Title 30Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73

§287 Extension of prospecting permits

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 3A— - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POTASH › § 287

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Title 30, §287

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Any prospecting permit issued under this subchapter may be extended by the Secretary of the Interior for a period not exceeding two years, upon a showing of satisfactory cause.

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Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

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30 U.S.C. § 287

Title 30Mineral Lands and Mining

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73