MNR comprehensively promotes reform of mineral resources management
2020-01-10 11:49:03 [Print]
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) held a press conference on the "Opinions of Ministry of Natural Resources on Promoting the Reform of Mineral Resources Management" on January 9, 2020.
It is reported that the "Opinions" mainly include three major aspects, which are reform of the mining rights transfer system, reform of oil and gas exploration and exploitation management, and reform of reserves management, and eleven specific reforms.
Regarding the reform of the mining rights transfer system, the first is to comprehensively promote the competitive transfer of mining rights. It is clear that, except for the transfer of agreements, all other mining rights are openly competitively sold through bidding, auction and listing.
The second is to strictly control the transfer of agreements. Rare earth and radioactive mineral exploration and mining projects or key construction projects approved by the State Council can be transferred to specific entities by agreement, and similar minerals with deep or upper mining rights can be transferred to the same entity by agreement.
The third is to actively promote the transfer of "net mine", to carry out "net mine" transfer of direct mining rights such as sand, gravel and soil, to actively promote the "net mine" transfer of other mineral types, to strengthen the preparatory work for the transfer of mining rights, and to avoid the ecological protection red line and other prohibitions on restricting exploration and mining areas according to law, to be well connected with the approval matters such as the use of land and marine forest grass, so that the mining right holder will normally carry out the exploration and mining work after the mining right is transferred.
The fourth is to adjust the duration of exploring rights. According to the technical rules of mineral exploration work, the first registration period of prospecting rights established by way of transfer is extended to five years, and each extension period is five years. However, an additional clause has been added, which is that 25% of the first set-up area shall be deducted when applying for the renewal of exploration rights.
It is reported that the "Opinions" mainly include three major aspects, which are reform of the mining rights transfer system, reform of oil and gas exploration and exploitation management, and reform of reserves management, and eleven specific reforms.
Regarding the reform of the mining rights transfer system, the first is to comprehensively promote the competitive transfer of mining rights. It is clear that, except for the transfer of agreements, all other mining rights are openly competitively sold through bidding, auction and listing.
The second is to strictly control the transfer of agreements. Rare earth and radioactive mineral exploration and mining projects or key construction projects approved by the State Council can be transferred to specific entities by agreement, and similar minerals with deep or upper mining rights can be transferred to the same entity by agreement.
The third is to actively promote the transfer of "net mine", to carry out "net mine" transfer of direct mining rights such as sand, gravel and soil, to actively promote the "net mine" transfer of other mineral types, to strengthen the preparatory work for the transfer of mining rights, and to avoid the ecological protection red line and other prohibitions on restricting exploration and mining areas according to law, to be well connected with the approval matters such as the use of land and marine forest grass, so that the mining right holder will normally carry out the exploration and mining work after the mining right is transferred.
The fourth is to adjust the duration of exploring rights. According to the technical rules of mineral exploration work, the first registration period of prospecting rights established by way of transfer is extended to five years, and each extension period is five years. However, an additional clause has been added, which is that 25% of the first set-up area shall be deducted when applying for the renewal of exploration rights.
