The State Council's Measures for the Administration of Mineral Resources Exploitation Registration Article 7 The mining license shall be valid for a maximum of 30 years for large enterprises, 20 years for medium-sized enterprises and 10 year for small enterprises.
The validity period of the mining license shall be compatible with the service life of the mine determined by the development and utilization plan of mineral resources.
When the service life of the mine exceeds the upper limit stipulated in Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of Mining Registration of Mineral Resources (the State Council Decree No.241), the mining registration shall be carried out according to the upper limit of the legal validity period; When the service life of the mine is lower than the upper limit stipulated by laws and regulations, the mining registration shall be handled according to the actual production life of the mine.