Procedure and Assessment for Determining Mining Areas

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 12 of 2011 on the Procedure for Mining Business Area and Mining Area Information System Assessment ("Regulation") has been issued to implement Article 21 (4) and 38 (40) of Government Regulation No. 22 of 2010 on Mining Areas.

Article 1 sets out the key terms that is used throughout the Regulation. The terms are, among others, mining area (wilayah pertambangan or WP, as elaborated on in Article 1 (1)); radioactive mining business area (as elaborated on in Article 1 (2)); work contract (as elaborated on in Article 1 (12)); mining area information system (as elaborated on in Article 1 (15)); minister, which is the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (as elaborated on in Article 1 (17)); and director general, which is the Director General of Mining and Coal (as elaborated on in Article 1 (18)).