Legal basis: Article 343 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates the provisions of the Mineral Resources Law, mines without a mining license, mines in state-planned mining areas, mining areas of great value to the national economy and other people's mining areas, or mines specific minerals protected by the state, if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or control, and shall also or shall only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he 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.