Resumption of Mining Activities on Area Covered by LOI No. 757 (October 30, 1978)
Letter of Instructions No. 778, issued on November 28, 1978, directs the Director of the Bureau of Mines to clarify and implement the provisions of an earlier instruction, Letter of Instruction No. 757. It allows mining claimholders, operators, permittees, and lessees to resume their mining activities in specified areas. However, any development related to uranium or nuclear fuel minerals found in these areas must comply with Presidential Decree No. 1101. This directive aims to facilitate the continued operation of mining activities while ensuring regulatory compliance for sensitive minerals.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 778
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 28, 1978
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 778
TO : The Director
In order to clarify the scope and intent of Letter of Instruction No. 757, and to enable the mining claim-owners and/or mining operators to continue their mining activities on the area covered thereby, you are hereby directed: cdt
1. To resume processing of existing mining claims embracing areas described in Letter of Instructions No. 757; and
2. To allow claimholders, mining operators, permittees and lessees to resume their mining operations on their said mining areas provided that the development of uranium and/or any nuclear fuel mineral deposits that may be found therein shall be governed by the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1101.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight.
Cite This Law
Resumption of Mining Activities on Area Covered by LOI No. 757 (October 30, 1978), Letter of Instructions No. 778, Nov 28, 1978 (Philippines)
Resumption of Mining Activities on Area Covered by LOI No. 757 (October 30, 1978), Letter of Instructions No. 778 (Phil. 1978)
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