Section 2Part 1 — Introductory and General
Definitions
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2. In this Law — “alluvial” includes all forms of mineral deposits which do not fall within the definition of lode, and, for the purposes of this Law, bauxite and laterite deposits shall be regarded as alluvial deposits; “buy” includes exchange, barter, or giving or receiving as a pledge or security; “deposit” means any sum or any security therefor, deposited with the Governor under section 13; “holder” of an exclusive prospecting licence, mining lease or water right includes any person in whom such licence, lease or water right, or a part of the rights thereunder, has become lawfully vested by transfer, assignment or otherwise; “lessee” of a mining lease includes all persons having a right or interest in or under a mining lease, whether by transfer, assignment or otherwise; “licence” means an exclusive prospecting licence granted under section 21; Section 2 Mining Law Page 8 Revised as at 9th day of September, 1997 c “lode” includes all true fissure veins, contact veins, segregated veins, bedded veins in metalliferous bankets, stockworks, such irregular deposits as conform generally to the above classification and beds of any mineral such as beds of iron stone; “medical officer” means any person appointed by the Governor to be a medical officer for the purposes of this Law; “mine” includes any place, excavation or working whereon, wherein or whereby, any operation in connection with mining is carried on; “minerals” except for the purposes of Part VII, has the same meaning as in the Minerals (Vesting) Law (1997 Revision); “mining lease” means a mining lease granted under section 33; “mining rights” means rights under a mining lease; “offence” means an offence against this Law; “owner”, in relation to land, includes an occupier or a lessee; “passageway” means any highway, road, street, footpath, right of way, easement or installation of any railway, tramway, wireline, conveyor belt, cable way, chute, pipe, sewer, drain, tunnel, shaft, fluming or water-course; “prospecting or mining rights” mean rights under a prospecting right, licence or mining lease; “public water” means all water flowing in a known and defined channel and which is capable of being applied to the common use of riparian proprietors; “radioactive mineral” means any substance specified in the Schedule; “sell” includes deposit as a pledge or security; “shaft” means any vertical or inclined tunnel other than a stope or winze which is or might be used for winding, travelling, draining or ventilating purposes in connection with prospecting or mining operations; “tailings” means all gravel, sand, slime or other substance which is the residue of bona fide mining operations; “this Law” includes regulations made under this Law; “to mark out” an area means to delimit such area in the manner provided in this Law; “to mine” means intentionally to search for, extract or win minerals, and includes any operations necessary for the purpose; “to prospect” means to search for minerals and includes such working as is reasonably necessary to enable the prospector to test the mineral-bearing qualities of the land; and “water-course” means any channel or duct, whether natural or artificial, which confines, restricts or directs the flow of water. Mining Law Section 3 c Revised as at 9th day of September, 1997 Page 9