Mining operation definition

Mining operation means any operations undertaken for the purpose of winning any mineral as defined in section 3 (d) of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
Mining operation means the processing of any mineral as defined in section 1 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act on, in or under the earth, water or residue deposit, whether by underground or open working or otherwise –
Mining operation means the development or extraction of a mineral from its natural occurrences on affected land. The term "mining operation" includes, but is not limited to, open mining, in situ mining, in situ leach mining, surface operations, and the disposal of refuse from underground mining, in situ mining, and in situ leach mining. The term "mining operation" also includes the following operations on affected lands: Transportation; concentrating; milling; evaporation; and other processing. The term "mining operation" does not include: The exploration and extraction of natural petroleum in a liquid or gaseous state by means of wells or pipe; the development or extraction of coal; the extraction of geothermal resources; smelting, refining, cleaning, preparation, transportation, and other off-site operations not conducted on affected land; or the extraction of construction material where there is no development or extraction of any mineral.

Examples of Mining operation in a sentence

  • The value of the PPL Rights (“the PPL Value”) will be equal to the Net Present Value (“NPV”) of exploiting the PPL Rights as a stand alone Mining operation by applying an agreed discount rate.

  • The value of the Plateau Rights (“the Plateau Value”) will be equal to the aggregate of all Exploration Expenditure incurred by Plateau up to the commencement of the Exploitation Phase and the Net Present Value (“NPV”) of exploiting the Plateau Rights as a stand alone Mining operation by applying an agreed discount rate.

  • The Operating Period for each Mining Area shall continue for 30 (thirty) years beginning at the commencement of the Operating Period for the first Mining operation, or such longer period as the Department, on the written application of the Company, may approve.

  • This Agreement shall apply to the Company in respect of employees engaged by the Company through its Hunter Mining operation, to perform mechanical maintenance activities at the Company’s Hunter Mining workshop along with mechanical maintenance activities at various client sites in the New South Wales Hunter Mining Region.

  • Paramont’s existing performance bond issued in favor of DMME for the Hawks Nest Mining operation is $5,244,000, as of the date of this Amendment.


More Definitions of Mining operation

Mining operation means the development or extraction of a construction material from its natural occurrences on affected land. The term includes, but is not limited to, open mining and surface operation. The term also includes transportation and processing operations on affected land. The term does not include concentrating, milling, evaporation, cleaning, preparation, transportation, and other off-site operations not conducted on affected land.
Mining operation means any operation relating to the act of mining and matters directly incidental thereto;
Mining operation means any operation for the purpose of searching for or obtaining minerals and includes quarrying, excavating, blasting and any operation of a like nature;
Mining operation means activities conducted by an operator on a mine site relative to the excavation of minerals and shall include disturbing overburden, excavation, and processing of minerals, stockpiling and removal of minerals from a site, and all reclamation activities conducted on a mine site.
Mining operation means a ferrous mineral mining operation.
Mining operation means any type of activity, the aim of which is to discover the presence of minerals, or to remove the minerals so discovered from their original position on or in the land by any means whatsoever.
Mining operation means the development or extraction of a