Philippine Mining Laws and PoliciesPolicies

Below is a list of the current mining laws and policies.

I. MINING ACT OF 1995

II. REVISED IRR OF MINING ACT OF 1995

III. AMENDMENTS TO REVISED IRR OF MINING ACT OF 1995

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO 97-06

Prescribing A Uniform Rate For Area Clearance Fees Of DENR Sectors Other Than The Mines And
Geosciences Bureau For Mining Rights Applications

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO 97-07

Authorizing The Director Of Mines And Geosciences Bureau To Operationalize The Interim organizational
Units

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-10

Standard Costs and Fees For Various Services of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-11

Providing A Line Organization Of The Mines And Geosciences Bureau And For Other Purposes
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97 – 30

Small-Scale Mine Safety Rules And Regulations

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-38

Chemical Control Order For Mercury And Mercury Compounds

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-39

Chemical Control Order For Cyanide And Cyanide Compounds

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 98-67

Guidelines For The Identification, Declaration And Award Of Areas Suitable For Salt Production Section I.
Statement of Policy

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-03

Guidelines Governing the Utilization and Disposition of the Sand and Lahar Materials in the Areas
Declared as Mineral Reservation Established Under Proclamation No. 66 and Other Lahar-Affected Areas
in the Provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-07

Amendment to Item No. 1.0 of DAO No.97-10 re: Standard Costs and Fees for Various Services of the
Mines and Geosciences Bureau Relative to Mining Rights

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-08

Amending DENR Administrative Order No. 98-67

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-09

Adopting Revised Statistical Reporting Forms and Amending Certain Sections of Dao 10, Series of 1994
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-33

Submission By Subdivision / Housing Project Proponents Of Engineering-Structural Ecological

Assessment As Additional Requirement For ECC Applications

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99 – 56

Guidelines Establishing The Fiscal Regime Of Financial Or Technical Assistance Agreements

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99 – 57

Amendments To Department Administrative Order No. 96-40 Or The “Revised Implementing Rules And
Regulations Of Republic Act No. 7942, Otherwise Known As The ‘Philippine Mining Act Of 1995’”