What are the penalties for illegal mining and excavation?

Legal analysis: 1. Anyone who mines without permission without obtaining a mining license, enters a mining area planned by the state without permission, or exploits specific mineral types that are subject to protective mining stipulated by the state without permission shall be ordered to stop mining and compensate for losses. The mined mineral products and illegal gains may be confiscated and fines may be imposed;

2. If a person refuses to stop mining and causes damage to mineral resources, the person directly responsible shall be held criminally responsible. Anyone who mines beyond the scope of the approved mining area shall be ordered to return to the scope of the mining area and compensate for losses, and the mineral products and illegal gains mined across the boundary shall be confiscated, and a fine may be imposed;

3. Refusal to return to the scope of the mining area If mining causes damage to mineral resources, the mining license will be revoked and those directly responsible will be held criminally responsible.

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

Article 39 Anyone who violates the provisions of this law and mines without obtaining a mining license shall enter without authorization. Anyone who mines within the scope of a nationally planned mining area or a mining area that is of great value to the national economy and exploits specific mineral types that are subject to protective mining stipulated by the state without authorization shall be ordered to stop mining, compensate for losses, have the mined mineral products and illegal gains confiscated, and may also be punished If a person refuses to stop mining and causes damage to mineral resources, the person directly responsible shall be held criminally responsible 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 in accordance with the law for mining shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 40 Anyone who mines beyond the scope of the approved mining area shall be ordered to return to the mining area for mining and compensation for losses, and the mineral products and illegal gains mined beyond the boundary shall be confiscated, and a fine may be imposed; if he refuses to return to the mining area, If mining occurs within the scope and causes damage to mineral resources, the mining license shall be revoked and the persons directly responsible shall be held criminally responsible in accordance with the provisions of Article 156 of the Criminal Law.