(1)  After considering an application for a lease and any recommendation of the Director and subject to any decision of the Mining Tribunal, the Minister may –

(a) grant the application; or

(b) refuse to grant the application.

(2)  If the Minister intends to grant a lease contrary to the recommendation of the Director –

(a) the Director is to notify that intention in accordance with section 75 (2) ; and

(b) a person with an interest or estate in the land in respect of which the lease is sought is entitled to object in accordance with section 76 .

(3)  The Minister, by notice in writing, must notify an applicant of –

(a) the grant of the application; or

(b) the refusal to grant the application and the reasons for the refusal.