freedom to mine

freedom to mine

[¦frēd·əm tə ′mīn]
(mining engineering)
The law by which anybody has the right to mine certain minerals when he or she has prospected for them and has filed a proper application for the right to mine them.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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