MGB Form No.
05-2
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU
North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
EXPLORATION PERMIT
Date __________________________
Exploration Permit No. _____________
Exploration Permit Application No. _____________
Permittee________________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________
This Exploration Permit covering an area of _________ hectares situated at
_______________________________________________ more particularly described:
POINT
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
having been filed in this Bureau on ________________, is hereby granted to
_____________________________ in accordance with Republic Act No. 7942,
otherwise known as The Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and the Revised Implementing
Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder, subject to the following terms and
conditions:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1.
The right to explore shall be subject to valid, prior and existing rights of any
party(ies) within the area;
2.
This Permit shall be for the exclusive use and benefit of the Permittee or his/her
duly authorized representative/s and, shall under no circumstances be used for
purposes other than exploration;
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3.
The term of the Permit shall be for a period of two (2) years from date of issuance
hereof, renewable for like periods but not to exceed a total term of six (6) years:
Provided, that no renewal of the Permit shall be allowed unless the Permittee has
complied with the terms and conditions of the Permit and shall not have been found
guilty of violations of any provision of the Act and its Revised Implementing Rules
and Regulations;
4.
The Permittee shall submit to the Bureau/concerned Regional Office within thirty
(30) calendar days after the end of each semester a report under oath of the
Exploration Work Program implementation and expenditures showing
discrepancies/deviations including the results of the survey, laboratory reports,
geological reports/maps, subject to semiannual inspection and verification by the
Bureau/ concerned Regional Office at the expense of the Permittee; Provided, that
any expenditure in excess of the yearly budget of the approved Exploration Work
program may be carried forward and credited to the succeeding years covering the
duration of the Permit;
5.
The Permittee shall submit to the Bureau/concerned Regional Office within thirty
(30) calendar days from the end of six (6) months after the approval of the
Environmental Work Program (EWP) and every six months thereafter a status
report on the compliance with the said EWP;
6.
The Permittee shall annually relinquish at least 20% of the permit area during the
first two years of exploration and at least 10% of the remaining permit area
annually during the extended exploration period. However, if the permit area is less
than five thousand (5,000) hectares, the Permittee need not relinquish any part
thereof. A separate report of relinquishment shall be submitted with a detailed
geologic report of the relinquished area accompanied by maps at a scale of 1:50,000
and results of analyses and corresponding expenditures, among others. The
minimum exploration expenditures for the remaining area after relinquishment shall
be based on the approved Exploration Work Program;
7.
The Permittee shall submit a final report to the Bureau/concerned Regional Office a
final report upon the expiration or relinquishment of the Permit or its conversion
into Mineral Agreement or FTAA in a form and substance comparable to published
reports of respected international organizations and shall incorporate all the findings
in the permit area, including locations of samples, assays, chemical analyses and
assessment of the mineral potential. Such report shall include complete detailed
expenditures incurred during the exploration;
8.
In case of diamond drilling, the Permittee shall, upon request of the
Director/concerned Regional Director, submit to the Bureau/concerned Regional
Office a quarter of the core samples which shall be deposited in the Regional Office
Core Library for safekeeping and reference;
9.
Onshore exploration activities shall be carried out in a manner that will at all times,
safeguard the environment;
10.
Offshore activities shall be carried out in accordance with the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and in a manner that will not
adversely affect the safety of navigation at sea and will ensure accommodation with
other marine activities such as fishing, aquaculture, transportation, etc.;
11.
If the Permittee applies for a Mineral Agreement or FTAA over the permit area, the
exploration period covered by the Exploration Permit shall be considered as the
exploration period of the Mineral Agreement or FTAA;
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12.
The Permittee shall allow the Secretary or his/her/its
representative/s to annually review his/her performance;
duly authorized
13.
The Director may at any time cancel this Permit for violation/s of the provisions of
the Mining Act and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations or of this
Permit or in case of adversity or breach of peace arising in the Permit Area subject
hereof by reason of conflicting interest without any responsibility on the part of the
Government as to expenditures for exploration that might have been incurred or as
to other damages that might have been suffered by the Permittee.
14.
The Permittee shall comply with pertinent provisions of the Act, the Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations thereof and such other terms and conditions
which the Bureau/concerned Regional Office may deem appropriate.
Quezon City, Philippines, _____________19___.
_____________________
Director/Regional Director
I hereby accept the terms and conditions of this permit as above stated.
_________________________
Permittee
Signed in the presence of:
___________________________
(Signature over Printed Name)
___________________________
(Signature over Printed Name)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Republic of the Philippines ______ )
Province of ________________ ) S. S.
City/Municipality of ___________ )
Before me, a Notary Public for and in the City/Municipality of ______________
personally appeared _____________________ with Community Tax Certificate No.
__________ issued on ______________ at ______________, in his/her capacity as
Director/Regional Director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau and
__________________, with Community Tax Certificate No. ___________ issued on
____________ at ________________, in his/her capacity as _______________ of
________________________________ both known to me and to me known to be the
same persons who executed the foregoing instrument consisting of
___________________ (
) pages, including this acknowledgement page, and
acknowledged to me that the same is their voluntary act and deeds.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affix my notarial seal, this
_______ day of _________________.
______________________
Notary Public
Until Dec. 31, 19 _______
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