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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Your application must contain:
(a) A statement of your qualifications and holdings as specified in subpart 3503 of this chapter;
(b) Three maps showing:
(1) Utility systems;
(2) The location of any proposed development or mining operations and incidental facilities;
(3) The approximate locations and the extent of the areas you will use for pits, overburden and tailings; and
(4) The location of water sources or other resources which you may use in the proposed operations or incidental facilities;
(c) A narrative statement addressing:
(1) The anticipated scope, method and schedule of development operations, including the type of equipment you will use;
(2) The method of mining anticipated, including the best available estimate of the mining sequence and production rate; and
(3) The relationship, if any, between the planned mining operations and existing or planned mining operations and facilities on adjacent Federal or non–Federal lands;
(d) Financial information which will enable us to determine if you have found a valuable deposit. Include at least an estimate of projected mining and processing costs, saleable products and markets, and projected selling prices;
(e) A complete and accurate description of the lands as found in your prospecting permit, if your application is for less than the lands covered by your prospecting permit; and
(f) Other data, as we may require.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 43. Public Lands: Interior § 43.3507.17 What information must my preference right lease application include? - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-43-public-lands-interior/cfr-sect-43-3507-17/
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