Decision No. 04/2018/QĐ-TTg promulgates regulations on the method for determining costs of assessing mineral potential, costs of mineral exploration to be repaid, repayment methods, and regulations on collection, management, and use of costs for assessing mineral potential and mineral exploration funded by the State.

Pursuant to …;

Issuing regulations on the method for determining costs

to assess mineral potential, exploration costs that must be repaid,

repayment methods, regulations on collection, management, and use of costs

to assess mineral potential, exploration conducted by the State

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Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated June 19, 2015;

Pursuant to the Law on Minerals dated November 17, 2010;

Pursuant to Decree No. 158/2016/NĐ-CP dated November 29, 2016 of the Government detailing implementation of certain provisions of the Minerals Law;

At the proposal of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment;

The Prime Minister issues this Decision to stipulate the method for determining costs to assess mineral potential, exploration costs that must be repaid, repayment methods; regulations on collection, management, and use of costs to assess mineral potential, exploration conducted by the State.June 2024; mineral potentialJune 2024;assessment, exploration costs that must be repaid, repayment methods; regulations on collection, management, and use of costs to assess mineral potential, explorationJune 2024; mineral potentialJune 2024;conducted by the State.June 2024;This Decision annexes the Regulations on the method for determining costs to assess mineral potential, exploration costs that must be repaid, repayment methods; regulations on collection, management, and use of costs to assess mineral potential, exploration conducted by the State.

Article 1. 1. This Decision shall take effect from March 10, 2018;

Article 2. Effectiveness

2. Terminate the effectiveness of Circular Joint Circular No. 186/2009/TTLT-BTC-BTNMT dated September 28, 2009 issued by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment; Circular Joint Circular No. 64/2012/TTLT-BTC-BTNMT dated April 25, 2012 amending and supplementing Circular Joint Circular No. 186/2009/TTLT-BTC-BTNMT dated September 28, 2009 issued by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment from the date this Decision takes effect.

Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuracy, provincial People's Committees, municipal People's Committees directly under the central government, and related organizations and individuals are responsible for implementing this Decision./.

Article 3. The ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuracy, provincial People's Committees under central governance, and related organizations and individuals shall be responsible for implementing this Decision./.