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Structure
Primary Agency responsible for :
• RESERVATION
• MANAGEMENT
• DEVELOPMENT
• PROPER USAGE
Assistant
Director
Secretary
To have in the administration
and disposition of mineral lands and mineral
resources;
To vested by
the Act and is provided for in these
implementing rules and regulations.
• The Director may delegate such authority and
other powers and functions to the Regional
Director.
NOTE:
Any conflict that may arise under this
provision shall be heard and resolved by the
panel of arbitrators.
Areas closed to mining operations (Sec 19, RA
7942)
4.
In areas expressly prohibited by law
5.
In areas covered by small-scale miners as
defined by law; and
NOTE:
No ancestral land shall be opened for
mining operations without the prior consent of
the indigenous cultural community concerned
(Sec 16, RA 7942).
EXPLORATION
PERMIT
An exploration permit grants the right to
conduct exploration for all minerals in
specified areas.
Does not amount to an authorization to
extract and carry off the mineral resources
that may be discovered.
It involves nothing but expenditures for
exploring the contract area and locating the
mineral bodies.
Authorization for the grantee to spend its own
funds on exploration programs that are pre-
approved by the government.
NOTE:
Declaration of Mining Project Feasibility
To a qualified person;
• Right to Enter
• Right to Occupy
• Right to Explore the Area
• The permittee shall undertake an exploration
work on the area as specified by its permit
based on an approved work program.
Registration of exploration permit
EVALUATION Subject area has
- All terms and conditions been cleared
- All pertinent requirements from any conflict
PENDING APPROVAL
- 5 months after date of filing
- Submission of an affidavit attesting to
the full compliance
- Deemed approved by the Director