Section 10
of Mining Act
Section 10
( 1) The rent, if any, reserved on lands covered by a prospecting licence and the royalty payable in respect of minerals won and carried away from such lands shall be such as His Majesty in Council may direct and shall be specified in the licence.
(2)
Such rent and royalty shall be payable without demand-
(a)
in respect .of rent, in advance for every period for which the licence is granted or renewed;
(b)
in respect of royalty, on the removal from the land of the mineral on which it is payable.
In case the licensee shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this subsection His Majesty in Council may declare the licence to be at an end and it shall thereupon determine accordingly.
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Mining
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On or before the determination of his licence by effluxion of time the licensee shall have a right, subject to the provisions of this Act, to a mining lease in accordance with the terms contained in any rules for the time being in force for mining leases.