Philippine Mining Laws and 
Policies
For the past laws and polices on Philippine mineral
resources, click summary_past_mining_laws.doc
Below is a list of the current mining laws and policies.
I. MINING ACT OF 1995
II. REVISED IRR OF MINING ACT OF 1995
III. AMENDMENTS TO REVISED IRR OF MINING ACT
OF 1995
1. DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO 97-06
Prescribing A Uniform Rate For Area Clearance Fees Of
DENR Sectors Other Than The Mines And Geosciences
Bureau For Mining Rights Applications
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO 97-07
Authorizing The Director Of Mines And Geosciences
Bureau To Operationalize The Interim organizational
Units
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-10
Standard Costs and Fees For Various Services of the
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-11
Providing A Line Organization Of The Mines And
Geosciences Bureau And For Other Purposes
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97 – 30
Small-Scale Mine Safety Rules And Regulations
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-38
Chemical Control Order For Mercury And Mercury
Compounds
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-39
Chemical Control Order For Cyanide And Cyanide
Compounds
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 98-67
Guidelines For The Identification, Declaration And
Award Of Areas Suitable For Salt Production Section I.
Statement of Policy
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-03
Guidelines Governing the Utilization and Disposition of
the Sand and Lahar Materials in the Areas Declared as
Mineral Reservation Established Under Proclamation
No. 66 and Other Lahar-Affected Areas in the Provinces
of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-07
Amendment to Item No. 1.0 of DAO No.97-10 re:
Standard Costs and Fees for Various Services of the
Mines and Geosciences Bureau Relative to Mining
Rights
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-08
Amending DENR Administrative Order No. 98-67
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-09
Adopting Revised Statistical Reporting Forms and
Amending Certain Sections of Dao 10, Series of 1994
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-33
Submission By Subdivision / Housing Project
Proponents Of Engineering-Structural Ecological
Assessment As Additional Requirement For ECC
Applications
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99 – 56
Guidelines Establishing The Fiscal Regime Of Financial
Or Technical Assistance Agreements
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99 – 57
Amendments To Department Administrative Order No.
96-40 Or The “Revised Implementing Rules And
Regulations Of Republic Act No. 7942, Otherwise Known
As The ‘Philippine Mining Act Of 1995’”
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000 -16
Rates Of Fees For Certain Administrative Services
Rendered
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000 – 25
Implementing Rules and Regulations on Executive Order
No. 153 – “Authorizing the Utilization of Offshore Areas
Not Covered by Approved Mining Permits and Contracts
as Sources of Dredgefill Materials for Government
Reclamation Projects and for Other Purposes”
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000 –
28
Implementing Guidelines on Engineering Geological and
Geohazard Assessment as Additional Requirement for
ECC Applications covering Subdivision, Housing and
other Land Development and Infrastructure Projects
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000 –
39
Rules and Regulations in the Issuance of Onshore
Special Minerals Extraction Permits (SMEP) to
Qua1ified Government Entities/Instrumentalities for
Government Projects
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000 – 61
Amendment To Department Administrative Order No.
