Ministerial Decree No. 1357 validating the Regulation on geological information pertaining to public property. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 1996 (2003) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Access-to-information Data collection/reporting Minerals Mining Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that geological information related to subsoil, mineral deposits, mining conditions and any other particulars contained in geological reports shall pertain to state property if it was financed at the expense of state budget. All the geological information, irrespectively of the source of financing, shall be submitted free of charge to the authorized state on subsoil management and protection body for classification and generalization. Access to the information on subsoil can be granted for educational, scientific, commercial and other purposes to the national and foreign users. Full text Russian Website www.government.kz