Alaska Administrative Code

Only expenditures and labor on land covered by the permit or permits, which in the opinion of the commissioner develop or benefit the permits, are acceptable. The work must add to the knowledge of mineral deposits within the limits of the permit or permits or must directly facili…

(a) On or before the second and each subsequent anniversary date of the offshore prospecting permit, the permittee shall pay rental, submit an affidavit of work creditable against the rental, or submit a combination of a partial rental payment and an affidavit of work creditable …

Contiguous permits may be grouped for work requirement purposes if it is shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner on or before the time provided in 11 AAC 86.515 that the permits are and were held under common ownership or assignment. For purposes of grouping permits, work a…

Notes 11 AAC 86.525 Repealed 5/30/85. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compa…

An offshore prospecting permit will not be extended or renewed. Notes 11 AAC 86.528 Eff. 5/30/85, Register 94 Authority:AS 38.05.020 AS 38.05.250 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent versi…

(a) At any time while an offshore prospecting permit is in effect, the permittee is entitled to a noncompetitive mining lease on that part of the permit area that has been shown to the satisfaction of the director to contain workable mineral deposits. The leased land will be desc…

When an offshore lease that was issued before 1982 is renewed, the term of the new lease will be 10 years, subject to extension as provided in AS 38.05.250. Notes 11 AAC 86.532 Eff. 5/30/85, Register 94 Authority:AS 38.05.020 AS 38.05.035 AS 38.05.250 State regulations are update…

The provisions of 11 AAC 82.640 - 11 AAC 82.650 apply to offshore mining leases. Notes 11 AAC 86.535 Eff. 9/5/74, Register 51; am 5/30/85, Register 94 Authority:AS 38.05.020 AS 38.05.250 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a…

Notes 11 AAC 86.540 Repealed 5/18/90. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compa…

(a) A rental payment for a tide or submerged land mining lease must be made in accordance with 11 AAC 86.107. Each payment must be accompanied by a rental form provided by the department, a photocopy of that form, or a rental form approved by the director. The rental form must co…

If the director offers tide and submerged lands containing known deposits of locatable minerals for lease, leases will be granted under the competitive bidding procedures of 11 AAC 82.400 - 11 AAC 82.475. Known deposits of locatable minerals are those determined by the director, …

Notes 11 AAC 86.550 Repealed 5/30/85. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compa…

Notes 11 AAC 86.555 Repealed 5/30/85. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compa…

Notes 11 AAC 86.560 Repealed 5/30/85. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compa…

11 AAC 82.635 applies to the surrender or relinquishment of an offshore prospecting permit or offshore mining lease. Notes 11 AAC 86.561 Eff. 5/30/85, Register 94 Authority:AS 38.05.020 AS 38.05.250 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available…

The procedures of 11 AAC 82.500 - 11 AAC 82.540 pertaining to land in terminated permits and leases are applicable to land on which permits or leases under this chapter have terminated unless the land has been classified for competitive leasing. Notes 11 AAC 86.565 Eff. 9/5/74, R…

Notes 11 AAC 86.570 Repealed 5/30/85. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compa…

(a) To qualify for extension of an offshore mining lease for so long as production continues, production must be achieved by the end of the lease's stated term. (b) Under the circumstances set out in AS 38.05.250(d), the lessee may apply for a short-term extension of a lease that…

(a) An application for a suspension of operations and production under a lease must comply with 11 AAC 88.105 and must contain complete information showing the necessity or justification for the suspension. (b) No lease expires because production or operations leading to producti…

(a) The director may grant the owner of a mining interest on federal, state, or private land a millsite permit for use of the state's surface estate for a millsite, tailings disposal, or another use necessary for the mineral development. The surface estate subject to the millsite…

Notes 11 AAC 86.700 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 5/30/85, Register 94; am 5/18/90, Register 114; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior …

Notes 11 AAC 86.705 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 5/30/85, Register 94; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More co…

Notes 11 AAC 86.710 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 5/30/85, Register 94; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More co…

Notes 11 AAC 86.715 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 5/30/85, Register 94; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More co…

Notes 11 AAC 86.720 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 11/7/90, Register 116; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More c…

Notes 11 AAC 86.725 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 11/7/90, Register 116; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More c…

Notes 11 AAC 86.730 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be…

Notes 11 AAC 86.735 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 5/30/85, Register 94; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More co…

Notes 11 AAC 86.740 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; am 5/30/85, Register 94; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More co…

