Circular No. 01/2006/TT-BTNMT guiding the implementation of a number of contents of the Government's Decree No. 160/2005/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of the Law on Minerals and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Minerals

1.2. The specific contents of chapters and items implementation of the Law on Minerals and the Law of a prospecting or exploration scheme shall Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles comply with the guidance in Form 1 (not printed of the Law on Minerals, herein). I. ELABORATION AND APPRAISAL OF 2. Appraisal of mineral prospecting or MINERAL PROSPECTING OR EXPLORATION exploration schemes SCHEMES The appraisal of mineral prospecting or exploration schemes stipulated in Article 38 of the 1. Elaboration of mineral prospecting or Government's Decree No. 160/2005IND-CP of exploration schemes December 27, 2005, detailing and guiding the The elaboration of mineral prospecting or implementation of the Law on Minerals and the Law exploration schemes stipulated in Article 38 of the Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles Government's Decree No. 16012005IND-CP of of the Law on Minerals shall cover the following December 27, 2005, detailing and guiding the contents: 18 OFFICIAL GAZETTE Issue nos 01-03/February 2006 (Cong Bao nos 17-18/Feb. 3, 2006)

2.1. Inspecting thoroughly the position, be made according to Forms 02 thru 04; boundaries and area indicated in the scheme; applications for transfer or further exercise of the

2.2. Assessing geological bases, objectives, right to explore minerals shall be made according mineral types and expected results; to Forms 05 and 06.

2.3. Appraising the suitability of the combination b/ Applications for grant, extension or return of of technical methods, volumes of works of all kinds mineral exploitation permits, or for return of part of and expected number of assorted samples to be mineral exploitation area shall be made according taken and analyzed; to Forms 07 thru 09; applications for transfer or further exercise of the right to exploit minerals shall

2.4. Examining the suitability of the exploration be made according to Forms 10 and 11. method and feasibility of the estimated deposit targets, with regard to an exploration scheme; c/ Applications for grant, extension or return of mineral processing permits shall be made

2.5. Assessing impacts on ecological according to Forms 12 and 13; applications for environment, labor safety, and handling measures; transfer or further exercise of the right to process

2.6. Considering the rationality and feasibility minerals shall be made according to Forms 14 and of implementation organization, implementation 15. time and schedule.

1.2. Forms of maps of regions applied for mineral activity permits II. FORMS OF APPLICATIONS, MINERAL ACTIVITY PERMITS, MAPS OF REGIONS Regions applied for mineral prospecting, APPLIED FOR MINERAL ACTIVITY PERMITS . exploration or exploitation permits shall be marked AND REPORTS ON MINERAL ACTIVITIES off on topographical maps of orthogonal coordinate system VN2000 of a scale not smaller than 1: 1. Forms of applications and maps of regions 100,000 for a prospecting region; 1: 10,000 for an applied for mineral activity permits exploration region and 1: 5,000 for an exploitation region. Maps of regions applied for mineral Applications and maps of regions applied for prospecting, exploration or exploitation permits mineral activity permits stipulated in Articles 59 thru shall be made according to Form 16. 62 of the Government's Decree No. 160/2005/ND- CP of December 27, 2005, detailing and guiding 2. Forms of mineral activity permits the implementation of the Law on Minerals and the 2.1. Mineral prospecting, exploratio;[l, Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of exploitation or processing permits shall be made Articles of the Law on Minerals shall be made according to Forms 17, 19 and 21. according to the following forms (not printed

2.2. The re-grant or extension of mineral herein): prospecting, exploration, exploitation or processing

1.1. Forms of applications for mineral activity permits; the permission for transfer of the right to permits explore, exploit or process minerals; the permission a/ Applications for grant, extension, re-grant or for further exercise of the right to explore, exploit return of mineral prospecting or exploration permits, or process minerals in case of bequeathal of such. or for return of part of mineral exploration area shall right shall be effected with new permits whose Issue nos O1-03/February 2006 OFFICIAL GAZETTE 19 (Cong Bao nos 17-18/Feb. 3, 2006) contents shall be compatible with the previously 13, 1997; provisions on order and procedures for granted permits and relevant provisions of law on the grant of mineral activity permits in Decision No. minerals (based on the forms of permits provided 06/2003/QD-BTNMT of September 19, 2003, and for in Clause 2.1 of this Section). those on mineral activity reports in Decision No.

2.3. The permission of the return of mineral 23/2004/QD-BTNMT of October 28, 2004, of the prospecting, exploration, exploitation or processing Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, permits; or the return of part of mineral exploration shall cease to be effective as from the effective or exploitation area shall be effected under a date of this Circular. decision made according Form 18, 20 or 22. If any problem on the provisions of law arises in 3. Forms of reports on mineral activities the course of implementation, it should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Reports on mineral activities stipulated in Article Environment for further settlement. 42 of the Government's Decree No. 160/2005/ND- CP of December 27, 2005, detailing and guiding For the Minister of implementation of the Law on Minerals and the Law Natural Resources and Environment Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles Vice Minister of the Law on Minerals shall be made according to DO HAI DUNG the following forms:

3.1. Reports on mineral prospecting or exploration activities shall be made according to Form 23;

3.2. Reports on mineral exploitation activities shall be made according to Form 24;

3.3. Reports on mineral processing activities shall be made according to Form 25;

3.4. Reports on mineral activities within provinces or centrally-run cities shall be made according to Form 26. m. ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION This Circular takes effect 15 days after its publication in "CONG BAO." The provisions on procedures for submission for appraisal and approval of schemes and reports on mineral activities and elaboration of mineral prospecting or exploitation schemes in the Industry Ministry's Circular No. 10/TT-DCKS of September