# Category (A) Minerals (EN)
1 High-grade Bauxite (Bauxite / Aluminium Ore – Al₂O₃ > 40%)
2 Copper
3 High-grade Iron Ore (Fe > 40%)
4 Ilmenite
5 Nickel
6 Niobium
7 Phosphate Rock
8 Quartz (Silica Content > 95%)
9 Rare Earth Elements
10 Rutile
11 Serpentinite (Gemstone variety)
12 Thorium
13 Tin
14 Tungsten
15 Zinc
16 Zirconium
17 Agate
18 Asbestos
19 Beryllium
20 Corundum
21 Diamonds
22 Diaspore
23 Lithium
24 Manganese
25 Molybdenum
26 Platinum Group Metals
27 Pyrite
28 Tantalum
29 Uranium
30 Vanadium
31 Xenotime
32 Cadmium
33 Chromium
34 Garnet Group Minerals – Precious Stone
35 Gemstones & Semi-precious Stones
36 Gold
37 Jasper
38 Olivine – Peridot (Gemstone variety)
39 Silver
40 Hafnium
41 Lead
42 Leucoxene
43 Unlisted Mineral or Metal Ore
# Category (B) Minerals (EN)
1 Low-grade Bauxite (Bauxite / Aluminium Ore – Al₂O₃ < 40%)
2 Red Clay
3 Bentonite
4 Kaolin
5 Diatomite
6 Dolomite (0 – 50,000 tons)
7 Dolomite (+50,000 tons)
8 Feldspar (incl. Felsit)
9 Fluorite
10 Garnet Group Minerals – Other Uses
11 Gypsum & Anhydrite
12 Low-grade Iron Ore (Fe < 40%)
13 Limestone for Industry (0 – 50,000 tons)
14 Limestone for Industry (+50,000 tons)
15 Magnesite
16 Marble for Industry (0 – 50,000 tons)
17 Marble for Industry (+50,000 tons)
18 Nepheline Syenite
19 Perlite
20 Potash
21 Pozzolan for Cement
22 Basalt
23 Pyrophyllite
24 Salt
25 High-grade Silica Sand (SiO₂ > 95%)
26 Trona
27 Wollastonite
28 Zeolite
29 Barite
30 Graphite
31 Kyanite, Andalusite & Sillimanite
32 Mica
33 Olivine – Other Uses
34 Pyroxenite
35 Talc
36 Unlisted Industrial Mineral
# Category (C) Minerals (EN)
1 Aggregates (any rock suitable to be crushed)
2 Crushed Marble
3 Non-pozzolanic Scoria
4 Low-grade Silica Sand (SiO₂ < 95%)
5 Dimension Stone: Igneous Rocks (e.g., Granite, Gabbro, Basalt)
6 Dimension Stone: Metamorphic Rocks (e.g., Marble, Gneiss, Schist, Phyllite)
7 Dimension Stone: Sedimentary Rocks (e.g., Dolomite, Sandstone, Limestone)
8 Sand and Gravel
9 Clay
10 Sub-base Materials