Recently, the Department of Natural Resources and Planning of Zhejiang Province issued the “Notice on Further Strengthening the Verification and Review of Newly Established Mining Rights,” requiring natural resources departments at all levels to strictly control the threshold for establishing new mining rights. Starting from the perspectives of ecological protection, resource security, and land-use efficiency, they are required to thoroughly consider the natural resource and ecological environmental conditions of mining areas, conduct specialized assessments on the necessity of newly established mining rights as well as the legality, reasonableness, and feasibility of the proposed mining area boundaries, and submit proposals for delineating the boundaries of the newly established mining rights.

　　The Zhejiang Provincial Department requires that the feasibility study for newly established mining rights is the foundation for the rational exploration and utilization of mineral resources, an important measure for promoting land-use control and source-based ecological protection, and plays a crucial role in coordinating mineral development, land-use planning, and ecological conservation, as well as in vigorously developing green mining. The county-level departments of natural resources should propose a preliminary plan for delineating the boundaries of mining areas for newly established mining rights and submit it to the people's government at their respective levels for organization of relevant departments; they may also invite pertinent experts to conduct specialized feasibility studies on the proposed new mining rights.

　　The Zhejiang Provincial Department emphasized that land and resources authorities at all levels must conscientiously carry out the feasibility studies for newly established mining rights and the review and submission of mining area boundaries. Based on the review opinions on mining area boundaries, they should organize and implement subsequent related work, including geological exploration, reserve evaluation, and assessment of mining right transfer fees. All mining rights trading institutions must carefully verify the coordinate data of the proposed mining areas to be transferred, ensuring that the mining areas specified in the transfer plans and public notices are consistent with those clearly defined in the “Review Opinions on Mining Area Boundaries.” Any discrepancies will result in the mining rights not being permitted for transfer.