# ERC20Mintable

View Source: [openzeppelin-solidity/contracts/token/ERC20/ERC20Mintable.sol](https://github.com/money-on-chain/main-RBTC-contract/blob/master-gitbook/openzeppelin-solidity/contracts/token/ERC20/ERC20Mintable.sol)

**↗ Extends:** [**ERC20**](https://github.com/money-on-chain/main-RBTC-contract/blob/master-gitbook/docs/abis/ERC20.md)**,** [**MinterRole**](https://github.com/money-on-chain/main-RBTC-contract/blob/master-gitbook/docs/abis/MinterRole.md) **↘ Derived Contracts:** [**OwnerBurnableToken**](/main-rbtc-contract/smart-contracts/abis-documentation/ownerburnabletoken.md)

**ERC20Mintable** - version: 0.1.12

Extension of `ERC20` that adds a set of accounts with the `MinterRole`, which have permission to mint (create) new tokens as they see fit.

* At construction, the deployer of the contract is the only minter.

## Functions

* [mint(address account, uint256 amount)](#mint)

### mint

See `ERC20._mint`. \* Requirements: \* - the caller must have the `MinterRole`.

```js
function mint(address account, uint256 amount) public nonpayable onlyMinter 
returns(bool)
```

**Arguments**

| Name    | Type    | Description |
| ------- | ------- | ----------- |
| account | address |             |
| amount  | uint256 |             |


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