99-57, Entitled “Amendments To DAO No. 96-40 or The
Revised Implementing Rules And Regulations Of
Republic Act No. 7942, Otherwise Known As The
‘Philippine Mining Act Of 1995’
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000 –71
Standard Costs And Fees For Various Services Of The
Mines And Geosciences Bureau
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000-98
Mine Safety and Health Standards
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000-99
Amendments to Sections 134-136 of DENR
Administrative Order No. 96-40, the Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act
No. 7942, otherwise known as the “Philippine Mining
Act of 1995”
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000-101
Amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the
National Pollution Control Commission (1978)
Incorporating Permit Regulations Governing Mine
Wastes and Mill Tailings Storage Structures\
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2001 – 17
Guidelines For Delineating / Delimiting Municipal
Water
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2001-35
Guidelines In The Declaration And Establishment Of
Communal Extraction Area For Sand, Gravel, Ordinary
Earth And/Or Related Materials In Each Province Or
Highly Urbanized Independent Component City For
Housing And/Or Other Personal Construction Needs
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-01
Amending Section 4 (Program Management) of DENR
Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2000–102 Entitled
“Establishing the National Support Program on Local
Environment and Natural Resources Planning And
Management (ENRPM)”
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-04
Rules and Regulation Governing the Issuance of Permits
for Treasure Hunting, Shipwreck/ Sunken Vessel
Recovery and Disposition of Recovered
Treasures/Valuable Cargoes, Including Hoarded Hidden
Treasures
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-07
Establishment of PENRO Office in Ipil, Zamboaga
Sibugay Province
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-08
Strengthening the Coastal Environment Program (CEP)
Through the Establishment of the Coastal and Marine
Management Office (CMMO) as the National
Coordinating Office For All Coastal and Marine
Environment Activities
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-16
DENR-EMB National Environmental User’s Fee of 2002
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-17
Defining the Organizational Structure and Major
Responsibilities of the Environmental Management
Bureau as a line Bureau by virtue of Section 34 of the
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (RA 8749)
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-18
Declaring an Emergency Situation in the Diwalwal Gold
Rush Area and Providing the Interim Guidelines to
Address the Critical Environment and Social
Consequences Therein
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-34
Amendment of DAO 98-67 To Expand Its Section 7 To
Include Reporting Of Salt Production, Sales And
Employment
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-35
Guidelines Governing The Management Of The Diwalwal
Mining Areas And Vicinity As Mineral Reservation And
Environmentally Critical Area Pursuant To Proclamation
No. 297 And For Other Purposes
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2003-46
Amendments to DENR Administrative Order No. 96-40,
as amended, or the “Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations of Republic Act No. 7942, otherwise known
as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995”
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2004-33
Amendments to DENR Administrative Order No. 2002-
04, otherwise known as the “Rules and Regulations
Governing the Issuance of Permits for Treasure Hunting,
Shipwreck/Sunken Vessel Recovery and Disposition of
Recovered Treasures/Valuable Cargoes, Including
Hoarded Hidden Treasures
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2004-54
Amendments to DENR Administrative Order No. 96-40,
The Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of the
Philippine Mining Act of 1995, as amended.
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 2005 – 07
Amendments to Chapter XVIII of DENR Administrative
Order No. 96–40, As Amended, Providing for the
Establishment of a Final
Mine Rehabilitation and Decommissioning Fund
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE NO. 2005-08
Providing for new fees and charges for various services
of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2005-15
Amendments to Department Administrative Order No.
96-40, as amended, or the “Revised Implementing Rules
and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7942, otherwise
known as the ‘Philippine Mining Act of 1995’ ” To
provide for the Exploration Permit or Financial or
Technical Assistance Agreement as the Initial Mode of
Entry in the Conduct of Mineral Exploration and for
Other Purposes
2. DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 97 – 05
Procedural Guidelines in the Creation of Provincial/City
Mining Regulatory Boards
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 97 – 06
Issuances Of Free Patents, Mining Concessions, Leases
And Certificates Of Stewardship In Areas Covered By
The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA)
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98 – 02
Interim Guidelines In The Processing Of Mining
Applications Consistent With Republic Act No. 8371
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98 – 03
Guidelines In The Issuance Of Area Status And
Clearance Or Consent For Mining Applications
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98 – 11
Moratorium On Approval Of FTAA’s
