Mining Engineers Board Exam 2012

The Mining Engineers Board Exam, also known as the Mining Engineer Licensure Examination, is a board exam facilitated by the Board of Mining Engineering under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of BS Mining Engineering graduates.

As per R.A. 1080, individuals who passed the board exam need not take the civil service exams to be eligible for the following positions:

• Mine Manager
• Mine Researcher
• Instructor

Review Courses for Mining Engineers Board Exam

There are review courses that you can take to prepare for the board exam. The content of these review courses may vary depending on the review centers, but theyre mostly based on the examination scope released by the Professional Regulatory Commission which includes:

• Mining Engineering I
  • Mineral Prospecting and Exploration
  • Sampling and Ore Reserve Estimation
  • Mining Methods
  • Mine Planning
  • Designing and Development
  • Ventilation and Mine Safety
  • Rock Mechanics in Mining Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics in Mine Mathematics

• Mining Engineering II
  • Mineral Economics
  • Mine Evaluation and Feasibility Studies
  • Applied Mathematics in Mining Engineering
  • Mine Management and Computer Application
  • Mine and Mineral Land Surveying
  • Mining Law and Ethics

• Mining Engineering III
  • General Geology
  • Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Economics Geology
  • Structural Geology
  • Principles of Metallurgy
  • Mineral Processing
  • Assaying and Applied Mathematics in Geology
  • Mineral Engineering
  • Econology

TAKING THE EXAM

The frequency of Licensure exams for BS Mining Engineering graduates varies. Below are the dates and testing centers for the 2013 Mining Engineers Board Exam:

DATE	DAY/s  PLACE	DEADLINE OF FILING
August 14-16, 2012	Tue, Wed, Thu / Manila	July 25, 2012

 

NATIONAL PASSING RATE

The table below shows the number of board passers in the Licensure Exam for Mining Engineers in the last 2 years:

EXAM	EXAM TAKERS	BOARD PASSERS	PASSING RATE
August 2011	45	32	71.11%
December 2010	9	7	77.77%
August 2010	30	15	50.00%
February 2010	26	7	26.92%