RULE-47

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:-- PART III MINERAL TITLES AND MINERAL CONCESSIONS Division-5 Mining Lease 47. Application for mining lease. - (1) An application for the grant of a mining lease may be made only by a body corporate formed by or under a law for the time being in force in Pakistan. (2) An application for a mining lease - (a) shall contain the information referred to in Rule 18 (1) (a); (b) shall be accompanied by the description, maps and plan referred to in Rule 18 (1) (d); (c) shall be made in respect of an area of land not exceeding 250 square kilometres and identify the mineral or group of mineral in respect of which the lease is sought; (d) shall contain the particulars referred to in Rule 18 (1) (f) (technical and financial resources); (e) shall be accompanied by - (i) a technological report on mining and treatment possibilities and the intention of the applicant in relation thereto; (ii) where the applicant is a person referred to in Rule 50 (1), the statement of expenditure referred to in Rule 33 (1) (h) duly certified by a recognised firm of auditors or chartered accountants. (f) shall be accompanied by the relevant feasibility studies, and shall include, for the approval of the licensing authority, detailed plans for development and operation of the mine and the programme of proposed mining operations, including a forecast of - (i) the date by which the applicant intends to work ; (ii) the capacity and expected rate of production and scale of operations; (iii) the anticipated overall recovery of ore and mineral products: and (iv) the nature of the products; (g) shall-- (i) be accompanied by an environmental impact assessment in terms of the Environmental Protection Act: (ii) identify the extent of any adverse effect which tilt plan for development and operation of the mine and the carrying out of the programme of proposed mining operations would be likely to have on the environment and on any monument or relic in the area over which the lease is required; and (iii) contain proposals for eliminating or controlling that effect; (h) shall contain proposals for the prevention of pollution, the treatment and disposal of wastes, the safeguarding, reclamation and rehabilitation of land disturbed by mining operations, the protection of rivers and other sources of water and for monitoring and managing any adverse effect of mining operations on the environment: (i) shall identify any particular risks (whether to health or otherwise) involved in mining the mineral or group of minerals which it is proposed to mine, and proposals for their control or elimination, (j) shall contain or be accompanied by - (i) a statement giving a detailed Forecast of capital investment, operating costs and revenues and the anticipated type and source and extent of financing; (ii) a statement giving particulars of expected infrastructure requirements; and (iii) proposals in respect of the matters specified in Rule 13 (1) (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h); (k) shall state the period, not exceeding thirty years for which the lease is required; (l) shall be accompanied by such other documents and information as the licensing authority may require in relation to the application; and (m) may contain any other matter which in the opinion of the applicant is relevant to the application. (3) An applicant for a mining lease shall comply with the, requirements of sub-rules (1) and (7) of Rule 10.