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NV Rev Stat § 517.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.430 - Renewal of prospecting permits: Limitations and extensions.

  1. No person or agent of any person shall be granted a new prospecting permit upon the same claims, or any of them, under the provisions of NRS 517.390 to 517.430, inclusive:  (a) If such claims, or any of them, at the time of any subsequent application, have been the property of the county for a year or more.  (b) Until 30 days shall have elapsed between the date of the termination of the former prospecting permit and the date of application for a subsequent permit.  2. If at the time of the expiration of a prospecting period actual development work, by drilling or otherwise, is being carried on, then the board of county commissioners shall, upon application, grant an additional 6 months’ prospecting period to the same applicant or applicants.  [Part 1:44:1933; A 1935, 25; 1945, 351; 1943 NCL § 4309] — (NRS A 1971, 76)
NV Rev Stat § 517.450 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.450 - Sale of mine or claim not subject to prospecting permit: Affidavit and petition.

  1. Whenever a patented mine or mining claim has been, for a year or more, the property of a county through operation of the revenue laws of this state and no prospecting permit granted under the provisions of NRS 517.410 or 517.430 is in force with respect to the mine or claim, any citizen of the United States may file with the board of county commissioners of the county an affidavit and petition to have the mine or claim advertised for sale to the highest bidder.  2. The affidavit and petition must state:  (a) That the petitioner is a citizen of the United States.  (b) That for the past year or more there has belonged to the county, as shown by the official records thereof, a patented mine or mining claim, sufficiently identifying it, which has become the property of the county through operation of the revenue laws of this state.  (c) That no prospecting permit granted under the provisions of NRS 517.410 or 517.430 is in force with respect to the mine or claim.  (d) The amount of the tax, penalties and costs, if any, for which the mine or claim became the property of the county.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 77; A 1989, 51)
NV Rev Stat § 517.460 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights|NRS 517.460 - Sale of mine or claim not subject to prospecting permit: Order for and notice of sale; conveyance to purchaser; disposition of proceeds.

  1. Upon receipt of an affidavit and petition as required by NRS 517.450, the board of county commissioners, by an order appearing in its minutes, shall direct the county treasurer to sell the patented mine or mining claim described in the affidavit and petition, after giving notice of the sale, for a total amount not less than the amount of the taxes, costs, penalties and interest legally chargeable against the mine or claim so stated in the order.  2. Notice of the sale must be posted in at least three public places, including one at the courthouse and one on each claim, for a period of not less than 20 days before the day of sale or, in lieu of such posting, by publication of such notice for a like period in some newspaper published within the county, if the board of county commissioners by its order so directs.  3. Upon compliance with the order the county treasurer shall make, execute and deliver to any purchaser, upon payment to the county treasurer of a consideration not less than that specified in the order, a deed conveying the title of the county to the mine or claim.  4. All moneys received from the sale of such patented mines or mining claims must be credited to the county’s general fund.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 77; A 1989, 51)
NV Rev Stat § 519.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.010 - Possessors of mining claims deemed lawful owners of ores therefrom.

Any person, copartnership, association or corporation in the actual and peaceable possession of any mining claim, under claim or color of title, and engaged in the mining, shipment and treatment, or sale of ores therefrom, shall, as to all persons purchasing such ore or ores in good faith and without notice as provided in NRS 519.030 of the title or claim of title or ownership of any other person, copartnership, association or corporation thereto, be deemed to be the lawful owner or owners of such ore or ores.  [1:167:1907; RL § 2487; NCL § 4185]
NV Rev Stat § 519.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.020 - Purchasers in good faith deemed owners of ores.

Any person who, or copartnership, association or corporation which, shall in good faith and in the usual course of business and without notice, as provided in NRS 519.030, purchase and obtain delivery of any ore or ores from any person, copartnership, association or corporation in possession of the mines, mining claim or claims from which such ore or ores shall have been mined and extracted, shall be deemed the owner or owners of such ores except as provided in NRS 519.010 to 519.050, inclusive. The person, copartnership, association or corporation deemed to be the owner or owners of the ore or ores shall not be liable to, or subject to, any action at law or in equity for the recovery of the same or the value thereof by any person, copartnership, association or corporation who or which may thereafter be adjudged to be the owner or owners of such mine, mines, mining claim or claims.  [2:167:1907; RL § 2488; NCL § 4186]
NV Rev Stat § 519.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.030 - Notice to purchasers of their liability; institution of action to enforce title.

