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Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Permits, access to land, and title notations - Conditions of permits

31: Right of permit holder to minerals

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"What you own if you find minerals with a permit"

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If you have a permit, you own all the minerals you find when you do the activities allowed by the permit. You get to keep the minerals if you found them lawfully, which means you followed the rules. This is because the permit lets you do certain things, and finding minerals is part of that.

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Permits, access to land, and title notations: Conditions of permits

31Right of permit holder to minerals

  1. Every permit holder shall be the owner of all minerals lawfully obtained by or on behalf of the permit holder in the course of activities authorised by the permit.