MINING AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 39 OF 2004) - SECT 27
MINING AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 39 OF 2004) - SECT 27
27 . Sections 70O and 70P inserted
Before section 71
the following sections are inserted in Part IV Division 3 —
(1) In this
Division —
“guidelines” means guidelines approved
by the Director General of Mines for the purposes of this Division;
“mining proposal” means a document
that —
(a) is
in the form required by the guidelines; and
(b)
contains information of the kind required by the guidelines about proposed
mining operations in, on or under the land in respect of which a mining lease
is sought or granted, as the case requires;
“significant mineralisation” has the
meaning given in subsection (2).
(2) For the purposes
of this Division there is significant mineralisation in, on or under land to
which an application for a mining lease relates if exploration results in
respect of a deposit of minerals located in, on or under that land indicate
that there is a reasonable prospect of minerals being obtained by mining
operations.
70P. Guidelines to be publicly available
The Director General
of Mines shall ensure that the guidelines are made available, without charge,
for public inspection in the prescribed manner.
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