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TITLE 77
CHAPTER 3
Part 1
Montana Code Annotated 2021
TITLE 77. STATE LANDS
CHAPTER 3. ROCK, MINERAL, COAL, OIL, AND GAS RESOURCES
Part 1. Prospecting Permits and Mining Leases
77-3-101
Definitions
77-3-102
Mining leases authorized
77-3-103
Prospecting permits authorized
77-3-104
Notice of permit or lease approval
77-3-105
Assignment of leases or permits
77-3-106
Disposition of royalties, fees, and penalties
77-3-107
through 77-3-110 reserved
77-3-111
Applications for mining lease
77-3-112
Examination of lands prior to leasing
77-3-113
Quantity of lands covered by lease
77-3-114
Restrictions on mining leases on lands already subject to coal, oil, or gas lease
77-3-115
Lease provisions
77-3-116
Royalty provisions
77-3-117
Modification of lease provisions
77-3-118
Restrictions on removal of minerals and gems during preliminary prospecting period
77-3-119
Bonds to state
77-3-120
Bonds to protect prior purchasers, lessees, or contractees
77-3-121
Pooling agreements and unit plans of operation
77-3-122
Sales, contracts for sale, and other leases subject to mining leases
77-3-123
Failure of title
77-3-124
through 77-3-129 reserved
77-3-130
Limitation on public inspection rights
77-3-131
Limitations on prospecting permits
77-3-132
Leasing privileges of permittee