(1) On the expiry or
determination of the special licence, any tailings remaining in the tailings
areas shall become the absolute property of the Crown.
(2) Notwithstanding
anything in subsection (1), the Minister may by notice published in the
Gazette declare that that subsection does not apply to or in relation to all
the tailings referred to in that subsection or to or in relation to such of
those tailings as are specified in that notice.
(3) Subsection (1)
ceases to apply to or in relation to the tailings the subject of a notice
published under subsection (2) on the day on which that notice is so published
or on such subsequent day as is specified or provided for in that notice.