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Mining.
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(3) The holder of a prospecting licence shall not take any steps which may have the object or direct result of minerals being won in quantities in excess of those required to prove the mineral-bearing qualities and quantities of the area the subject of the licence. (Added, 33 of 1960, s. 6)
15. The holder of a prospecting licence shall—
(a) carry on all prospecting in a safe and workmanlike manner in accordance with the regulations;
(b) keep such registers and books and make such returns as may be prescribed;
(c) permit at all reasonable times any mines officer to inspect any prospecting and to inspect and take copies of any register and any book of account in the possession or under the control of the holder and kept in connexion with the prospecting;
(d) not divert water from any river, stream, spring, reservoir, filter-bed, well or watercourse without the prior consent in writing of the Commissioner; (Amended, 33 of 1960, s. 26)
(e) if not personally residing within the area the subject of his licence or sufficiently near thereto as to give continuous supervision to the prospecting on such lands, at all times have a responsible agent supervising the prospecting.
16. (1) Minerals obtained in the course of prospecting under a prospecting licence shall be the property of the Crown and shall not be removed from the land or disposed of except with the prior consent in writing of, and upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed by, the Commissioner; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any such holder from removing, from time to time, samples of such minerals sufficient in quantity to enable them to be tested or analysed or experiments to be made for the purpose of ascertaining the content and the commercial value thereof. (Amended, 33 of 1960, s. 26)
(2) The Commissioner may authorize the removal of minerals from the land from which they have been obtained to any place approved by him for safe custody, subject to such conditions as he may impose. (Amended, 33 of 1960, s. 26)
(3) If the holder of a prospecting licence desires to retain or dispose of any minerals obtained in the course of prospecting, he shall make application to the Commissioner in the prescribed manner and, if the Commissioner is satisfied that such holder has been conducting such operations only as are reasonably necessary to enable him to test the mining potentialities of the land, he may authorize the applicant to retain and dispose of the
Duties of the holder.
Ownership and disposal of minerals.
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