South Australian Current Acts

MINING ACT 1971 - SECT 25

25—Rights conferred by ownership of mineral claim

        (1)         A mineral claim confers on the owner of the claim an exclusive right, subject to the provisions of this Act—

            (a)         to prospect for minerals in the land comprised in the claim; and

            (b)         to carry out such other exploratory operations on, or in respect of, the land comprised in the claim as are approved in writing by the Director of Mines; and

            (c)         to apply for a mining lease or a retention lease in respect of the whole or part of the land comprised in the claim.

        (2)         A person shall not remove from the area of a mineral claim minerals, or soil and minerals, exceeding a mass of 1 tonne unless authorised to do so by the Director of Mines.

Administrative penalty.

        (3)         The ownership of a mineral claim does not confer any right to sell or dispose of any minerals recovered in the course of authorised operations.