Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Decision 1277/QD-TTg approving the national mineral reserve area.
Publicize approved national mineral reserve areas.
Accordingly, 93 national mineral reserve areas were approved for 10 specific types of minerals as follows:
1. Energy coal: 02 areas.
2. Apatite ore: 02 areas.
3. Lead - zinc ore: 01 area.
4. Chromite ore: 03 areas.
5. Titanium ore: 14 areas.
6. Bauxite ore: 23 areas.
7. Iron-laterite ore: 14 areas.
8. White marble: 17 areas.
9. White sand: 15 areas.
10. Rare earth ore: 02 areas.
During the reserve period of the above-mentioned national mineral reserve areas, the management and protection of unexploited minerals; the implementation of investment projects in the national mineral reserve areas must comply with the provisions of Decree No. 51/2021/ND-CP dated April 1, 2021 of the Government on mineral management in national mineral reserve areas, provisions of the law on minerals and the following provisions:
Mineral exploration licenses and mineral exploitation licenses that have been granted by competent authorities before November 1, 2023 and are not part of the above-mentioned mineral reserves shall continue to be implemented in accordance with the contents of the granted licenses and the provisions of the law on minerals.
Areas with minerals that are not reserve minerals that have been included in the relevant mineral planning but have not been licensed for exploration and exploitation or have not been included in the relevant mineral planning shall be planned and licensed for exploration and exploitation in accordance with the provisions of the law on minerals but must not affect the minerals that have been demarcated as national mineral reserve areas.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for presiding over and coordinating with the People's Committees of relevant provinces and centrally run cities to publicize approved national mineral reserve areas.
In addition, hand over the dossier on delimiting the national mineral reserve area to the People's Committee of the province or centrally-run city where the national mineral reserve area is located for management and protection according to regulations.
According to VGP News
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