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2000-01
Errata to Some Provisions of the DENR Memorandum
Order. No. 99-32 (DMO 99-32) on Policy Guidelines and
Standards for Mine Wastes and Mill Tailings
Management dated November 24, 1999
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2000-10
List Of Classified Water Bodies In 1999
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2001 –
09
List Of Classified Water Bodies In 2000
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO.2002-01
Initial Designation Of Airshed For Metro Manila
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2002-03
Interim Guidelines for the Designation of an Airshed
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2002-04
List of Classified Water Bodies In 2001
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2002-07
Implementation of EO 103 Dividing Region IV Into
Region IV-A And Region IV-B and Transferring the
Province of Aurora to Region III
3. DENR MEMORANDUM
DENR MEMORANDUM Dated September 17,
2002
Additional Guidelines In The Implementation Of The
Mandatory September 15, 1997 Deadline For The Filing
Of Mineral Agreement Applications By Holders Of Valid
And Existing Mining Claims Of Lease/Quarry
Applications And For Other Purposes
4. DENR MEMORANDUM ORDERS
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 97-03
Policy In Rationalizing The Diwalwal Gold Rush Mining
Operations
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 97-07
Guidelines In The Implementation Of The Mandatory
September 15, 1997 Deadline For The Filing Of Mineral
Agreement Applications By Holders Of Valid And
Existing Mining Claims And Lease/Quarry Applications
And For Other Purposes
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 98-01
Moratorium On All Mining And Mining-Related
Activities In The Diwalwal Gold Rush Area
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER No. 98 – 03
Guidelines in the Issuance of Area Status and Clearance
or Consent for Mining Applications
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO 98-06
Moratorium on the Acceptance of All New Applications
and the Approval of All Pending Applications for Small-
Scale Mining Permits, Quarrying Permits, Mining
Contracts/ Agreements, and Corresponding ECCs, in the
Municipality of Rodriguez (formerly Montalban),
Province of Rizal
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO 98-08
Amending Memorandum Order No. 98-06 Regarding
The Moratorium On The Acceptance Of all New
Applications For Small Scale Mining Permits, Quarrying
Permits, Mining Contracts, Agreements And
Corresponding ECC’s In The Municipality Of Rodriguez,
Province Of Rizal
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 98 – 11
Moratorium On The Acceptance Of All New Application
And The Approval Of All Pending Applications For Sand
And Gravel Permits Along Lagnas River And Its
Tributaries At Sariaya, Quezon
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 98 – 19
Interim Authority to Transport Ores Already Extracted
and not Included in the Writ of Injunction Issued by the
Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 47293, Entitled Mt.
Diwata Upper Ulip Tribal Association, Et Al., Vs.
Monkayo Integrated Small-Scale Miner’s Association
(MISSMA)
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 98-20
Suspending DENR Memorandum Order No. 98-19 and
Directing the Enforcement of the Presidential
Memorandum of September 23, 1998 for the Stoppage of
Illegal Mining Operations in Diwalwal
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99-03
Procedural Guidelines in the Processing and Issuance of
Special Quarry Permit and Sand and Gravel Permit to
Extract Sand and Lahar Materials in the Mineral
Reservations Established and Declared Under
Proclamation No. 66 and Other Lahar-Affected Areas in
the Provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99-08
Rationalization of the Mining/Quarrying Operations in
Rodriguez and San Mateo, Province of Rizal
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99-10
Guidelines in the Determination of Qualified Persons for
Mining Applications and Mining Rights
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99-11
Amending Section 4d of Memorandum Order No. 99-03
“The Procedural Guidelines in the Processing and
Issuance of Special Quarry Permit and Sand and Gravel
Permit to Extract Sand and Lahar Materials in the
Mineral Reservation Established and Declared under
Proclamation No. 66 and Other Lahar-Affected Areas in
the Provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99-16
Special Task Force On Priority Programs And Economic
Affairs Action Plan For The Rehabilitation,
Development, Protection And Maintenance Of The
Marikina Watershed Reservation And The Marikina-
Wawa River Basin; The Creation Of Task Force Marikina
Watershed Development Center And Providing Funds
For The Purpose
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99-26
Amending Certain Provisions Of Memorandum Order
No. 96-04 Re: Publication And Submission To The UP
Law Center Of Rules And Regulations Adopted By The
Department
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99 – 32
Policy Guidelines and Standards for Mine Wastes and
Mill Tailings Management
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 99 – 34
Clarificatory Guidelines In The Implementation Of
DENR Administrative Order No. 96-40 Or “Revised
Implementing Rules And Regulations Of Republic Act
No. 7942 Otherwise Known As The ‘Philippine Mining
Act Of 1995’ “
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2000-01
Compliance With The Transitory Provision Of DMO No.
99-10
DENR MEMORAMDUM ORDER NO. 2000-03
Final Extension Of Deadline For Compliance With The
Transitory Provision Of DENR Memorandum Order No.
