Decree No. 2 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on classification of deposits of minerals and quantitative estimates of deposits of solid minerals.

This Decree sets forth the procedure for classification of deposits of minerals and quantitative estimates of deposits of solid minerals establishing unified principles of estimates, assessment and state registration of stock and quantitative estimates of deposits of solid minerals in accordance with complexity of geological structure, degree of exploration thereof and economic value. Deposits of minerals shall be classified by groups (explored and estimated) and shall be estimated and registered in mass units and volumes.