solana-program-examples/tokens/mint-to/README.md

Minting an SPL Token to a Wallet

This example demonstrates how to mint an SPl Token to a Solana users's wallet.

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• The person requesting the mint must have an associated token account for that mint. We create this token account in the program!
• Steps:
  1. Create an associated token account for the Mint.
  2. Initialize that associated token account.
  3. Mint some amount of the Mint to the new token account.