99-10 And For Other Related Purposes
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2002-09
Coverage of Administrative Order No. 2002-18 and the
Diwalwal Gold Rush Area in Mt. Diwata, Monkayo,
Compostela Valley Province
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2002-11
Guidelines In The Collection And Allocation Of Share Of
The Natural Resources Development Corporation And
Service Fee Of Service Contractors In Connection With
The Diwalwal Direct State Development Project
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2003-08
Simplification of Procedures in the Issuance of Mining
Contracts and Permits
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2004-09
Simplification of Procedures in the Issuance of Mining
Contracts and Permits
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2004-10
Procedural Guidelines in the Evaluation of Mining
Project Feasibility and Applications for Mineral
Processing Permits and Mineral Agreements in the
Development or Operating Period
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER. NO. 2005-13 –
Declaring as Final and Executory the Cancellation of
Sixty-Five (65) Non-Performing Mining Tenements
Pursuant to DENR Memorandum Order No. 2005-03
DENR MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2006-01 –
Suspension of the Implementation of the System of
Mandatory Environmental Insurance Coverage (MEIC)
Requirements of DAO 2005-06
5. DENR SPECIAL ORDERS
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 98 – 83
Amendment To Special Order No. 96-874 Dated
September 4, 1996 Designating Atty. Danilo D. Luna As
Chief, MAB Secretariat and Additional Members To The
MAB Secretariat As Legal Officers And Technical
Support
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 99-378
Creation of a Task Force to Inspect the Area Covered by
the Small Scale Mining Permit of Mati Small Scale
Miners Association in Connection with their Application
for a Timber Cutting Permit
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 99-461
Amendment To Special Orders 97-218 And 98-83
Reconstituting The Secretariat Support Of The Mines
Adjudication Board (MAB)
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 99-473
Redefining the Functions/Assignments of DENR Senior
Officials
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 99-942
Designation Of Personnel To The DENR Geohazards
Assessment Team
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 99 - 983
Amendment To DENR Special Order No. 98-02
Amending Special Order No. 96-1101, Further Amending
Special Order No. 95-1585 Creating The Regional Panel
Of Arbitrators
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 99-984
Amending Special Order No. 99-473 Re: Redefining The
Functions/Assignments Of DENR Senior Officials
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 99-1495
Reassignment of Regional Directors and OIC-Regional
Directors of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2000-915
Creation of a Team to Conduct Reconnaissance Survey
and Assessment of Priority Sites in Connection with the
MGB and ERDB Joint Research Project on
Rehabilitation of Mining-Affected Lands
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2000-961
Amending Department Order No. 98-1096, Series of
1998
Re:Creation of the Compostela Valley Provincial Mining
Regulatory Board Pursuant to R.A. 7076 and R.A. 7942
and Their Implementing Rules and Regulation
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2002-619
Diwalwal Technical Working Group
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2002-638
Designating Horacio C. Ramos, Director, Mines &
Geosciences Bureau, as Project Director of the Diwalwal
Direct State Development Project
DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2002- 660
Creation of A Special Team to Evaluate the Social and
Environmental Implication and Sustainability of the
Pebble Picking Activities in Brgy. Caruan, Pasuquin,
Ilocos Norte
6. MGB MEMORANDUM ORDER
MGB MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 97-02
Procedural Guidelines For The Withdrawal Of Mining
Applications And Relinquishment Of Areas Covered By
Approved Mining Rights
7. MGB MEMORANDA
MGB MEMORANDUM dated September 11, 1997
Clarification on DENR Memorandum Order No. 97-07
MGB MEMORANDUM dated September 22, 1997
Application Fee For Request Of Certification For
Environmental Management And Community Relations
Record (CEMCRR) dated
MGB MEMORANDUM
Transmitting And Further Clarifying MGB
Memorandum Order NO. 97-02
MGB MEMORANDUM dated October 7, 1998
Clarifying Additional Documents To Be Submitted In
Connection With The Approval Of The IRR Of The
Indigenous Peoples Right Act to support of mining
applications
