Algeria Mining Act 2001

CHAPTER -IIIGEOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SECTION-1-ON THE NATURE AND CONTENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Article-25-The geological infrastructure is composed of :
• geological infrastructure works
• the mineral stock
• the geological information legal deposit
It is a public interest permanent activity devoted to the State which carries it out
through its national geological service. The geological infrastructure allows to
enhance and federate the research efforts relating to the earth science.
Article-26-The geological infrastructure is particularly materialized by various scale
cartographic supports, namely the regular geological maps and the synthesis
thematic maps. The national geological service undertakes the map drawings
and research works on its own.
Article-27-The geological infrastructure documents and data, of a public interest nature, are
open and usable by all the cultural and socio-economical sectors.
Article-28- Any independent or university searcher, institution, body or company
specialized in the mining, oil, hydrogeological, geotechnical or agronomical
fields, may achieve any or part of a geological or regular thematic map as well
as any geological surveys.
Article-29-The geological infrastructure works may be carried out on the basis of a license
granted by the national geological service mentioned in the hereunder Article
40. This license should necessarily bear the precise name of the holder, the
perimeter area with the exact limits, as well as the duration of the projected
works.
Article-30-The geological infrastructure works license, free of charge, grants its holder, after
notice to the local authority, an access right to the mentioned perimeter, and no
possibility to undertake works likely to prejudice the landowner’s interests or his
beneficiaries’. If the license holder considers that digging and other works are
necessary, he should first negotiate the compensatory damages terms with the
said owner or interested parties.