1 2 3 CHAPTER V I I QUARRY RESOURCES 4 Sec. 78. Quarry resources within ancestrai domains. - Gathering of quarry 5 resources, sand and gravel, guano and other organic fertilizer materials, and gemstones 6 within ancestral domains shall likewise be subject to the free prior informed consent of 7 ICCs/IPs. ICCs/IPs and the government shall be entitled to at least ten per cent (10% ) 8 of royalties depending on whether the resources are found inside or outside ancestral 9 domains. Permits shall be limited to a maximum term of five (5) years, renewable for 10 like periods but not exceeding a total term o f twenty five (25) years, and a maximum 11 area of five (5) hectares. 12 Sec. 79. Quarry Perm it - Any qualified Filipino may apply for a quarry permit on 13 privately- owned lands except ancestral domains and/or public lands for building and 14 construction materials such as marble, basalt, andesite, conglomerate, tuff, adobe, 15 granite, gabbro, serpentine, inset filling materials, clay for ceramic tiles and building 16 bricks, pumice, perlite and other similar materials that are extracted by quarrying from 17 the ground at the provincial/city mining regulatory board. The provincial governor shall 18 grant the permit after the applicant has complied with all the requirements as 19 prescribed by the rules and regulations set forth by this Act. Provided, That 20 gathering/extraction of sand for its metallic contents such as magnetite from the 21 country's rivers and shorelines shall be require a mineral agreement in lieu of a quarry 22 permit. 23 The maximum area which a qualified person may hold at any one time shall be limited 24 to a surface area of five hectares (5 has.): Provided, That in large-scale quarry 25 operations involving cement raw materials, marble, granite, sand and gravel and 26 construction aggregates, a qualified person and the government may enter into a 27 mineral agreement as defined herein. 28 A quarry permit shall have a term of five (5) years, renewable for like periods but not to 29 exceed a total term of twenty-five (25) years. No quarry permit shall be issued or 30 granted on any area covered by a mineral agreement. 31 Sec. 80. Quarry Fee and Taxes. - A permittee shall pay a quarry fee as provided 32 for under the implementing rules and regulations. The permittee shall also pay the 33 excise tax as provided by pertinent laws. 34 Sec. 81. Cancellation o f Quarry Perm it - A quarry permit may be cancelled by 35 the provincial governor for violations of the provisions of this Act or its implementing 36 rules and regulations or the terms and conditions of said permit: Provided, That before 37 the cancellation of such permit, the holder thereof shall be given the opportunity to be 30