Government of Nepal

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

Department of Mines and Geology

Government of Nepal

Department of Mines and Geology

Lainchour, Kathmandu

Professional and Creative Administration:
Development, Prosperity and Good Governance

Mining License & Administration Section

Main jobs of Mining License Administration Section

  • To regulate and administer mineral operations by granting permits.
  • Renewal and cancellation of mining license in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations.
  • To study the submitted mining proposals and make recommendations to amend them as needed
  • To make a proposal to specify the necessary conditions while granting the mining permit
  • To control and monitor the production, purchase, sale and use of minerals.
  • To control and supervise the sale and use of revenue received from mining.
  • Collection of revenue fee fines received from mines.
  • To perform administrative work under the Mines and Minerals Act, 2042 and Mines and Minerals Regulations, 2056.

A brief description of the procedure to be followed for obtaining a mining license.

Excavation and Prospecting Permit Issuance Details:

No. of Opening License issued 
S.N. Minerals F.Y  070/71  F.Y 071/72 F.Y  072/73  F.Y 073/74 F.Y 074/75 F. Y 075/756 F.Y 076/77
1 Coal 20 17 14 14 11 11 10
2 Iron-ore 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
3 Kyanite 9 9 8 9 8 8 8
4 Lead  1 1 3 3 3 3 3
5 Limestone 37 41 44 49 52 53 72
6 Magnesite 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Marble 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
8 Quartz 3 3 3 4 4 3 4
9 Quartzite 3 6 7 8 10 10 16
10 Red Clay 7 7 7 5 3 3 5
11 Talc 10 12 11 12 14 14 12
12 Tourmaline 13 13 13 12 12 9 8
13 Zinc 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
14 Dolomite 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
15 Calcite 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
  Granite             1
  Copper             1
  Total 112 118 121 126 126 123 149

 

No. of Prospecting License Issued
S.N. Minerals F.Y  070/71  F.Y 071/72 F.Y  072/73 F.Y  074/75 F.Y  075/76 F.Y  076/77
1 Aquamarine 10 8 6 5 0 1
2 Bauxite 3 0 0   0 0
3 Beryl 0 1 1 1 0 0
4 Calcite 3 2 1 1 2 1
5 Coal 21 16 7 4 3 2
6 Copper 31 24 14 7 6 3
7 Corundum 2 2 1 1 0 0
8 Dolomite 19 16 12 14 10 9
9 Garnet 3 1 0     0
10 Gold 69 64 46 17 3 2
11 Granite 6 7 4 3 8 2
12 Graphite 1 0 0   0 0
13 Iron-ore 26 20 12 7 7 2
14 Koline Clay 1 6 4 1 1 0
15 Kyanite 36 27 11 9 3 2
16 Lead  10 9 4 2 1 0
17 Limestone 179 169 172 178 170 162
18 Magnesite 0 0 0     0
19 Marble 4 5 3 1 1 1
20 Marl 1 0 0   0 0
21 Mica 3 2 0 1 0 0
22 Quartz 19 15 10 3 3 2
23 Quartzite 29 41 31 50 34 27
24 Red Clay 7 5 2 1 0 0
25 Ruby 1 3 1   3 4
26 Silica Sand 0 9 10 22 16 27
27 Talc 44 37 19 18 7 5
28 Tin 1 0 0   0 0
29 Tourmaline 66 52 15 12 3 4
30 Zinc 4 2 3   1 0
31 Industrial Clay 0 0 1 1 0 0
32 Polymetal       2 3 2
33 Feldspar       1 1 0
  Total 599 543 390 362 286 258

 

Revenue Income

S.N.

Code No.

Non-tax revenue title

F.Y. 067/68

F.Y. 068/69

F.Y. 069/70

F.Y. 070/71

F.Y. 071/72

1

14153

Mining royalty

23757645.43

31402966.13

47505229.8

63827414.15

56782111.49

2

14212

Proceeds from government sales

83000

286714.5

470225.05

669211.5

484223.8

3

14227

Other Administrative Service Fees

140288

408000

21000

24000

450

4

14312

Administrative Fees Penalties

 

 

 

132526

696517.52

5

1-1-1-1-1

Other

 

961

 

 

 

6

15112

Beruju

49939.36

 

3723

125870

78257

 

 

Total

24030872.79

32098641.63

48000177.85

64779021.65

58041559.81

 

S.N.

Code No.

Non-tax revenue title

F.Y. 072/73

F.Y. 073/74

F.Y. 074/75

F.Y. 075/76

F.Y. 076/77

1

14153

Mining royalty

261452315.78

407362180.86

890596018

768333591.44

846449575.89

2

14212

Proceeds from government sales

611290.

3047565.7

2626100

1650220

216540

3

14227

Other Administrative Service Fees

6000

0

3000

117700

434600

4

14312

Administrative Fees Penalties

871145.93

5000

0

81697

212100

5

1-1-1-1-1

Other

0

90300

0

 

 

6

15112

Beruju

90810

6050

0

140515।64

35693

 

 

Total

263031561.71

410511096.56

1139396240.61

770323724.08

847348508.89