Chương IV Luật khoáng sản 2010: Điều tra cơ bản địa chất về khoáng sản

Chapter IV

GEOLOGICAL BASELINE SURVEYS OF MINERALS

Article 21. The State's responsibilities for geological baseline surveys of minerals

1. The State shall conduct geological baseline surveys of minerals under the approved master plan.

Funds for geological baseline surveys of minerals shall be included in annual state budget estimates.

2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall conduct geological baseline surveys of minerals on the basis of the master plan on geological baseline surveys of minerals approved by the Prime Minister and the allocated state budget estimates.

Article 22. Contents of geological baseline surveys of minerals

1. A geological baseline survey of minerals has the following contents:

a/ Survey and discovery of minerals simultaneously with drawing of maps for regional geology, catastrophic geology, environmental geology, marine mineral geology and specialized geological and mineral maps and researches;

b/ Assessment of mineral potential by kind or group of minerals or geological structures of prospect to discover new mineral areas.

2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall specify the contents of geological baseline surveys of minerals; procedures for appraising and approving projects on geological baseline surveys of minerals and reporting on the outcomes of geological baseline surveys of minerals.

Article 23. Rights and obligations of organizations conducting geological baseline surveys of minerals

1. Organizations conducting geological baseline surveys have the following rights:

a/ To conduct geological baseline surveys of minerals under projects approved by competent state management agencies;

b/ To send out of areas in which geological baseline surveys of mineral are conducted, even out of the country, mineral specimens of appropriate weights and types for analysis and testing purposes under the approved projects.

2. Organizations conducting geological baseline surveys of minerals have the following obligations:

a/ To register geological baseline surveys of minerals with competent state management agencies before conducting these surveys;

b/ To properly implement approved projects and comply with standards, technical regulations, norms and unit prices in the process of conducting geological baseline surveys of minerals;

c/ To ensure the truthfulness and completeness in the collection and summarization of geological and mineral-related documents and information; to refrain from disclosing geological and mineral-related information during the process of conducting geological baseline surveys of minerals;

d/ To protect the environment, minerals and other natural resources during survey periods;

e/ To propose competent state management agencies to approve reports on the results of geological baseline surveys of minerals;

f/ To submit approved reports on the results of geological baseline surveys of minerals for archival according to the law on archives; to send geological and mineral specimens to the Geology Museum according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's regulations.

Article 24. Organizations and individuals investing in geological baseline surveys of minerals

1. Investment in geological baseline surveys of minerals must ensure the following principles:

a/ Projects on geological baseline surveys of minerals must be included in the Prime Minister-issued list of projects in which investment is promoted;

b/ Projects on geological baseline surveys of minerals must be appraised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;

c/ Projects on geological baseline surveys of minerals must be implemented under the supervision of competent state management agencies.

2. When conducting mineral activities, organizations and individuals having invested in geological baseline surveys of minerals will be given priority in using information on minerals in surveyed areas.