Ley Nº 126 - Ley de Minería. Country/Territory Ecuador Document type Legislation Date 1991 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Registro Oficial Nº 695, 31 de mayo de 1991. Subject Mineral resources Keyword Basic legislation Mining Minerals Exploration Institution Concession Zoning Protected area Access right Pollution control Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Environmental standards Servitude Contract/agreement Non-governmental entity Royalties/fees Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Authorization/permit Indigenous peoples Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Andean States, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, South-Eastern Pacific Abstract La presente Ley de Minería norma las relaciones del Estado con las personas naturales y jurídicas, nacionales o extranjeras y las de estas entre si, respecto de la obtención de derechos y de la ejecución de actividades mineras. Se exceptúan de las disposiciones de esta Ley el petróleo y demás hidrocarburos, los minerales radioactivos y las aguas minero-medicinales. Full text Spanish References - Legislation Implemented by Plan Nacional de Minería - 2006. Legislation | Ecuador Keyword: Policy/planning, Mining, Minerals, Exploration, Institution, Concession, Zoning, Environmental standards, Contract/agreement, Non-governmental entity Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decreto Nº 3.934 - Reglamento de seguridad minera. Legislation | Ecuador | 1996 Keyword: Mining, Minerals, Exploration, Concession, Zoning, Protected area, Access right, Pollution control, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Environmental standards, Servitude, Contract/agreement, Non-governmental entity, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Authorization/permit, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ley de Minería. Legislation | Ecuador | 2009 (2018) Keyword: EIA, Protection of environment, Basic legislation, Mining, Minerals, Exploration, Institution, Concession, Zoning, Protected area, Access right, Pollution control, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Environmental standards, Servitude, Contract/agreement, Non-governmental entity, Royalties/fees, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Authorization/permit, Indigenous peoples, Standards, Water abstraction Source: FAO, FAOLEX