(front page, Feb. 12), a report on proposed changes to the 1872 Mining Act, which include imposing a 5 percent royalty on minerals.

Perhaps, quoting the 1988 government Green Paper that explained the 1989 changes to the Mining Act can serve to sum things up quite nicely.

The mine site was withdrawn from staking in 1968 under the Mining Act.

Jean-Paul Turcaud, for various reasons and in contradiction to the Mining Act, failed to do either of these.

But as Congress considers changing the Mining Act, the company said it was considering applying for such a patent.

All unextracted minerals are government property, according to the Mining Act.

The 1995 Mining Act, which allows 100% foreign ownership of Philippine mines, has come under fire from left-wing political groups.

No mine abandonment plans of either the tunnels or the caverns, known as voids, were made prior to the 1872 Mining Act.

The Mining Act (1936) has been amended several times by acts and decrees.

Efforts to rewrite a destructive relic known as the 1872 Mining Act came to naught on Thursday.