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Subs. by Act 10 of 2015, s. 6, for the proviso (w.e.f. 12-1-2015). 8 1[(c) any reconnaissance permit, mining lease or prospecting licence in respect of any area which is not compact or contiguous: Provided that if the State Government is of opinion that in the interests of the development of any mineral, it is necessary so to do, it may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, permit any person to acquire a reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in relation to any area which is not compact or contiguous.] (2) For the purposes of this section, a person acquiring by, or in the name of, another person a 2[reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease] which is intended for himself shall be deemed to be acquiring it himself. 3[(3) For the purposes of determining the total area referred to in sub-section (1), the area held under a 2[reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease] by a person as a member of a co- operative society, company or other corporation or a Hindu undivided family or a partner of a firm, shall be deducted from the area referred to in sub-section (1) so that the sum total of the area held by such person, under a 2[reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease], whether as such member or partner, or individually, may not, in any case, exceed the total area specified in sub-section (1).] 4[7. Periods for which prospecting licences may be granted or renewed.―(1) The period for which 5[a reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence] may be granted shall not exceed three years. (2) A prospecting licence shall, if the State Government is satisfied that a longer period is required to enable the licensee to complete prospecting operations be renewed for such period or periods as that Government may specify: Provided that the total period for which a prospecting licence is granted does not exceed five years: Provided further that no prospecting licence granted in respect of 6[a mineral included in Part A and Part B to] the First Schedule shall be renewed except with the previous approval of the Central Government.] 7[8. Periods for which mining leases may be granted or renewed.―(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to minerals specified in Part A of the First Schedule. (2) The maximum period for which a mining lease may be granted shall not exceed thirty years: Provided that the minimum period for which any such mining lease may be granted shall not be less than twenty years. (3) A mining lease may be renewed for a period not exceeding twenty years with the previous approval of the Central Government.] 8[8A. Period of grant of a mining lease for minerals other than coal, lignite and atomic minerals.―(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to minerals other than those specified in Part A and Part B of the First Schedule. (2) On and from the date of the commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 (10 of 2015), all mining leases shall be granted for the period of fifty years. (3) All mining leases granted before the commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 (10 of 2015) shall be deemed to have been granted for a period of fifty years.