer, and a secretary.

The treasurer and secretary shall be appointed by the Council, and may be non-elected officers or selected from the elected Council. The Council shall formally make such appointments at least once in every two-year period. One and the same person may temporarily hold both of these offices, at the discretion of the Council. Non-elected officers shall have the same rights and privileges as any elected officer, except that they shall not have the right to vote at meetings of Council. They shall act under the discretion and control of the Council, by which their duties shall, from time to time, be defined.

Of the eight Councillors, two shall represent metalliferous, coal or mineral mining, or extraction, at least one shall represent quarrying, and at least one shall represent geological sections of the natural resources and extractive industries of Ireland.

The elected Council shall have the right to co-opt a maximum of two additional persons onto Council to assist it with its work. Persons so co-opted shall have the same rights and privileges as any elected Councillors, except that they shall not have the right to vote at meetings of Council. They shall act under the discretion and control of the Council, by which their duties shall, from time to time, be defined. They shall be nominated, proposed and seconded by elected members of Council and receive the approval of two thirds of the Councillors present at the appropriate Council meeting. The term of office of persons so co-opted shall cease at the next Annual General Meeting.