MGB MEMORANDUM dated November 10, 1998
Transmitting NCIP Administrative Order No. 3
Providing Supplemental Guidelines in the Issuance of
NCIP Certification and Free and Prior Informed Consent
in Connection with Application for Lease, permit,
License and Order Forms of Concessions in Ancestral
Domains
MGB MEMORANDUM dated February 3, 2000
Extension Of Compliance With And Other Clarifications
To DENR Memorandum Order No. 99-10
MGB MEMORANDUM dated February 28, 2000
Clarification On Section 12 Of DAO No. 99- 57 Re:
Maximum Areas For Large-Scale Quarry Operations
MGB MEMORANDUM dated April 13, 2000
Amendment Fee
MGB MEMORANDUM dated May 5, 2000
Conversion Fee Of Mineral Agreement Application To
Exploration Permit Application
8. MGB MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS
MGB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 97-24
Delegation Of Authority On Deputation/ Arrest/
Confiscations
MGB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98-01
Delegation Of Authority On The Cancellation Of Mining
Applications
MGB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98-25
Acceptance, Processing and Evaluation of Mining
Applications Over Mineral Reservation Areas
MGB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2000 –
33
Guidelines and Outline/Checklist for the Preparation of
an Engineering Geological and Geohazard Assessment
Report (EGGAR) as per DAO No. 2000-28
MGB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2000-38
Guidelines in the Denial of Mining Applications
pursuant to DENR Memorandum Orders No. 99-10 and
2000-03
MGB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2006-71
Procedural Guidelines in the Acceptance and Processing
of Exploration Permit Applications Pursuant to DENR
Administrative Order No. 2005-15
9. MGB SPECIAL ORDERS
MGB SPECIAL ORDER NO. 4190
Creation of the Diwalwal Feasibility Study and
Management Group in the Mines and Geosciences
Bureau (MGB) to Provide Technical Assistance to the
Over-All Diwalwal Technical Working Group Created
Under the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR)
MGB SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2002-4196
Creation of the Program Steering Committee and Teams
for the MGB-CO Greening Program
IV. OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND DECISIONS
1. EXECUTIVE ORDERS
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 469
Creating the Minerals Development Council, Defining its
Powers and Functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 45
Prescribing Time Periods For Issuance of Housing
Related Certifications, Clearances and Permits, and
Imposing Sanctions For Failure To Observe the Same
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 96
Creating the Atlas Commission and Defining Its Powers
and Functions
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 98
Directing All Government Agencies, Instrumentalities,
Local Government Units, And Government-Owned
And/Or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) To Include
The Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) As Part Of
The Essential Requirements In All Applications For A
Government Permit, License, Clearance, Official Paper
Or Document
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 153
Authorizing The Utilization Of Offshore Areas Not
Covered By Approved Mining Permits And Contracts As
Sources Of Dredgefill Materials For Government
Reclamation Projects And For Other Purposes
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 109
Streamlining the Rules and Procedures on the Review
and Approval of All Contracts of Departments, Bureaus,
Offices and Agencies of the Government, Including
Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations and
Their Subsidiaries
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 200
Authorizing The Issuance Of Onshore Special Minerals
Extraction Permits To Qualified Government Entities /
Instrumentalities For Government Projects
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 406
Institutionalizing The Philippine Economic-
Environmental And Natural Resources Accounting
System & Creating Units Within The Organizational
Structure Of The Dept. Of Environment & Natural
Resources (DENR) , National Economic And
Development Authority (NEDA), and National Statistical
Coordination Board (NSCB)
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 270-A
Amending certain provisions of Executive Order No. 270
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 270
National Policy Agenda on Revitalizing Mining in the
Philippines
2. MALACAÑANG MEMORANDUM ORDER /
CIRCULARS
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 460
Providing For The Creation Of A Task Force On Mt.
