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Minerals Legal Perspective | Interpretation of the "Morse Code" of Mining Rights Registration Information"

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2021-04-06

On December 11, 2007, the former Ministry of Land and Resources issued the Notice on the Implementation of the National Unified Number of Exploration Rights (GuotuZifa [2007] No. 294), stipulating that if the exploration rights approved and registered after January 1, 2008 have not been issued with a unified exploration license number (except for oil, natural gas and coalbed methane minerals) by the national number allocation system, the exploration license number has been adjusted from 13 to 18. On December 19, 2008, the former Ministry of Land and Resources issued the "Notice of the Ministry of Land and Resources on the Implementation of the National Unified Number of Mining Rights" (GuotuZifa [2008] No. 292, which adjusted the number of the mining rights license from the original 13 to 23.

On June 16, 2020, the general office of the Ministry of natural resources issued the measures for the management of mining rights registration information (hereinafter referred to as the measures, in order to implement the requirements of the State Council on strengthening the supervision during and after the event, further standardize the registration of mining rights transfer, strengthen the disclosure of government affairs and social services, and improve the informatization level of mining rights management, It is stipulated that the national exploration license number and mining license number shall be subject to a unified coding system, and the competent department of natural resources. This means that from July 10, 2020, the national exploration license number, mining license number to implement a unified coding system. A unified code shall be obtained for the new establishment, continuation, alteration of mining rights and the retention of prospecting rights.

Let's take a look at the "Morse Code" in the mining rights registration information ".

1. What is the unified coding of mining rights?

Uniform coding refers to the process of submitting information related to the registration of mining rights and obtaining unified coding of exploration licenses or mining licenses to the National Mining Rights Registration Information and Publishing System (hereinafter referred to as the Registration Information System) on the Internet after the competent department of natural resources intends to agree to the registration of mining rights.

2. What is a registration information system?

Registration information system refers to the Internet application program developed, maintained and managed by the Ministry of natural resources for the competent department of natural resources to obtain unified coding, publicize and disclose information related to mining rights.

3. What do natural resources authorities do with codes?

Natural resource authorities access harmonized codes, conduct services and conduct monitoring. Among them, the service refers to the natural resources authorities rely on the registration information system, publicity of mining rights related information and the implementation of mining rights data sharing and other acts. Monitoring refers to the data analysis, verification and notification of the transfer registration of the lower-level natural resources department and the publicity of mining rights related information through the registration information system, reminding and urging the lower-level natural resources department to regulate the transfer of mining rights. Registration behavior.

4 What is a digital certificate?

The identity authentication of the registration information system adopts the digital certificate method to support the two-way authentication between the user and the system.

Digital certificates are divided into management digital certificates and technical support digital certificates. The management digital certificate is held by the department in charge of natural resources and has all the authority to obtain unified coding, publicize and disclose information related to mining rights, and manage relevant mining rights data. The technical support digital certificate is held by the unit that provides technical support for the natural resources authority, and has partial permissions for viewing, downloading and statistical analysis of relevant mining rights data.

The digital certificate is uniformly produced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and is distributed according to the registration authority for the transfer of mining rights. A natural resources authority may issue a set of management digital certificates and technical support digital certificates.

Digital certificates should be strictly managed and used in a standardized manner. Local departments in charge of natural resources at all levels shall submit a written application to the Ministry of Natural Resources through the provincial departments in charge of natural resources to apply for new issuance, reissue, unlock (replacement) or change of digital certificates. Among them, the loss of digital certificates should be reported to the Ministry of Natural Resources in a timely manner.

5. Under what circumstances do I need to obtain or cancel the unified code?

A unified code shall be obtained for the new establishment, continuation, alteration of mining rights and the retention of prospecting rights. In the case of cancellation of mining rights (including policy closure of mines) and inclusion in the list of self-annulment of mining rights, cancellation or relevant data shall be submitted to the registration information system.

6. How many digits are encoded?

The exploration license number and the mining license number code are composed of 23 characters and are permanent license numbers.

7. What are the rules for the replacement of mining rights codes?

If a new mining right is established, the registration information system will generate a new certificate number; if it is continued, changed or retained, the original certificate number will be used. If the mining right is divided, the original certificate number shall be used for the mining right that submits the coded data first, and the rest shall be issued with a new certificate number. In the case of a merger of mining rights, the mining rights of the subject of the merger or the certificate number at the time of first establishment shall be used.

8, exploration license and mining license number coding rules.

The exploration license and mining license number is composed of 23 characters, and the specific form is as follows:

The first digit is the license type code, the exploration license is T, and the mining license is C.

The 2nd to 7th digits are the administrative division codes of the license issuing authority, which are compiled with reference to the the People's Republic of China Administrative Division Code (GB/T 2260) and the regulations of the administrative division management department, and the Ministry of Natural Resources is 100000.

Bits 8-13 are the issuing time code, which consists of a 4-digit year code and a 2-digit month code. For example, 202005 indicates that the issuing time is May 2020.

The 14th place is the mineral classification code, which is compiled with reference to the "Detailed Rules for the Classification of Mineral Resources" attached to the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law" (Order No. 152 of the State Council). See the table below for specific signs.