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MN Stat § 93.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.201 — Royalties For Taconite Concentrates.

93.201 ROYALTIES FOR TACONITE CONCENTRATES. Subdivision 1. Royalty on certain concentrates produced from taconite ore. All ores or concentrates shipped from the lands covered by any lease under section 93.20 shall be classified and paid for under and in accordance with the particular schedule of said law properly applicable thereto. The royalty provided for taconite concentrates in section 93.20, schedule 7, shall be applicable to concentrates produced from taconite ores which, in accordance with good engineering and metallurgical practice, require treatment by fine grinding, magnetic separation, flotation, or some other method or methods other than or in addition to one or more of the methods specified in schedules 1 to 6, inclusive, of said section to make them suitable for blast furnace use. Subd. 2. Alternate royalty determination. (a) In lieu of payment of such royalty on the taconite concentrates, royalty payments may be made on the taconite ore as defined herein. The method of computing the weight and the royalty rate per ton on such taconite ore shall be determined by agreement between the holder of the lease and the commissioner of natural resources. In case they are unable to agree, each shall choose an arbitrator, and the two thus selected shall choose a third. The decision of the arbitrators or any two of them shall be final and binding on the parties in interest. The agreement or the decision of the arbitrators shall be attached as a supplement to the lease. The holder of the lease shall reimburse the state for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the determination of weight of taconite ore. (b) Taconite ore shall be understood to mean a ferruginous chert or ferruginous slate in the form of compact siliceous rock, in which the iron oxide is so finely disseminated that substantially all of the iron-bearing particles of merchantable grade are smaller than 20 mesh. Subd. 3. Applicability. The provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 for payment of royalty on taconite ore shall apply to existing leases as well as subsequent leases, subject to vested rights, if any, of the holders of existing leases. History:  1943 c 233 s 3; 1949 c 616 s 1,2; 1957 c 158 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2
MN Stat § 93.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.21 — Execution Of Lease.

93.21 EXECUTION OF LEASE. The lease provided for in section 93.20 shall be signed by the commissioner for and in behalf of the state and shall be signed by the party of the second part in the presence of two witnesses, and the signatures and execution of the same by the party of the second part shall be duly acknowledged. History:  (6410) 1921 c 412 s 8; 1925 c 395; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 495 s 17
MN Stat § 93.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.22 — Disposition Of Payments.

93.22 DISPOSITION OF PAYMENTS. Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) All payments under sections 93.14 to 93.285 shall be made to the Department of Natural Resources and shall be credited according to this section. (b) Twenty percent of all payments under sections 93.14 to 93.285 shall be credited to the minerals management account in the natural resources fund as costs for the administration and management of state mineral resources by the commissioner of natural resources. (c) The remainder of the payments shall be credited as follows: (1) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state by virtue of an act of Congress, payments made under the lease shall be credited to the permanent fund of the class of land to which the leased premises belong; (2) if a lease covers the bed of navigable waters, payments made under the lease shall be credited to the permanent school fund of the state; (3) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state in trust for the taxing districts, payments made under the lease shall be distributed annually on the first day of September to the respective counties in which the lands lie, to be apportioned among the taxing districts interested therein as follows: county, three-ninths; town or city, two-ninths; and school district, four-ninths; (4) if the lands or mineral rights covered by a lease became the absolute property of the state under the provisions of chapter 84A, payments made under the lease shall be distributed as follows: county containing the land from which the income was derived, five-eighths; and general fund of the state, three-eighths; and (5) except as provided under this section and except where the disposition of payments may be otherwise directed by law, payments made under a lease shall be paid into the general fund of the state. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 9 art 5 s 37] History:  (6411) 1921 c 412 s 9; 1925 c 395; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 2000 c 495 s 18; 1Sp2001 c 6 art 1 s 1; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 78
MN Stat § 93.222 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.222 — Taconite Iron Ore Special Advance Royalty Account.

93.222 TACONITE IRON ORE SPECIAL ADVANCE ROYALTY ACCOUNT. The taconite iron ore special advance royalty account is created as an account in the state treasury for disposal of certain mineral lease money received under the terms of extension agreements adopted under section 93.193, relating to state iron ore or taconite iron ore mining leases. The principal of the account is distributed under the terms of the extension agreements to the account or entity entitled by applicable law and lease terms to receive the income from the class of land being leased. Interest accruing from investment of the account remains with the account until distributed as provided in this section. The interest accrued through June 30 under each extension agreement is distributed annually, as soon as possible after June 30, to the account or entity entitled by applicable law and lease terms to receive the income from the class of land being leased in the same proportion that the total acres included in a particular class of land bears to the total acreage of the leased land covered by each extension agreement. Money in the taconite iron ore special advance royalty account is appropriated for distribution as provided in this section. History:   1989 c 335 art 1 s 80
MN Stat § 93.2235 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.2235 — Taconite Mining Grants; Appropriations.

93.2235 TACONITE MINING GRANTS; APPROPRIATIONS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner. The commissioner shall establish a program to award grants to taconite mining companies for: (1) taconite pellet product improvements; (2) value-added production of taconite iron ore; or (3) cost-savings production improvements at Minnesota taconite plants. An amount equal to the sum of money transferred to the general fund under section 93.223, subdivision 1, reduced by $100,000, is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner for the purposes of this section. Subd. 2. Coleraine laboratory. The director of the Coleraine laboratory shall establish a program to award grants for the purpose of transferring technology from the Coleraine laboratory to taconite mining companies for: (1) taconite pellet product improvements; (2) value-added production of taconite iron ore; or (3) cost-savings production improvements at Minnesota taconite plants. An amount equal to the sum of money transferred to the general fund under section 93.223, subdivision 2, is annually appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the purposes of this section. History:  1Sp2001 c 6 art 1 s 3; 2002 c 220 art 8 s 11; 2014 c 275 art 1 s 14
MN Stat § 93.2236 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.2236 — Minerals Management Account.

