12.2.The size of common minerals exploration area for each license shall not be less than twenty-five (25) hectares and shall not exceed 400 hectares as per paragraph 17.4 of the Minerals Law. 12.3.License on common minerals shall be prohibited to be granted within 1 km areas from urban settlement and green zone.
8 July 2006 Ulaanbaatar. CHAPTER ONE. General Provisions. Article 1. Purpose of the law. 1.1 The purpose of this Law is to regulate relations with respect to prospecting, exploration and mining of minerals, and protection of exploration field and mining area in use in the territory of Mongolia. (This paragraph was amended by the law on 8 Jan 2009)