Minerals Act, B.E. 2560 (2017).

This Act provides for the exploration, exploitation, prospecting, mining, trade and manufacturing of mineral resources in Thailand. It provides also for the exploration and prospecting licences, mining concession certificates, rights and duties of holders of licences and concession certificates, the royalties and fees derived from the mining operations.
The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and the Minister of Industry shall have charge and control of the execution of this Act. There shall be a commission called the “National Mineral Management Policy Commission” with the Prime Minister or the Deputy Prime Minister entrusted by the Prime Minister, as Chairperson. The powers and duties Commission shall include: (1) to propose to the Council of Ministers the mineral management strategy, policy and master plan; (2) to propose directions or measures to enable agencies concerned to implement the mineral management strategy, policy and master plan in an appropriate and efficient manner; (3) to exercise supervision over and undertake examination of State agencies; etc. The Commission shall prepare a mineral management master plan, which must contain details as to mineral resources exploration, mineral reserves, classification of areas of mineral potential, areas or types of minerals for which restrictions or conservation should be introduced and areas of such rich mineral deposits of high economic value as to be designated as mineral deposit areas for mining purposes.