Diwalwal
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 67
Directing the operationalization of the Minerals Action
Plan for Mineral Resources Development
3. PROCLAMATION ORDERS
PROCLAMATION ORDER NO. 66
Declaring the Lahar Affected Rivers and Embankment
Areas in the Provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and
Zambales as Environmentally Critical Areas and as
Mineral Reservation Under the Direct Supervision and
Control of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
PROCLAMATION NO. 72
Establishing Safety And Exclusion Zones For Offshore
Natural Gas Wells, Flowlines, Platform, Pipelines,
Loading Buoy And Other Related Facilities For The
Malampaya Deep Water Gas-To-Power Project Over
Certain Waters And Submerged Lands Adjacent To,
Batangas, Mindoro And Palawan
Rules and Operating Guidelines To Implement And
Enforce The Safety And Exclusion Zones Established
Under Proclamation No. 72, Series Of 2001
PROCLAMATION NO. 183
Revoking Proclamation No. 66, Series Of 1999, Declaring
the Lahar-Affected Rivers and Embankment Areas in the
Provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales as
Environmentally Critical Areas and as Mineral
Reservation Under the Direct Supervision and Control of
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
PROCLAMATION NO. 297
Excluding A Certain Area From The Operation Of
Proclamation No. 369 Dated February 27, 1931, And
Declaring The Same As Mineral Reservation And As
Environmentally Critical Area
PROCLAMATION NO. 1250
Exclusion Of Mineral Resource-Rich Areas Of Cagraray
Island, Albay From The Bicol Region Tourism Master
Plan
4. REPUBLIC ACT
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7076
An Act Creating A People’s Small-Scale Mining Program
And For Other Purposes
Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 7076
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371
An Act To Recognize, Protect And Promote The Rights
Of Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous
Peoples, Creating A National Commission On
Indigenous Peoples, Establishing Implementing
Mechanisms, Appropriating Funds Therefore, And For
Other Purposes
5. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1899 JOINT DENR-NCIP MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR
Establishing Small-Scale Mining As A New Dimension In NO. 2003-01
Mineral Development Harmonization of the Implementation of the Indigenous
Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) and Environment and Natural
6. OTHER RELATED POLICIES Resources Laws and Policies

DENR-DOT MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR 98-02 JOINT DENR-DTI MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR

Guidelines For Eco-tourism For Development Of The NO. 2003-02
Philippines Establishment of a Mining Investment Assistance Center

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEEMENT 7. MINES ADJUDICATION BOARD

BY/BETWEEN DENR, RIZAL PROVINCIAL RESOLUTIONS
GOVT. AND PNP-RIZAL
Memorandum of Agreement by/between DENR, Rizal Resolution
Provincial Government and PNP-Rizal Relative to DENR Approved & Signed: May 22, 1997
Memorandum Order No. 99-08
Rules on Pleading, Practice and Procedure
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEEMENT
Memorandum Of Agreement Between DOTC/ Significant Provisions

DENR/DA/DILG
Resolution

SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM CIRCULAR No. 13-A Approved & Signed: May 6, 1999

Implementing Rules And Regulations On Processing Of

8. OTHER ORDERS
Applications For Retirement Of Underground Mine
Workers
Order Lifting the Suspension of the Quarrying
Operation of Huang Construction Corporation at
NCIP ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 3, Series of
Sta. Barbara, Iba, Zambales Covered By ISGP
2002
No. III-01-97
Revised Guidelines For The Issuance Of Certification
Precondition And The Free And Prior Informed Consent
Temporary Suspension of Processing of All
In Connection With Applications For License, Permit,
Mining Applications Covering Offshore Areas
Agreement Or Concession To Implement And Or
Operate Programs/Projects/Plans/Business Or Deputizing General Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr., Chief,
Investments Including Other Similar Or Analogous Philippine Natonal Police, and Other Pnp Officers and
Activities Or Undertaking That Do Not Involve Issuance Personnel He May Designate Under His Command, To
Of License, Permit, Agreement Or Concession But Implement the DENR Stoppage Order and Other
Requires The Free And Prior Informed Consent Of Instructions/ Issuances on the Diwalwal Gold-Rush Area
ICC/IP Community In Ancestral Domain Areas In
Accordance With R.A. 8371 Stoppage of the Diwalwal Mining Operations