SCHEDULE-III

BALOCHISTAN MINERAL RULES, 2002 BALOCHISTAN MINERAL RULES, 2002 [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 9th March, 2002] No. S.O.(MR)4-6/2002, dated 8-1-2002.--In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2, of the Regulation of Mines and Oil-Fields and Mineral Development (Government Control) Act, 1948, (XXIV of 1948) the Government of Balochistan is pleased to make the flowing Rules:-- THIRD SCHEDULE (Rule 101 and 102) GROUPS OF MINERALS AND ROYALTIES PART-I GROUPS OF MINERALS A. CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GROUP Alienate, and elusive-sillimanite-kyanite, anhydrite, aplite, asbestos, bajri/barite, ball clay, basalt, bauxite, beryl (excluding beryl as a source of beryllium metal or as a semi-precious stone), boron minerals, calcite, calcium carbonate, celestite, clay (including bentonite and fuller's earth palygorsite and attapulgite), chromite, fire clay, halloysite, gabbro stone, hectorite, kaolin, refractory clay), corundum, diatomite, dolomite, epsomite, feldspar, fluorite, gabro stone, garnet (for industrial purposes), granite, graphite, gravel gypsum, heavy mineral sands, iodine minerals, leucoxene, lithium minerals, limestone, 'ordinary marble and onyx), magnesite, mica nepheline syenite, nitrate, ochre, (including red ochre) olivine, perlite, phosphate, fossil guano, ordinary sand ordinary stone, quartz (for industrial purposes), quartite picture-stone, potash, pumice, pyrophyllite, salt, sepiolite, serpentine, silica sand, shale, soapstone, soda-ash and other sodium compounds, strotianite, sulphur and pyrite, talc, vermiculite, wollastonite. B. PRECIOUS STONES GROUP Diamonds, emeralds rubies and sapphires. C. PRECIOUS METALS GROUP Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, osmium, rhodium, iridium and ruthenium. D. SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES GROUP Amazonite aventurine, beryl (including aquamarine, heliodor and morganite, but excluding beryl as a source of beryllium metal or as an industrial mineral), chrysoberyl, chrysocolla, cordierite, dioptase, dumortierite, garnet, milarite, quartz (including amethyst, rtrine, rock crystal, rose and strawberry quartz, agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chrysoprase, jasperi, moss agate, hyalite. opal, pietersite and tiger's eye), sodalite, topaz, tounnaline and turquoise. E. BASE METALS GROUP Aluminium, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, bismouth, cadmium, caesium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gallium, gerranium, hafnium, indium, iron ore, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, riohium, radium, "Rare Earths" or landhanides, including the actinides, scandium and yttrium, rhenium, rubidium, selenium, tantalum, tellunium, thallium, tin, tungsten, vanadium, zinc or zip-conium, but does not include any such minerals if such mineral is incidentally included in a mineral falling in any other group of minerals. F. OTHER MINERALS Any other minerals not specified in this Part and in Part III below. PART - II?????? (Rules 101 and 102) ROYALTIES Groups of Minerals Rate Precious Stones Group-------------------------------------------------------------------10% Precious Metals Group------------------------------------------------------------------- 2% Semi-Precious Stones Group-------------------------------------------------------------- 2% Base Metals Group----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------2% Coal and Construction and Industrial Minerals Group------------------As specified in Part III below. ? Other Minerals not specified in this Part and in Part III-------------------------------------1% PART - III ???? (Rules 101 and 102) ROYALTIES Minerals Rate in rupees (Rs.) per metric ton Coal 20.00 Construction and Industrial minerals specified below - Marble? (Onyx) 250.00 Barytes 100.00 Fluorite 5.00 Dolomite 5.00 Silica Sand 10.00 Magnesite 15.00 Serpentine 10.00 Granite/Gabro stone/Granodiorite/Agglomerate 100.00 Clay 10.00 Shale 10.00 Quartz 20.00 Basalt 10.00 Soap Stone 10.00 Pumice 10.00 Bentonite 10.00 Fire clay 10.00 Bauxite 10.00 Calcite 10.00 Fuller's earth 10.00 Turquoise 10.00 Celestite 10.00 Asbestos 10.00 Marble (other than Onyx) 30.00 Quartzite 10.00 Sulphur 20.00 Gypsum 20.00 Lime Stone (for manufacture of cement) 10.00 Lime Stone(other than cement Factory) ?5.00 Ochre/Red Ochre 10.00 Bajri 5.00 Gravel 5.00 Ordinary Stone 5.00 Sand 5.00 Antimony Conglomerate 30.00 Chromate 100.00