Notes 11 AAC 86.745 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be…

Notes 11 AAC 86.750 Eff. 5/12/83, Register 86; repealed 8/26/98, Register 147 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be…

As required by AS 38.05.212, the holder of a mining claim, leasehold location, or mining lease, including a mining lease under AS 38.05.250, shall pay a royalty of three percent of net income, as determined under AS 43.65 and 15 AAC 65, on all minerals produced from land subject …

(a) As used in 11 AAC 86.760 - 11 AAC 86.796, a "holder" or a "holder of a mining claim, leasehold location, or mining lease" is a person engaged in one or more of the following activities in the state, and includes a person who is temporarily exempt from taxation under AS 43.65.…

(a) The holder may segregate gross income, deductions, and expenses using any one of the three methodologies described in (b) - (d) of this section. (b) Separate or Traced Accounting of Minerals, Income, Deductions, and Expenses. If the holder traces every item of income, deducti…

(a) Production royalty returns must be prepared and submitted on forms available from the division. Completed returns and payments must be submitted to the department office in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Production royalty returns must be filed for each year after 1989 in which …

(a) Interest accrues from the due date set in 11 AAC 86.769(c) on the outstanding balance of any production royalty not paid in full when due. This interest accrues at the legal rate of interest in the State of Alaska, as specified in AS 45.45.010(a), until the outstanding balanc…

The holder must keep its books and records pertaining to mining income, expenses, and deductions for no less than six years after the calendar year to which they relate. Books and records for both mining on state land and mining in Alaska on non-state land must be kept as require…

The financial information contained in the production royalty returns filed by a holder, and the books and records produced by the holder, shall be held confidential upon the written request of the holder, except that the following information may be made available to the public:…

(a) A holder who wishes to protest a deficiency notice issued under 11 AAC 86.772(b) shall file a written protest with the department. To preserve the holder's rights and to receive consideration by the department, this written protest must(1) be personally delivered or mailed by…

(a) Unless the holder waives the right to an informal conference, upon receipt of the holder's written protest under 11 AAC 86.778 the department will designate a conference officer who will promptly schedule the informal conference with the holder. A holder wishing to present fa…

(a) The department will hold a formal hearing for a holder if(1) the holder timely files a protest fulfilling the requirements of 11 AAC 86.778(a), waiving the right to an informal conference in favor of a formal hearing; (2) within 30 days after the date on the department's noti…

The commissioner's decision under 11 AAC 86.784 is a final administrative order for purposes of appeal to court. No further appeal to the commissioner or petition for the commissioner's reconsideration is available. A holder who disagrees with the decision of the commissioner und…

(a) The department will consider that the holder of a mining claim, leasehold location, or mining lease has abandoned to the state all rights acquired under that state mining claim, leasehold location, or mining lease if the holder (1) fails to file a production royalty return wh…

(a) A mining claim, leasehold location, or mining lease that has been abandoned under 11 AAC 86.790 is subject to relocation by another after the date on which notice of abandonment is posted at both the Anchorage and Fairbanks offices of the division under 11 AAC 86.790(d). (b) …

As used in 11 AAC 86.760 - 11 AAC 86.796, (1) "ADL" means the Alaska Division of Lands in the department; (2) "department" means the Department of Natural Resources; (3) "director" or "division" means the director or division delegated the authority of the director of lands in th…

(a) A plan of operations that describes the activities proposed to take place under an upland mining lease, offshore prospecting permit, or offshore mining lease must be submitted to and approved by the director before activities may occur under the prospecting permit or lease. A…

(a)11 AAC 82.600 applies to offshore prospecting permits, offshore mining leases, and upland mining leases. If a bond is required, the applicant, permittee, or lessee will be given notice of the requirement and its effective date. At least 30 days will be allowed to provide the b…

If the permittee or lessee fails to comply with applicable statutes and regulations, or to comply with the provisions of the prospecting permit or lease (except for failure to pay rental, which results in termination under AS 38.05.265), and the failure continues for 30 days afte…

An offshore prospecting permit, offshore mining lease, or upland mining lease may be transferred in accordance with 11 AAC 82.605 - 11 AAC 82.630. Notes 11 AAC 86.815 Eff. 5/30/85, Register 94 Authority:AS 38.05.020(b) AS 38.05.270 State regulations are updated quarterly; we curr…

This chapter applies to the exploration of geothermal systems and the drilling of all geothermal wells in the state. Notes 11 AAC 87.010 Eff. 5/8/83, Register 86 Authority:AS 38.05.020 AS 38.05.181 AS 41.06.020 AS 41.06.040 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently ha…