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The Myanmar Mines Law

Myanmar Mines Law stipulates types of permits for various mining activities. The Objectives of Myanmar Mines Law are: ◦ To implement the mineral resource policy of the Government ◦ To fulfill the domestic requirement and to increase export by producing more mineral products ◦ To promote development of local and foreign investment in respect of mineral resources ◦ To supervise, scrutinize and approve applications submitted by person or organizations desirous of conducting mineral prospecting, exploration or production ◦ To carry out the development of conservation, utilization and research works of mineral resources; ◦ To protect the environment conservation works that may have detrimental effects due to mining operations

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Additional Info

Field Value
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Myanmar
Issuing agency/parties
  • State Law and Order Restoration Council
Language
  • English
  • Burmese
Formal type of document Law
Topics
  • Extractive industries policy and administration
  • Mining
License Creative Commons Attribution
Copyright To be determined
Status Signed and in effect
Version date (of draft) September 6, 1994
Adoption date/Enacted/Promulgation date/Signing date September 6, 1994
Effective/Enforced Date September 6, 1994
Publication reference The official gazette
Date uploaded December 6, 2017, 12:00 (UTC)
Date modified December 13, 2019, 20:16 (UTC)