RULE-81

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-2 Prospecting Licence 81. Records, and reporting by holder of prospecting licence.-(1) The holder of a prospecting licence- (a) shall keep at an address in Balochistan, in a form acceptable to the licensing authority, proper records of - (i) the nature and mass or volume of any mineral or group of minerals found or incidentally produced and in the course of carrying on prospecting operations; and (ii) all maps, geological reports, including interpretations, mineral analyses, photographs, ore logs, analyses and tests and all other data obtained by the holder in respect of prospecting area; and (iii) such other information as may be determined by the licensing authority and specified by notice in writing given to the holder; and shall retain such records for a period of not less than three years as from the date of expiration of the licence; and (b) shall, upon the request of the licensing authority, produce the record referred to in paragraph (a), or copies thereof, to the licensing authority for inspection. (2) The provisions of sub-rule (2) of Rule 33 shall apply, to the holder of prospecting licence subject to such necessary modifications as may be specified in the licence having regard to the nature and scale of the prospecting operations determined by the licensing authority pursuant to Rule 72, and, for that purpose, any reference in that sub-rule to the licensee shall be construed as a reference to the holder of prospecting licence. (3) The holder of a prospecting licence shall submit to the licensing authority, after the end of each quarter, a return or returns containing such quarter, the progress of work carried out by him and shall abide by the instructions issued by the licensing authority from time to time in respect of the prospecting work.