How to deal with private excavation and indiscriminate mining

Legal analysis: 1. Anyone who mines without obtaining a mining license, enters a state-planned mining area without authorization, and mines a specific mineral that is protected by the state, shall be ordered to stop mining, compensate for losses, confiscate the mined mineral products and illegal income, and may also be fined; 2, refused to stop mining, resulting in the destruction of mineral resources, the directly responsible personnel shall be investigated for criminal responsibility. Mining beyond the approved mining area, shall be ordered to return to the mining area for mining, compensation for losses, confiscation of cross-border mining of mineral products and illegal income, and may also be fined; 3, refused to return to the mining area within the scope of mining, resulting in the destruction of mineral resources, the mining license shall be revoked, and the persons directly responsible shall be investigated for criminal responsibility.

Legal basis: Article 39 of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China

Anyone who, in violation of the provisions of this law, mines without obtaining a mining license, enters a mining area planned by the state and of great value to the national economy, or mines a specific mineral that is protected by the state, shall be ordered to stop mining, compensate for losses, confiscate the mined mineral products and illegal income, and may also be fined; Those who refuse to stop mining and cause damage to mineral resources shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of Article 156 of the Criminal Law. Units and individuals who enter the mining areas of state-owned mining enterprises and other mining enterprises established by others according to law shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 4 Whoever mines beyond the approved mining area shall be ordered to return to the mining area for mining, compensate for losses, confiscate the mineral products and illegal income from cross-border mining, and may also be fined; Refusing to return to the mining area for mining, thus causing damage to mineral resources, the mining license shall be revoked, and the person directly responsible shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of Article 156 of the Criminal Law.