  1. If any person, copartnership, association or corporation shall be or shall claim to be the owner or owners, or entitled to the possession or enjoyment, of any mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises, then in the possession of some other person, copartnership, association or corporation claiming to be the owner or owners or entitled to the possession thereof, and mining, shipping and treating or selling the ore therefrom, the person, copartnership, association or corporation may, if the person, copartnership, association or corporation shall intend or desire to hold purchasers of or those intending to purchase such ore or ores responsible for the value thereof, serve or cause to be served upon such purchaser or purchasers, or intending purchaser or purchasers, a notice in writing, which shall contain:  (a) The name of the mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises.  (b) The name of the person, copartnership, association or corporation claiming or asserting ownership or right to the possession or enjoyment thereof.  (c) The name or names of the person, copartnership, association or corporation in possession of and mining, shipping and selling ore therefrom.  (d) A warning to such purchaser or purchasers, or intending purchaser or purchasers, that he, she, they or it will be held liable and responsible for all ore or ores by him, her, them or it purchased and delivered or to be purchased and delivered from such mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises by such person, copartnership, association or corporation, or his, her, their or its heirs, assigns or agents subsequent to the service of such notice.  2. Within 30 days from and after the service of such notice, the person, copartnership, association or corporation serving or causing to be served the same shall:  (a) Institute an action to enforce his, her, their or its title in some court of competent jurisdiction against the person, copartnership, association or corporation in possession of and mining and shipping ore from such mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises, and to enjoin him, her, them or it from the mining or shipment and sale of ores taken therefrom pending such action; and  (b) At once notify such purchaser or purchasers or intending purchaser or purchasers of such ore or ores of the pendency of such action.  3. If the notice required by this section shall be served after an action shall have been instituted, it shall not be necessary to commence another under the provisions hereof.  [3:167:1907; RL § 2489; NCL § 4187]
NV Rev Stat § 519.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.040 - Liability of claimant for failure to institute action after service of notice.

If any person, copartnership, association or corporation claiming title to or right of possession of such mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises, not having before then brought action, shall serve a notice upon any purchaser or purchasers or intending purchaser or purchasers of ore or ores, as provided in NRS 519.030, and shall fail or neglect to institute an action as required in NRS 519.030, such notice shall be deemed to have been waived, and the person or persons serving such notice shall be liable to the persons injured thereby in double damages including costs and reasonable attorney fees, and such purchaser or purchasers or intending purchaser or purchasers shall not be bound by anything therein contained.  [4:167:1907; RL § 2490; NCL § 4188]
NV Rev Stat § 519.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.050 - Liability of purchaser after notice and institution of action.

Any purchaser of ore or ores who or which shall have received the notice provided for in NRS 519.030, and followed or preceded by the commencement of an action as therein set forth, who shall purchase or continue to purchase and receive ores taken from the mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises named therein, shall be liable and responsible for the value thereof to the person, copartnership, association or corporation who or which shall be ultimately adjudged or decreed to be the owner or entitled to the possession thereof.  [5:167:1907; RL § 2491; NCL § 4189]
NV Rev Stat § 519.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.060 - Payment for ores within 30 days after delivery, sale or settlement; penalty.

  1. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing, sampling, reducing or refining of ores, the predominating value of which is in gold or silver, for others, shall make settlement with and pay to the seller of such ores the value thereof, after lawful deductions, within 30 days after the delivery and sampling of such ores.  2. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing, sampling, or in the treatment or reduction or smelting, of ores or metal, for others, shall make settlement with and pay to the seller of such metals the value thereof, after agreed and lawful deductions, within 30 days after the sale of the products of such metal by the smelter, mill, reduction works, refinery or sampler reducing or refining the same.  3. Every person, firm or corporation or lessor shipping ores, bullion or metals to any smelter, mill, sampler or reduction works or refinery for another, shall make settlement with and pay to the person or persons entitled thereto the value of such ores, bullion or metals, within 30 days after the settlement therefor shall have been made by the smelter, mill, reduction works, refinery or sampler purchasing or reducing or refining the same.  4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section commits an unlawful conversion, and is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [1:179:1925; NCL § 4190] + [2:179:1925; NCL § 4191] + [3:179:1925; NCL § 4192] + [4:179:1925; NCL § 4193] — (NRS A 1967, 606)
NV Rev Stat § 519.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.070 - Unlawful to change value of ore, substitute ore or issue false bill of sale or certificate of purchase; penalty.

Any person, corporation or association, or the agent of any person, corporation or association, engaged in the milling, smelting, sampling, concentrating, reducing, shipping or purchasing of ores in this state, who shall in any manner knowingly alter or change the true value of any ores delivered to the person, corporation, association or agent so as to deprive the seller of the correct value of the same, or who shall substitute other ores for those delivered to the person, corporation, association or agent, or who shall issue any bill of sale, or certificate of purchase, that does not exactly and truthfully state the actual weight, assay value, and total amount paid for any lot or lots of ore purchased, or who, by any secret understanding or agreement with another shall issue a bill of sale or certificate of purchase that does not correctly and truthfully set forth the weight, assay value and total amount paid for any lot or lots of ore purchased by the person, corporation, association or agent, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  [1911 C&P § 445; RL § 6710; NCL § 10398] — (NRS A 1967, 606)
NV Rev Stat § 519.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.090 - Examination of books of assayer and purchaser upon affidavit of theft or other unlawful taking.

  1. Whenever an affidavit shall be made by any person before any justice of the peace or district judge that any ore, free gold, gold dust, gold amalgam, gold nuggets, gold specimens, gold bullion, free silver, silver nuggets, silver bullion, lead, lead bullion, copper or copper bullion has been stolen or unlawfully taken from the person, or from any copartnership, association or corporation in which the person is interested or in which the person is an officer or agent, stating as near as may be the character, amount and value thereof, such person by himself, herself, or his or her attorneys, or both, upon presentation of such affidavit, or a copy thereof duly certified as such by the officer before whom the same is verified, shall have access to such book or books of any and every assayer, person, partnership, association or corporation required to keep the same by the provisions of NRS 519.080, and may freely and without hindrance or interference, read and examine all entries which may have been made therein during a period of 60 days next preceding the date of such affidavit.  2. The examination provided for in this section may be made by the person making such affidavit, or the partnership, association or corporation in whose behalf the same is made, only if such person or partnership, association or corporation shall at the time thereof have a present ownership or interest in the assay office, mine, claim, premises, mill, smelter, concentrator, refinery or establishment from which such ores, free gold, gold dust, gold amalgam, gold specimens, gold bullion, silver, silver nuggets, silver bullion, lead, lead bullion, copper or copper bullion has been stolen or unlawfully taken or alleged to have been stolen or unlawfully taken.  [2:193:1907; RL § 2484; NCL § 4182]
NV Rev Stat § 519.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.100 - Penalty for failing to keep books, making false entries or refusing to allow inspections.

Every assayer, person, copartnership, association or corporation described in NRS 519.080 who or which shall fail, refuse or neglect to keep the book or books, or to make the entries therein as required in NRS 519.080, or who or which shall make or cause to be made any false or fictitious entry therein, or who or which shall refuse the right of inspection thereof to any person entitled thereto as provided in NRS 519.090, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.  [3:193:1907; RL § 2485; NCL § 4183] — (NRS A 1967, 606)
NV Rev Stat § 519.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.110 - Failure, refusal or neglect of assayer or purchaser not to operate as excuse or defense.

