Xingqing Company was proved to be mining without a license. Can this matter end well?

Muli coalfield is located in the upper reaches of Datong River basin at the junction of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Haixi Mongolian Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which spans Haixi and Haibei. The main part of Jiangcang River is located in Muli Township, Tianjun County, and consists of Jiangcang District, Juhu Ridge District, Arc Mountain Area and Shagongma District. About 450 kilometers away from Xining, the provincial capital, it is the only integrated exploration area of coking coal resources in Qinghai Province.

In 2006, a company named Qinghai Xingqing Industry and Trade Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as? Xingqing company? ) private enterprises, the coal mining vehicle into the Juhugeng coal mine field (later renamed No.5 well) this old mine. On August 9 this year, Qinghai Province held a press conference, saying that Xingqing Company was initially determined to be suspected of violating laws and regulations. Xiao Weima, chairman of Xingqing Company, and other relevant responsible persons were taken compulsory measures. A number of leading cadres were dismissed for investigation. Xingqing company? Suspected of breaking the law One of the most important behaviors is suspected of unlicensed mining. The mineral resources exploration license provided by the staff of Muli Coalfield Ecological Protection Bureau was issued on February 27th, 20 19, and the prospecting right was Qinghai Muli Coal Industry Development Group Co., Ltd., not Xingqing Company. Yang Zhiqiang, a member of the party group of Qinghai Provincial Department of Natural Resources and head of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, gave the reporter a very positive answer: Xingqing Company has no mining license, and its mining behavior is illegal. He also told reporters that Xingqing Company also has no exploration right, and the exploration right certificate of a mine field in Muli Coalfield Juhugeng Mining Area does not belong to Xingqing Company.

Article 38 of the Grassland Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that: mineral exploitation and engineering construction shall not occupy or occupy less grasslands; If it is really necessary to levy, requisition or use grasslands, it must be audited by the grassland administrative department of the people's government at or above the provincial level, and the examination and approval procedures for construction land shall be handled in accordance with land management laws and administrative regulations; Article 50 stipulates that those who exploit mineral resources on grasslands shall go through relevant procedures according to law.

At the same time, Article 343rd of China's Criminal Law violates the provisions of the Mineral Resources Law, mines in the state-planned mining areas, mining areas of great value to the national economy and other people's mining areas without obtaining a mining license, and mines specific minerals protected by the state. Those who are ordered to stop mining and refuse to stop mining, thus causing damage to mineral resources, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; Whoever causes serious damage to mineral resources shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Whoever, in violation of the provisions of the Mineral Resources Law, exploits mineral resources by destructive mining methods, thus causing serious damage to mineral resources, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined.