RA 7076: PHILIPPINE SMALL-SCALE MINING ACT OF 1991

Question 1

Creation of a Centralized Database for the Mining Industry.

Answer 1

EO 79

Question 2

IRR of this act

Answer 2

DAO 2022-23

Question 3

Areas Open for Delcaration as Minahan Bayan

Answer 3

Section 5 of DAO 2022-03

Question 4

Registration and Licensing of Small Scale Miners

Answer 4

Section 5 of DAO 2022-03

Question 5

No SSM shall be undertaken outside a minahan bayan

Answer 5

Section 5 of DAO 2022-03

Question 6

Suitability of a Minahan Bayan for Gold and Silver Deposits

Answer 6

Alluvial/Placer : 1 gram per ton gold equiv
Epithermal, Vein type, Disseminated or Porphry Depoits : 5 grams per ton grade

Question 7

Suitability of a Minahan Bayan for Chromite Deposits (metallurgical chromite)

Answer 7

Alluvial/Placer Deposits

Question 8

SECTION 14. Small-scale mineral processing shall be undertaken only in _____________: Provided, That no mercury shall be used in mineral processing.

Answer 8

Mineral Processing Zones (MPZ) under a Mineral Processing License (MPL)

Question 9

a MPL application shall be accepted only upon payment of the required fees in the amount of ___ to the Provincial/City Government concerned,

Answer 9

Ten Thousand Pesos (PhP10,000.00)

Question 10

The Board shall determine the reasonable size and shape of the small-scale mining contract area following the ________ established under RA No. 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, but in no case shall the applied area be less than_____ hectares and more than ______ hectares per Small-Scale Mining Contract.

Answer 10

meridional block system; 1.25 - 20

Question 11

For the above purpose, the Board shall subdivide the meridional block into ____
at ______ of latitude and___” of longitude per parcel, containing an area of 1.25 hectares, more or less: Provided, That a small-scale mining contract area shall consist of adjacent and contiguous parcels.

Answer 11

64 parcels ; 3.75”; 3.75

Question 12

Composition of the Board

Answer 12

• Regional Director concerned or his/her duly authorized representative as Chairperson;
• Provincial Governor or City Mayor or his/her representative as Member;
• One (1) small-scale mining representative as Member;
• One (1) large-scale mining representative as Member; and
• One (1) representative from an environmental non-government organization as Member.

Question 13

The sale of the gold shall be in accordance with the requirements as provided in the
rules and regulations of the BSP, _____ and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.

Answer 13

RA No. 11256

Question 14

Royalties to be paid for private landowners

Answer 14

at least 1%