NAME: DATE:

YEAR: SUBJECT
I. DEFINITION OF TERMS: Briefly Define the following (2 Pts. Each) – Use the blank page
attached to this questionnaire.

1. Exploration
2. Lease or Lease Contract
3. Environmental Compliance Certificate
4. Environmental Work Program
5. Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program (EPEP)

II. ENUMERATION: Enumerate what are being asked on the following items (5 Pts. Each).

1. 4 Stages of Mining

2. Areas closed to Mining

3. Type of Major Mining Contracts/Permits issued by the National Government

4. Types of Mining Permits Issued by Provincial Governor Thru the Provincial Mine
Regulatory Board (PMRB)
III. ESSAY: Briefly explain the questions stated below. (10 Pts. Each)

1. Discuss the different kinds of Mineral Agreements

6. It is also known as the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902 or the Cooper Act after its author
Henry Allen Cooper.
a. Commonwealth Act No. 137
b. Philippine Bill of 1902
c. Cooper Bill No. 1902
d. Republic Act No. 7076

7. It is also known as the Mining Act of 1936

a. Commonwealth Act No. 137
b. Commonwealth Act. No. 136
c. Republic Act No 6364
d. General Order No. 31

8. The first small-scale mining law to be enacted in establishing small-scale mining as a

new dimensional in Mineral Development.
a. Presidential Decree No. 1899
b. Presidential Decree No. 463
c. Republic Act No. 7076
d. Presidential Decree No. 1586

9. Also known as the People Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991:

a. Presidential Decree No. 1899
b. Presidential Decree No. 463
c. Republic Act No. 7076
d. Presidential Decree No. 1586

10. Also known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995

a. Republic Act No. 7942
b. Presidential Decree No. 463
c. Republic Act No. 7076
d. Republic Act No. 8371

11. Under Section 2 this law, it states the full enforcement of Environmental Standards in
Mining
a. Republic Act No. 7076
b. Republic Act No. 7942
c. Executive Order No. 79
 d. Commonwealth Act No. 137

12. The main purpose of the law is to ban the use of open pit method in mining for the
extraction of copper, gold, silver and/or complex ores.
a. DENR Administrative Order No. 2000-09
b. DENR Administrative Order No. 2017-10
c. Republic Act No 8371
d. Executive Order No. 79

13. MICC means:

a. Minerals Industry Coordinating Council
b. Mines Industry Chambers Committee
c. Mines Indigenous Chambers Cooperative
d. Mining Industry Coordinating Council

IV. Matching Type: Match Column A with Column B. Write only the letter of the
correct answer before each no.

1. Spanish Mining Law a. July 1, 1902

2. Philippine Bill of 1902 b. April 14, 2021
3. Commonwealth Act No. 137 c. April 27, 2010
4. Presidential Decree No. 463 d. May 17, 1974
5. Presidential Decree No. 1899 e. November 7, 1936
6. Republic Act No. 7076 f. December 26, 1996
7. Republic Act. No. 7942 g. July 6, 2012
8. DENR Administrative Order No. 96-40 h. June 27, 1991
9. Executive Order No. 79 i. March 3, 1995
10. DENR Administrative Order No. 2017-10 j. January 23, 1984
11. Executive Order No. 130 k. May 14, 1867
V. True or False: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and the word FALSE
if otherwise.
1. Commonwealth Act No. 136 was also enacted the same date with Commonwealth
Act No. 137.
2. Commonwealth Act No. 136 resulted the creation of Bureau of Mines.
3. Under Commonwealth Act No. 137, mining companies operating in the country to
be 60% owned
4. Under Presidential Decree No. 463, 25 year mining leases and service contracts is
allowed renewable under such term and conditions as may be provided by law for
another period not exceeding 25 years.
5. Under Presidential Decree No. 463, the maximum lease area allowed in any
province is: i. To individuals – 500 ha. and ii. To Mining Partnership & Corporations –
5,000 ha.
6. Under Presidential Decree No. 463, the maximum lease area allowed in the entire
Philippines is: i. To individuals – 1,000 ha. and ii. To Mining Partnership &
Corporations – 10,000 ha.
7. Small-scale mining refers to any single unit mining operation having an annual
production of not more than 50,000 metric tons of ore.
8. Under Republic Act No. 7076, small-scale mining activities shall register as a miner
with the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB)
9. Under Republic Act No. 7076, the maximum size/area allowed for such SSM
contracts is not more than 20 hectares.

10. The MICC proposed yes-go zone maps consisting of areas off limits to mining
activities. These areas are reserved for agriculture, eco-tourism, protected
landscapes and seascapes.
VI. ESSAY: Briefly explain the questions stated below. (10 Pts. Each)

1. Discuss the kinds of Permits issued to Guano and the quantity allowed for extraction.
2. To be called Small-scale mining, what are the requisites needed to be satisfied?
BONUS (5Pts.): Who is currently the Secretary of the Department of Environmental and
Natural Resources? – Incomplete name would be considered wrong.