RA 7076

Question 1

This Act shall be known as the “People’s Small-scale Mining Act of 1991.”

Answer 1

RA 7076

Question 2

“___” refers to mining activities which rely heavily on manual labor using simple implement and methods and do not use explosives or heavy mining equipment

Answer 2

Small-scale mining

Question 3

Section 6. Future People’s Small-scale Mining Areas.

The following lands, when suitable for small-scale mining, may be declared by the Board as people’s small scale mining areas

Answer 3

(a) Public lands not subject to any existing right;

(b) Public lands covered by existing mining rights which are not active mining areas; and

(c) Private lands except those that are 100 m from burial sites, cemetery, stockyard, garden etc., or a separate parcel of land with an area of ten thousand square meters (10,000 sq. m.) or less.

Question 4

may ancestral land be declared as a people’s small-scale mining area?

Answer 4

no without the consent of cultural communities involved.

if declared as small-scale mining area, he members of the cultural communities therein shall be given priority in the awarding of small-scale mining contracts.

Question 5

Section 10. Extent of Contract Area.

in no case shall the area exceed ____ per contractor and the depth or length of the tunnel or adit not exceeding that recommended by the director

Answer 5

twenty hectares (20 has.)

Question 6

Section 13. Terms and Conditions of the Contract.

A contract shall have a term of ____ , renewable subject to verification by the Board for like periods as long as the contractor complies with the provisions

Answer 6

two (2) years;

Question 7

Section 15. Rights of Private Landowners.

the owner shall in all cases be entitled to the payment of actual damages which he may suffer as a result of such declaration: provided, further, that royalties paid to the owner shall in no case exceed ____ of the gross value of the minerals recovered as royalty.

Answer 7

one percent (1%)

Question 8

Section 27. Penal Sanctions.

shall be penalized with imprisonment of not less than ____ nor more than ____ and shall include the confiscation and seizure of equipment, tools and instruments.

Answer 8

six (6) months; six (6) years

Question 9

PD 1899
Section 1. Small scale mining refers to any single unit mining operation having an annual production of ___ of ore.

Answer 9

Not more than 50,000 metric tons

Question 10

This decree defined small scale mining as a single hnit operation having an annual production of not more than 50,000 metric tons of ore

Answer 10

Presidential Decree No. 1899 Implementation of the Small Scale Mining in the Philippines