Section 69-9-1 - Declaration of policy. - New Mexico Statutes

69-9-1. Declaration of policy.

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest to provide a method whereby small tracts of land, which cannot economically be separately explored and mined, may be consolidated for the purposes of exploring, mining and conserving the natural resources of this state under those circumstances where the mineral development of such tracts and the recovery and conservation of the natural resources of this state therein contained cannot otherwise be practically accomplished.