The Minahang Bayan Act proposes a new system to regulate small‑scale mining, creating a board that will designate mining zones, simplify licensing, ban mercury, require gold sales through the central bank, and give Indigenous peoples a say and a 1% royalty.
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HB05840 · Sources: BatasWatch
Similar in what they’d do, filed by any lawmaker.