This Regulation consisting of 106 articles divided into V Parts, applies to licenses for exploration and exploitation of ores for mines, quarries, and salt flats issued by the competent authority, provided that the proceeds of rents, royalties, and fees prescribed in this Regulation shall be transferred to the State Public Treasury. The Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA) and the competent entity shall prepare templates for the exploration licenses (art.3). The requests also include a request for approval to obtain quarry materials for the establishment of facilities in favor of a license, a request to replace a quarry license, rent facilities, obtain samples for analysis, request the extraction of data or documents, and request the disposal of waste resulting from exploitation operations, in addition to creating databases for ores and corporations, (art.6). Article 8 states that no license shall be issued in respect of archaeological sites, nature reserves, land of cities or villages, or market places, utilities, houses of worship, graveyards, land adjacent to airports or highways or main roads, railways, petroleum or gas pipelines, irrigation utilities, dams, reservoirs or land allocated for those facilities, except after obtaining the approval of concerned entities. The owner of the land by virtue of a registered contract is entitled to request obtaining an exploration or exploitation license in respect of ores subject of the Law that are existing in its land (art.10). An advisory Committee shall be formed, presided by a representative of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, to provide opinions, among others, on the following (i) amendments that might be made in regards to the rent value of mines, quarries and salt pans; (ii) royalty percentage for the ores subject of the Law; (iii) non-exportable ores; (iv) disputes in relation to mineral resources; (v) approval of added value criteria for each ore; (vi) studying issues related to the method of calculating the quantity of the material extracted from mines, quarries or salt pans and its value (art.12).