Mining Act Article 20
In one of the following situations, the competent authority shall dismiss the application for establishing a mineral right if:1.A mineral right applicant, who submit plans, drawings, and documents under Paragraph 1 of Article 17 or Paragraph 2 of Article 31, fails to supplement or amend or fails to resubmit complete supplemented and amended plans, drawings, and documents within a given period of time required by the competent authority after the document has been reviewed.2. A mineral right applicant keeps failing to guide to survey the area claimed by the applicant on the designated date after the second notice, or fails to denote the claimed area on survey, or the denoted area on survey is totally different from the claimed area on the mineral concession map.3. A mineral right applicant fails to correct within a given period time the difference of the location and the shape of the claimed area from the mineral deposits, which can damage mining interest.4. A mineral right applicant fails to pay review fee survey fee, current mineral right fee, license fee and registration fee within a given period of time after the application has been reviewed and the payment notice has been issued by the competent authority.5. The competent authority reviews economic benefits and evaluates and determines that the development shall not be approved.6. The establishment of the mineral right would be detrimental to the public interest.7. Any matters under this Act or other laws and regulations which shall be dismissed or not be approved.The competent authority accepting application of a mineral right shall survey the claimed area of mine and shall decide to approve or dismiss such application within 6 months after accepting the application.
中文原文 礦業法第20條
申請設定礦業權有下列情形之一者，主管機關應駁回其申請：
一、礦業申請人依第十七條第一項或第三十一條第二項規定檢具之書圖文件，其應載明事項之內容不完備，經限期補正，屆期未補正或補正不完備。
二、礦業申請人，不依指定日期導往勘查，經一次限期催告，仍未依限到場，或勘查時不能指明其申請地，或勘查時所指定之區域與礦區圖完全不符。
三、礦業申請地之位置形狀與礦牀之位置形狀不符，有損礦利者，經限期申請人更正，屆期未更正。
四、申請設定礦業權經主管機關審查後，通知礦業申請人限期繳納之審查費、勘查費、當期礦業權費、執照費及登記費，屆期未繳納。
五、經主管機關審查經濟效益評估認定不應開發。
六、設定礦業權有妨害公益。
七、依本法或其他法規應駁回或不予核准之事項。
主管機關受理礦業權申請案，應勘查礦業申請地，並於受理申請後六個月內為准駁之決定。
一、礦業申請人依第十七條第一項或第三十一條第二項規定檢具之書圖文件，其應載明事項之內容不完備，經限期補正，屆期未補正或補正不完備。
二、礦業申請人，不依指定日期導往勘查，經一次限期催告，仍未依限到場，或勘查時不能指明其申請地，或勘查時所指定之區域與礦區圖完全不符。
三、礦業申請地之位置形狀與礦牀之位置形狀不符，有損礦利者，經限期申請人更正，屆期未更正。
四、申請設定礦業權經主管機關審查後，通知礦業申請人限期繳納之審查費、勘查費、當期礦業權費、執照費及登記費，屆期未繳納。
五、經主管機關審查經濟效益評估認定不應開發。
六、設定礦業權有妨害公益。
七、依本法或其他法規應駁回或不予核准之事項。
主管機關受理礦業權申請案，應勘查礦業申請地，並於受理申請後六個月內為准駁之決定。