Holder of exploration licence to keep geological records
68 Holder of exploration licence to keep geological records
The holder of an exploration licence shall keep complete and detailed records of the surveys and other operations conducted pursuant to the licence and shall, at the written request of the Minister, produce the records for the inspection of the Minister and the Director, Geological Survey.
The holder of an exploration licence shall furnish the Minister with such information relating to the surveys and other operations conducted by the holder pursuant to the licence and such geological samples obtained in the course of those operations as the Minister may request.
The holder of an exploration licence shall at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed, file or cause to be filed a report of all work done on, and money expended in connection with, exploration in the area the subject of the licence during the period to which the report relates.
Notwithstanding section 154(1), a holder of an exploration licence who fails to comply with subsection (1), (2) or (3) does not commit an offence against this Act.
[Section 68 amended: No. 58 of 1994 s. 20; No. 39 of 2004 s. 17; No. 12 of 2010 s. 25.]
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