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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 44

Miners' Prospecting Licenses and Mining Leases

Miners' Prospecting Licenses and Mining Leases.

12. When it shall be reported to the Board that

Prospecting licenses may be issued.

minerals of value exist in any unsurveyed land, whether within or without mining districts, they may at their discretion grant to the informant or to any other person applying for the same a prospecting license, giving to such applicant for a term not exceeding twelve months the exclusive right to search for any or all minerals other than gold over such land, not exceeding in quantity six contiguous square miles, on the following terms:—
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Disputes to be settled by Board.

20. All objections to applications for mining leases, and all disputes arising with respect to the boundaries of lands under such leases, shall be decided by the Board.

Auriferous land may not be leased.

21. Auriferous lands may not be leased under the foregoing provisions, and the decision of the Board whether land is auriferous or not shall be conclusive.