If any assayer, person, partnership, association or corporation shall fail, refuse or neglect to make the inquiries or secure the information necessary to the making of the proper entries in the book as provided in NRS 519.080, or shall so negligently and imperfectly make such entry or entries that the nature, character or value of the ore or other property therein mentioned, or the assayer, partnership, person, association or corporation delivering the same or receiving the proceeds thereof cannot be ascertained, identified or determined, or shall fail, neglect or refuse to keep such book or books, or shall willfully lose or mislay or willfully or knowingly permit to be lost or mislaid the book or books, so that the same cannot be produced for inspection as provided in NRS 519.090, such failure, refusal or neglect shall not excuse, protect or operate as a defense to any such assayer, partnership, association or corporation as defendant or defendants in any action or prosecution brought or instituted under the provisions of NRS 519.080 to 519.110, inclusive.  [4:193:1907; RL § 2486; NCL § 4184]
NV Rev Stat § 519.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.120 - Assayers to identify bullion or amalgam; penalty for refusal or neglect to comply.

  1. Every person or firm engaged in the business of assaying within this state shall be required to place a written description, pasted on or stamped upon every bar of bullion or amalgam melted, retorted, assayed or refined by such person or firm, containing the name of the person or company by whom such bullion or amalgam was deposited with or sold to such person or firm.  2. Every person or firm engaged in the business of assaying within this state who shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  [1911 C&P § 498; RL § 6763; NCL § 10445] + [1911 C&P § 499; RL § 6764; NCL § 10446] — (NRS A 1967, 607)
NV Rev Stat § 519.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores|NRS 519.130 - Statement required in certain documents containing results of assay; penalties; enforcement.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, every person or firm engaged in the business of assaying within this state shall, in each report or other document containing the results of an assay conducted by the person or firm which is created or produced for a commercial purpose, provide in the report or document a statement, prominently displayed and in bold type, which reads substantially as follows: The results of this assay were based solely upon the content of the sample submitted. Any decision to invest should be made only after the potential investment value of the claim or deposit has been determined based on the results of assays of multiple samples of geologic materials collected by the prospective investor or by a qualified person selected by the prospective investor and based on an evaluation of all engineering data which is available concerning any proposed project.  2. Any person or firm who knowingly violates the provisions of subsection 1 is:  (a) For the first violation, guilty of a misdemeanor.  (b) For a second or subsequent violation, guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  3. The right to enforce the provisions of this section vests exclusively in the Attorney General.  4. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who is required to file an annual statement pursuant to the provisions of NRS 362.110.  5. As used in this section, "business of assaying" means a business that determines the elemental composition of samples of geologic materials for a fee or other valuable consideration.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 895; A 2008, 25th Special Session, 22)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.010 - Legislative findings; cooperation with state and federal agencies in administration and enforcement of chapter.

  1. The Legislature hereby finds that:  (a) The extraction of minerals by mining is a basic and essential activity making an important contribution to the economy of the State of Nevada;  (b) Proper reclamation of mined land, areas of exploration and former areas of mining or exploration is necessary to prevent undesirable land and surface water conditions detrimental to the ecology and to the general health, welfare, safety and property rights of the residents of this state; and  (c) The success of reclamation efforts in this state is dependent upon cooperation among state and federal agencies.  2. The Legislature hereby directs that all agencies and political subdivisions of the State of Nevada which are involved in or whose work is related to the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall cooperate fully with all other state and federal agencies in any related matter.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.020 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 519A.030 to 519A.130, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.030 - "Administrator" defined.

Administrator means the Administrator of the Division.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.040 - "Affected" defined.

Affected means that the surface of the land is or will be disturbed by mining, or that the land will be used:  1. As an evaporation or settling pond, leach dump, placer area or tailings pond or dump; or  2. In conjunction with any structure, facility, equipment, machine, tool, material or property incident to mining.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.050 - "Commission" defined.

Commission means the State Environmental Commission.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.060 - "Division" defined.

Division means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.070 - "Exploration project" defined.

Exploration project means all activities conducted in this state by a person on or beneath the surface of land for the purpose of, or in connection with, determining the presence, location, extent, depth or grade of any mineral, which affects the surface. The term does not include a small exploration project.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1281)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.080 - "Mining operation" defined.

Mining operation means all activities conducted in this state by a person on or beneath the surface of land for the purpose of, or in connection with, the development or extraction of any mineral. The term does not include an aggregate or sand pit or a small mining operation.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1282)
NV Rev Stat § 519A.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects|NRS 519A.090 - "Operator" defined.

Operator means any person who owns, controls or manages an exploration project or a mining operation.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1282)