RKAB Rejected? No Problem! Holders of Mining Permits Now Allowed to Resubmit Rejected RKAB More Than Once

In 2023, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (“Minister”) issued Regulation No. 10 of 2023 on Procedures for the Drafting, Submission and Approval of Work Plans and Funding Budgets (Rencana Kerja dan Anggaran Biaya – “RKAB”), and Procedures for the Reporting of the Implementation of Mineral and Coal-Mining Business Activities (“Regulation 10/2023”), which primarily establishes procedures for the preparation, submission, approval and reporting of RKAB, as well as reporting requirements for mining operations that are undertaken within Indonesia.[1]