On the 5th, the reporter learned from the Shanxi Provincial Department of Natural Resources that the province has adjusted and optimized the registration authority for the transfer of some mining rights, and the transfer and registration rights of relevant mineral exploration rights have been simultaneously delegated to the Municipal Bureau for management.
Among the 25 kinds of strategic mineral resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources is responsible for the mining rights of 14 kinds of important strategic mineral resources such as petroleum, hydrocarbon natural gas, shale gas, natural gas hydrate, radioactive minerals, tungsten, rare earth, and crystalline graphite Assignment and registration; the provincial department is responsible for the assignment and registration of mining rights for 11 strategic mineral resources such as coal, coal-bed methane, iron, chromium, copper, aluminum, gold, and fluorspar.
In view of the fact that the management system of geothermal mineral rights is still being gradually improved, according to the "Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the People's Government of Shanxi Province on Comprehensively Promoting the High-quality Development of the Geothermal Energy Industry" (Jin Zheng Ban Fa [2022] No. 68), geothermal mining The transfer and registration of rights will continue to be in the charge of the provincial department.
Each municipal bureau is responsible for the transfer and registration of mining rights for mineral resources other than the above 26 types of minerals (excluding mining rights for river sand and brick and tile clay with small reserves); The Resources Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the County Bureau) is responsible for the transfer and registration of mining rights for river sand and brick clay with small reserves.
When promoting the integration and optimization of regional non-coal mineral resources, the municipal governments with districts need to include nine minerals such as gold, iron, chromium, copper, aluminum, nickel, zirconium, phosphorus, and fluorspar into the mining area integration and optimization plan and If it has been approved by the provincial people's government, the provincial department will entrust the relevant municipal bureaus to make the transfer in accordance with the law and regulations in a "one case, one discussion" manner.
It is understood that Shanxi has adjusted and optimized the registration authority for the transfer of some mining rights this time, and the validity period is 5 years.