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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

77-3-118: Restrictions on removal of minerals and gems during preliminary prospecting period.

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  1. TITLE 77. STATE LANDS
  2. CHAPTER 3. ROCK, MINERAL, COAL, OIL, AND GAS RESOURCES
  3. Part 1. Prospecting Permits and Mining Leases

No mining lessee may, during any preliminary prospecting period contained in any lease, remove any metalliferous minerals or gems from the leased premises, except as are necessary for the proper testing and sampling of the lands or mineral rights, and except as are permitted by the board.

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