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Mining Projects

1. Environmental Impact Statement( EIS ) (Refer to DENR DAO 96-37 Series of 1996, for contents of EIS )

Additional requirements to be attached to the EIS:

• Location map/Project site plotted on the Topographic map with 1:50,000 scale
• Site Development Plan/Map noting adjacent water bodies (scale:1:10,000)
• Two-year Exploration Work Program
• Proposed Commercial Production Work Program/Construction and Development Work Program, whichever is applicable

2. Status of Land/Land Claim

• Certification/evaluation from CENRO/PENRO
• Land Title/Tax Declaration/Stewardship Contract
• For Conflict areas: waiver from other claimants

3. Endorsement from the Local Government Units with attached resolution including a copy of the documentation of the process

• Sangguniang Pambarangay
• Sangguniang Bayan
• Indigenous tribal communities in case the area falls within a certified ancestral land/domain

4. Zoning Clearance from the City/Municipal Zoning Office

5. In case the mining claim falls within the forested zone secure a Special Cutting Permit

6. In case of renewal or expansion environmental accounting of previous operation

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