However, because the law stipulates that one term in a mining lease lasts twenty years at most, with the possibility of an additional 20-year extension, "you can only wait until the mining period expires, and if the situation shows no improvement, then don't give them an extension," concludes Huang Ta-pang.
但由於法律規定採礦期一次最多可給廿年，且視開採收益可以再申請延長廿年，因此「只有等採礦期一到，若情況不改善，就不再給予延期」，黃大邦說。