Section 12-E:9 Leasing of State Owned Lands. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. The commissioner shall make recommendations to the governor and council pursuant to RSA 4:40 concerning leasing of state owned lands for mining activities.
   II. The commissioner shall issue prospecting permits to persons pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 12-E:2, VII(f) to entitle persons to prospect for valuable mineral and metal deposits, excepting common sand and gravel, on state owned lands. Any prospector who discovers a valuable mineral of metal deposit, upon filing a claim thereof and a permit pursuant to RSA 12-E:4, may mine such area pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner.
   III. The commissioner shall determine the terms of the leases, including the amount of acreage, duration of lease, rental cost, royalties and any conditions concerning extraction of minerals or reclamation of the leased land upon application for such lease by the prospector.
   IV. Persons who lease such property for any mining operations shall be required to obtain a mining permit in accordance with this chapter.

Source. 1979, 467:1, eff. Aug. 24, 1979.