Turkey Made Amendments On The Mining Law

Turkey introduced certain amendments to the Mining Law Number 3213 ("Mining Law"), including revision of administrative fines, increase of licence fees, overlap provisions and provisions concerning right to develop proven reserves and registration of such right.

The Law on Amendments to the Mining Law and Certain Laws and Decree Law was published in the Official Gazette dated 28 February 2019 and numbered 30700.

Notable amendments to the Mining Law include:

• The right to develop proved reserves is defined as a mining right which will be registered to the Mining Registry. Furthermore, the discovery right can now be registered to the Mining Registry.
• In licensed mining sites, no business and operation license can be issued without the permission of the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization for the activities and/or facilities other than mine production activities and temporary facilities based on these activities.