Title 27 — Mining
13 chapters · 140 sections in this title.
AS 27.05.010 Department responsible for mineral resources.
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(a) The department has charge of all matters affecting exploration, development, and mining of the mineral resources of the state, the collection and dissemination of all official information relative to the mineral resources, and mines and mining projects of the state, and the a…
AS 27.05.020 Conflict of interest prohibited.
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In conducting the inquiries and investigations authorized by AS 27.05.010 — 27.05.070, no officer or employee of the department may have a personal or private interest in a mine or the products of a mine under investigation or accept employment from a private party for services i…
AS 27.05.030 Cooperation with federal departments.
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The department shall cooperate with the heads of executive departments of the United States in making investigations and in disseminating information to stimulate mining, quarrying, and metallurgical industries in the state, and in providing for the inspection of mines and protec…
AS 27.05.040 Negotiations with federal departments and other agencies.
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The department may negotiate with the federal departments and other agencies for arrangements that it considers expedient for cooperation with those departments and agencies in formulating and carrying out policies and projects designed to encourage and assist in the development …
AS 27.05.050 Survey of resources and mining operations and dissemination of information.
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The department shall conduct a continuing survey of the mineral resources and mining operations of the state and shall disseminate information regarding them to assist prospectors and miners, safeguard the lives and health of miners, protect investors in the mining industry, and …
AS 27.05.060 Annual report.
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The department shall make an annual report to the governor on all essential matters with regard to mining in the state. The department shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
AS 27.05.070 Assistance to miners and prospectors.
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Article 2. Assays. The department shall, so far as practicable, throughout the state assist miners and prospectors by (1) giving information as to mineral deposits gained from the minerals survey of the state; (2) securing and examining samples and applying tests upon the ground,…
AS 27.05.080 Public assay offices.
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The department shall, for the purpose of aiding bona fide miners and prospectors and stimulating mineral discoveries, establish a public assay office. The department may adopt regulations and establish procedures considered necessary and expedient to carry out this section and AS…
AS 27.05.090 Appointment of assayers; information and procedure.
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The department shall appoint for each public assay office a competent person to make assays and analyses of Alaskan ores and minerals. No charge shall be imposed for an assay or analysis. When an assay and analysis are made, the person requesting them shall state upon forms furni…
AS 27.05.100 Secs. 27.05.100 — 27.05.130. Unlawful acts; penalties. [Repealed, § 21 ch 166 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 27.05.140 Secs. 27.05.140 — 27.05.170. Prospectors' subsidies. [Repealed, § 2 ch 51 SLA 1963.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 27.05.180 Secs. 27.05.180 — 27.05.210. State equipment for prospectors. [Repealed, § 16 ch 93 SLA 1984.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 27.05.250 Reclamation. [Repealed, § 3 ch 92 SLA 1990. For current law, see AS 27.19.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]