MINES AND MINERALS

(DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957

(No. 67 of 1957)

(As ammended up to 20th December, 1999)

[THE FIRST SCHEDULE

[See sections 4(3), 5(1), 7(2) and 8(2)]

SPECIFIED MINERALS

PART A. Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals

  1. Coal and Lignite.

PART B. Atomic Minerals

 

  1. Beryl and other beryllium-bearing minerals.
  2. Lithium-bearing minerals.
  3. Minerals of the "rare earths" group containing Uranium and Thorium.
  4. Niobium-bearing minerals.
  5. Phosphorites and other phosphatic ores containing Uranium.
  6. Pitchblende and other Uranium ores.
  7. [Titanium bearing minerals and ores (ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene)].
  8. Tantallium-bearing minerals.
  9. Uraniferous allanite, monazite and other thorium minerals.
  10. Uranium bearing tailings left over from ores after extraction of copper and gold, ilmenite and other titanium ores.
  11. [Zirconium bearing minerals and ores including Zircon].

PART C. Metallic and Non-Metallic Minerals

  1. Asbestos.
  2. Bauxite.
  3. Chrome ore.
  4. Copper ore.
  5. Gold.
  6. Iron ore.
  7. Lead.
  8. [ ]
  9. Manganese ore.
  10. Precious stones.
  11. Zinc.]