Prospectors employed by corporations.
In the case of a company or corporation employing prospecting engineers or prospectors, each prospecting engineer or prospector shall be required to take out an individual prospecting right.
Exclusive licence to prospect.
6. An exclusive licence to prospect shall entitle the holder thereof, and his duly authorised agents, to the sole right of prospecting for minerals within an area not less than one square mile and not more than sixteen square miles in extent, and for a period of one year from the date thereof, subject to renewal in accordance with the prescribed regulations for further terms of one year each, but so as not to exceed a period of three years in the whole.
Right to enter upon land to prospect.
7. A prospecting right and an exclusive licence to prospect shall, subject to the terms thereof and to the prescribed regulations, entitle the holder thereof to enter upon any land and prospect for minerals, and any person interfering with or obstructing such holder in the exercise of any rights hereby conferred upon him shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £25 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
Settlement of disputes.
8. All disputes between holders of exclusive licences to prospect in respect of the exercise of the rights granted by such licences shall be submitted through the Government Inspector of Mines to the Governor for his decision, which shall be final and conclusive between the parties: Provided always that the Governor may in his discretion refer any particular matter in dispute to a court for its decision.
Penalty for prospecting without a right or licence.
9. Any person prospecting without a prospecting right or licence to prospect shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction before a court be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.