MGB Memorandum Guidelines on Offshore Mining / : Guidelines on Offshore Mining For the

Circular No. 005-16 consistent implementation of the provisions on

offshore mining of/ /the Philippine Mining Act of
1995, and its implementing rules and regulations
(IRR), the following/

COMMONWEALTH The Mining Act /shall be "The Mining Act/ /mining does not
ACT NO. 137 include the ownership of, nor the right to extract o
utilize, the minerals which may be/ /private lands
for mining purposes shall be governed by existing
laws, rules and regulations which may be/

Republic Act No. 81 Mining Industry Aid Act / AN ACT TO AID THE MINING INDUSTRY BY
PROVIDING FOR THE WAIVER OF, AND/OR
EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD/ /LOCATORS,
HOLDERS, LESSEES, OR OPERATORS
OF MININGCLAIMS OR CONCESSIONS, AND
OF WATER RIGHTS AND TIMBER
CONCESSIONS CONNECTED WITH
THE MINING INDUSTRY, AND THE
CONDONATION OF MINING, SPECIFIC AND
REAL ESTATE TAXES/

ACT NO. 4243 Tax on Unpatented Mining Claims / AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TAX ON
UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES/ /hereby established on all
unpatented miningclaims. The obligation to pay
this tax shall begin at the expiration of twelve
months after this Act takes effect or the
new mining claim is recorded, and shall cease/

ACT NO. 17 Reorganization of / AN ACT FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF

the MiningBureau THE MINING BUREAU OF THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDSSECTION 1. Until otherwise provided b
law, the employees of the Mining/
/. (c) A mining engineer and assayer, at one
hundred and twenty-five/

DENR Reforms in the / : Reforms in the Department Mining Tenement

MEMORANDUM Department MiningTenement System/ /. Expediting the Grant
ORDER NO. 04-10 System of MiningContracts and Permits/ /of Area Status
and Clearance for Mining Applications/

Letter of Instructions Lifting of Ban on Sulphur Mining /sulphur deposits in the country which had been
No. 1473 closed to mining location by virtue of Letter of
Instructions No. 464 dated September 23, 1967,
said ban on sulphur mining is hereby LIFTED/
/Henceforth, all holders of mining leases and
permits shall be allowed to resume operation; and
that/
Letter of Instructions Investigation of Reported
No. 922 Illegal Mining Activities
Republic Act No. Philippine Mining Act of 1995
7942
DENR Administrative People's Small-Scale Mining Act
Order No. 003-15 of 1991
Letter of Instructions Transfer of Tax Exemption
No. 1447 Privileges of
Marinduque Mining & Industrial
Corp. to the Nonoc Mining &
Industrial Corp.
Presidential Decree Heavier Minimum Penalty for
No. 581 Highgrading or Theft of Gold
from MiningClaim or MiningCamp
REPUBLIC ACT NO. Amendment to C.A. No. 137
4388 (Mining Act)
Republic Act No. People's Small-scale Mining Act
7076 of 1991
/ In view of existence of rampant and continuous
illegal mining activities committed all over the/ /th
area subject of the report of illegal miningactivitie
pursuant to existing mining laws and/
/complaints/information for illegal miningactivities
based on the preliminary investigation conducted
by the/
/. Title. — This Act shall be known as the
Philippine Mining Act of 1995/ /undertaken to
explore and prepare an ore body or a mineral
deposit for mining, including the construction of/
/. (p) "Existing mining/quarrying right/
/"People's Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991/
/People's Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991 and/
/Mining Sector, Providing Policies and Guidelines
to Ensure Environmental Protection and
Responsible/
/ WHEREAS, the mortgaged assets of
Marinduque Mining & Industrial Corporation
(MMIC) were jointly/ /rights over, the foreclosed
nickel mining refinery plant located at Nonoc
Island, Surigao del Norte, to Nonoc Mining and
Industrial Corporation which was organized by
these banks to hold and operate the said/
/ PRESCRIBING A HEAVIER MINIMUM
PENALTY FOR HIGHGRADING OR THEFT OF
GOLD FROM A MINING CLAIM OR MINING/
/ WHEREAS, "highgrading" or the theft of gold
has become rampant in the mining areas where
gold is/ /;WHEREAS, gold mining is one of the
industries that the Government encourages
because of the role that gold/
/-ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE MINING ACT, AS/ /themselves
or for other persons, associations, corporations, o
other entities qualified to locate mining/ /shall be
duly acknowledged and shall be recorded in the
office of the mining recorder concerned on or/
/ AN ACT CREATING A PEOPLE'S SMALL-
SCALE MINING PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES/ /. Title. — This Act shall be known
as the "People's Small-scale Mining Act of 1991/
/State to promote, develop, protect and rationaliz
viable small-scale mining activities in order to/
Presidential Decree Continuity of MiningOperations
No. 1100 Over Conflicting Areas
REPUBLIC ACT NO. MiningEngineering Law of the
4274 Philippines
Republic Act No. 746 Amendments to C.A. No. 137
(Mining Act)
DENR Memorandum Guidelines in the Determination of
Order No. 10-99 Qualified Person
for MiningApplications
and MiningRights
CDA Memorandum Guidelines for the Registration of
Circular No. 014-12 Small-Scale MiningCooperative
Executive Order No. National Policy Agenda on
270 Revitalizing Mining in the
Philippines
/ INSURING THE CONTINUITY
OF MININGOPERATIONS OVER CONFLICTING
AREAS AND DEPOSITING THE PROFITS,
SHARES OR/ /WHEREAS, the existence
of mining conflicts has not only resulted in the
delay of miningoperations but has/
/; WHEREAS, mining conflicts should not be
deterrents to the continuity of mining operations i
the interest/
/ AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE
OF MININGENGINEERING, TO PROVIDE FOR
LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF/ /the
"Mining Engineering Law of the Philippines/ /. —
Within thirty days after the approval of this Act,
there shall be created a Board of Examiners
for Mining/
/, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MINING ACT/
/twenty-eight of Commonwealth Act Numbered
One hundred thirty-seven, known as
the MiningAct, is hereby/ /been proclaimed closed
to mininglocations, and in reservations
established for other purposes, except/
/ : Guidelines in the Determination of Qualified
Person for Mining Applications and Mining Rights
/Philippine Mining Act of 1995 (the "Act) and
Department Administrative Order No. 96-40
known as the/ /the determination of a Qualified
Person with respect to Mining Applications and
the grant of Mining/
/ : Guidelines for the Registration of Small-
Scale Mining Cooperative/ /for the Registration of
Small-Scale Mining Cooperatives/ /"Guidelines fo
the Registration of Small-
Scale MiningCooperative/
/ NATIONAL POLICY AGENDA ON
REVITALIZING MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES/
/Philippine MiningAct of 1995 (Mining Act),
provides that it shall be the responsibility of the
State to/ /) provides that mining, minerals and
metals are important to the economic and social
development of many/