RULE-83

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-3 Mining Lease 83. Application for mining lease: (1) An applicant for the grant of a mining case shall submit along with the application a complete exploitation scheme for the approval the licensing authority for working and exploiting the mineral under technically qualified personnel. The scheme shall be prepared and authenticated by qualified technicians having technical qualifications prescribed in Form -1. (2) (a) The exploitation scheme shall inter-alia include:- (i) a statement of expenditure incurred by the Licensee during prospecting, duly audited and certified by a Registered Firm of Auditors/Chartered Accountants; (ii) detailed maps of the area of which at least one third would 5"-1" show the geology of the area in detail on a scale of mile minimum; (iii) location and description of major deposits; (iv) estimates of proved and probable reserves; (v) minimum rate of production; (vi) methods of mining including machinery and equipment to be used; . (vii) technical personnel to be employed at various states of exploitation; (viii) details of roads and other surface as well as under ground construction such as store and lamp room workshops, beneficiation or mineral dressing plants offices, residential accommodation and other amenities for staff and labour to be constructed, etc., and (ix) estimated phased expenditure on the scheme. (b) (i) furnish banker's guarantee for such reasonable sums as the licensing authority may fix at the- time of scrutinizing the scheme submitted under sub-rule (a) (1) above. (ii) The licensing authority may approve the exploitation scheme subject to such modifications as the licensing authority may prescribe. No change in the approved exploitation scheme shall be made by the Lessee without prior approval in writing of the licensing authority. (iii) If the scheme of exploitation does not fulfil all the requirements of Rule 83 it shall be rejected. The applicant whose scheme has been rejected shall submit a revised scheme of exploitation within three months from the date of rejection failing which his application for the grant of mining lease shall be rejected and the prospecting licence shall also stand cancelled. (iv) A copy of the approved exploitation scheme shall be kept by the Lessee at the mine. (v) In addition to the information supplied under sub-Rule (2) clause (i) above, the applicant shall also, where necessary, as required by the licensing authority furnish plans or sections to illustrate, justify or amplify the exploitation scheme. (c) shall state the period not exceeding 30 years for which the lease is required and the mineral or group of minerals to which the application relates; (d) shall (i) in relation to the minerals specified in the first column of the Fourth Schedule, be made in respect of the area of land specified in the third and fourth columns of that schedule in relation to each such mineral; and (e) shall describe the mineral deposits in the area of land over which the lease is sought; (2) The provisions of sub-rules (1) and (7) of Rule 10 shall apply with necessary modifications in relation to an application under sub-rule (1).