The Law of Mongolia Artisanal and Small Scale Mining
The Law of Mongolia Artisanal and Small Scale Mining
The Law of Mongolia Artisanal and Small Scale Mining
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mineral occurrences as well as superficial hard rock mineral<br />
occurrences, <strong>and</strong> also in artificial mineral deposits as in ab<strong>and</strong>oned<br />
mines.<br />
4.1.5 “ASSM” means <strong>Artisanal</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Scale</strong> <strong>Mining</strong>.<br />
4.1.6 “ASSM Licenses” means <strong>Artisanal</strong> <strong>Mining</strong> License, Micro <strong>Scale</strong> <strong>Mining</strong><br />
License <strong>and</strong> <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Scale</strong> <strong>Mining</strong> license as defined in this act.<br />
4.1.7 “Colluvial occurrences” means materials that move downslope by<br />
force <strong>of</strong> gravity <strong>and</strong>/or erosion <strong>and</strong> collect at the base <strong>of</strong> mountains or<br />
foothills, with little or no sorting.<br />
4.1.8 “Eluvial occurrences” means materials formed by settling <strong>and</strong><br />
enriched by the winnowing or removal <strong>of</strong> lower density materials.<br />
4.1.9 “Exploitation <strong>of</strong> mineral occurrences” means the entire range <strong>of</strong><br />
activities that include separating <strong>and</strong> extracting minerals from the<br />
l<strong>and</strong> surface <strong>and</strong> subsoil, ore stockpile, waste or tailings.<br />
4.1.10 “Hard rock” means metals or gems in a primary state such as mineral<br />
veins <strong>and</strong> lode deposits. Production capacity <strong>of</strong> hard rock mines is<br />
measured as the metric tonnage <strong>of</strong> the entire material (ore plus waste<br />
rock) extracted in the mine<br />
4.1.11 “Holder” means anyone in possession <strong>of</strong> a property or license.<br />
4.1.12 “Placers” means alluvial, eluvial <strong>and</strong> colluvial mineral resources.<br />
Production capacity <strong>of</strong> placer mines is measured as the volume <strong>of</strong><br />
extracted mineralized material in cubic meters, without taking into<br />
account the volume <strong>of</strong> overburden.<br />
4.1.13 “Processing <strong>of</strong> minerals” means increasing the concentration <strong>of</strong> usable<br />
contents <strong>of</strong> ore or tailings, producing products, marketing those<br />
products <strong>and</strong> other related activities.<br />
4.1.14 “Reconnaissance <strong>and</strong> evaluation <strong>of</strong> minerals” means investigations to<br />
identify mineral concentrations through various activities including<br />
rock sampling <strong>and</strong> the review related geological <strong>and</strong> mineral<br />
information.<br />
4.1.15 “Simplified mining activities” means the reconnaissance <strong>and</strong><br />
evaluation <strong>of</strong> minerals, exploitation <strong>of</strong> the mineral occurrences <strong>and</strong><br />
the processing <strong>and</strong> selling <strong>of</strong> the minerals that are carried out with<br />
ASSM licenses by <strong>Mongolia</strong>n nationals that extract up to 2500 cubic<br />
meters per day <strong>of</strong> mineralized material for placers or placer tailings<br />
<strong>and</strong> up to 500 tons per day <strong>of</strong> total material for hard rock or hard rock<br />
tailings. <strong>The</strong>se activities may include male <strong>and</strong> female miners working<br />
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