s.22Rights under a lease
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Section 22Part 2 — Prospecting

Rights under a lease

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Subject to this Law and the licence, the holder of a licence shall have the sole right of prospecting for the mineral or minerals specified in the licence upon the lands within the area of his licence, and for such purpose may —
enter upon the lands within such area with his agents and workmen, and thereon sink shafts or wells and exercise all or any of the rights conferred upon the holder of a prospecting right;
employ in prospecting on such land any number of persons who for the purpose shall not be required to hold prospecting rights; and
on and over unoccupied land within the area of his licence, erect and maintain such machinery and plant and construct such passageways as may be necessary for or in connection with his prospecting operations.
The holder of a licence who has fulfilled all the conditions attached thereto may, subject to this Law, apply for renewal of such licence, mark out and apply for the grant of a mining lease, over the whole or any part of the area the subject of the licence, or mark out a reduced area and may apply for renewal of his licence over such reduced area only:
that no licensee shall hold, by a licence in respect of a reduced area or by renewal of his former licence, a licence over any ground where alluvial deposits are being explored for a period of more than three years in all, or where lode deposits are being explored, for a period of more than six years in all, unless the Governor is satisfied that prospecting operations have been stopped or seriously hindered by special circumstances beyond the control of the licensee, in which event he may grant a renewal for an additional year.

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