South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts22—Rights attaching to miner's right
(1) A miner's right
shall, subject to this Act, authorise the holder to prospect for minerals and
to peg out a mineral claim in accordance with the regulations.
(1a) Subject to
subsection (1b), where mineral land is divided into strata, a mineral
claim may be pegged out, in accordance with the regulations, in respect of
land within either the surface stratum or a subsurface stratum.
(1b) A mineral claim
shall not be pegged out in respect of land within a subsurface stratum except
by a person who holds an exploration licence in respect of that land.
(2) A miner's right
does not authorise the conduct of mining operations that involve disturbance
of land by machinery or explosives.
(3) A miner's right
does not authorise the pegging out of a mineral claim in respect of land
within a precious stones field but, where a precious stones field consists of
the surface stratum of land that is divided into strata, this subsection does
not prevent the pegging out on the precious stones field of a claim in respect
of land within a subsurface stratum.
(4) Any number of
claims may be pegged out by virtue of a single miner's right.