Section 5
[(aaa) " exploration licence " means a licence granted for undertaking reconnaissance operations or prospecting operations or both in respect of minerals specified in the Seventh Schedule;]
5 [(aaa) " exploration licence " means a licence granted for undertaking reconnaissance operations or prospecting operations or both in respect of minerals specified in the Seventh Schedule;]
(ab) "Government company" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (45) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013);
(ac) "leased area" means the area specified in the mining lease within which the mining operations can be undertaken and includes the non-mineralized area required and approved for the activities falling under the definition of "mine" as referred to in clause (i);
(ad) “minerals” includes all minerals except minerals oils;
(ae) "minerals concession" means either a reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence, mining lease, composite licence 5 [ , exploration licence] or a combination of any of these and the expression "concession" shall be construed accordingly;]
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