Section RULE-72

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 IV SPECIAL PROVISION RELATING TO SMALL SCALE MINING Division-1 General 72. Small scale mining. - For the purposes of these Rules, "small scale mining" means mining determined by the licensing authority to be small scale mining by reason of- (a) the likely scale of capital investment being less than 300 million Rupees or such other amount as may be determined by the licensing authority from time to time by notification in the Official Gazette; (b) the expenditure and work programme proposed by the applicant; (c) the nature of the techniques to be used in mineral operations; (d) the likely scale of the operations and infrastructure to be required; (e) the mineral or group of minerals to be mined; and (f) such other factors as may be relevant to making the determination.