93.2236 MINERALS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT. (a) The minerals management account is created as an account in the natural resources fund. Interest earned on money in the account accrues to the account. Money in the account may be spent or distributed only as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c). (b) If the balance in the minerals management account exceeds $3,000,000 on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, the amount exceeding $3,000,000 must be distributed to the permanent school fund, the permanent university fund, and taxing districts as provided in section 93.22, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The amount distributed to each fund must be in the same proportion as the total mineral lease revenue received in the previous biennium from school trust lands, university lands, and lands held by the state in trust for taxing districts. (c) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the minerals management account may be spent by the commissioner of natural resources for mineral resource management and projects to enhance future mineral income and promote new mineral resource opportunities. History:  1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 77; 2012 c 272 s 23; 2016 c 189 art 3 s 32
MN Stat § 93.245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.245 — Mining Minerals Other Than Iron Ore.

93.245 MINING MINERALS OTHER THAN IRON ORE. (a) If a mineral other than iron ore or taconite ore is found on or in a mining unit covered by a state iron ore or taconite iron ore mining lease, the state lessee may apply to the commissioner of natural resources for a negotiated lease to explore for, mine, and remove the mineral. The terms and conditions under which the mineral may be mined or products recovered shall be as agreed upon by the commissioner and the state lessee. A mineral lease for ores other than iron ore or taconite iron ore must comply with section 93.25 and rules adopted thereunder. (b) The right is reserved to the state to reject any or all applications for a negotiated lease under paragraph (a). The state may lease, under section 93.25 and rules adopted thereunder, any minerals other than iron ore or taconite iron ore on or in a mining unit covered by a state iron ore or taconite iron ore mining lease. History:   2000 c 495 s 19
MN Stat § 93.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.25 — Ores Other Than Iron; Leases.

93.25 ORES OTHER THAN IRON; LEASES. Subdivision 1. Leases. The commissioner may issue leases to prospect for, mine, and remove minerals other than iron ore upon any lands owned by the state, including trust fund lands, lands forfeited for nonpayment of taxes whether held in trust or otherwise, and lands otherwise acquired, and the beds of any waters belonging to the state. For purposes of this section, iron ore means iron-bearing material where the primary product is iron metal. Subd. 2. Lease requirements. All leases for nonferrous metallic minerals or petroleum must be approved by the Executive Council, and any other mineral lease issued pursuant to this section that covers 160 or more acres must be approved by the Executive Council. The rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants of all such leases shall be fixed by the commissioner according to rules adopted by the commissioner, but no lease shall be for a longer term than 50 years, and all rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants shall be fully set forth in each lease issued. No lease shall be canceled by the state for failure to meet production requirements prior to the 36th year of the lease. The rents and royalties shall be credited to the funds as provided in section 93.22. Subd. 3. Effect. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to repeal or supersede any other applicable provision of law, but shall be supplementary thereto. History:  (6414) 1921 c 412 s 12; 1925 c 395 s 1; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1949 c 565 s 1; 1953 c 538 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 113 art 1 s 2; 2000 c 495 s 20,21; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 55
MN Stat § 93.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.26 — Leases To Be Filed.

93.26 LEASES TO BE FILED. All leases, with the names and post office addresses of all parties in interest, issued by the commissioner under authority of sections 93.14 to 93.285, before delivery shall be duly filed for record in the commissioner's office. A certificate of filing showing the date of filing shall be endorsed on each lease. History:  (6415) 1921 c 412 s 13; 1925 c 395 s 1; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 495 s 22
MN Stat § 93.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.27 — Assignments, Agreements, Or Contracts Affecting Leases; Filing.

93.27 ASSIGNMENTS, AGREEMENTS, OR CONTRACTS AFFECTING LEASES; FILING. All assignments, agreements, or contracts, underlying, overriding, or operating agreements affecting a lease shall be made in writing and signed by both parties thereto, witnessed by two witnesses, and properly acknowledged and contain the post office addresses of all parties having an interest; and when so executed presented in triplicate to the commissioner for filing of record. A certificate of filing showing the date of filing shall be endorsed on the assignments, agreements, contracts, underlying, overriding, or operating agreements, a copy of which then shall be returned to the party entitled thereto. History:  (6416) 1921 c 412 s 14; 1925 c 395; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1941 c 546 s 6; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 495 s 23
MN Stat § 93.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.28 — Approval Of Instruments.

93.28 APPROVAL OF INSTRUMENTS. All instruments by virtue of which the title to a lease herein provided for is in any way affected shall receive the approval of the commissioner, which approval shall be endorsed thereon, and the instrument when so approved shall be duly filed as provided in section 93.27. History:  (6417) 1921 c 412 s 15; 1925 c 395; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1941 c 546 s 7; 2000 c 495 s 24
MN Stat § 93.285 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.285 — Stockpiled Iron Ore.

93.285 STOCKPILED IRON ORE. Subdivision 1. Definition. "Stockpiled iron ore" as used in this section means any artificial pile or other accumulation of any type of iron-bearing material, whether in its natural state or the product or residue of treatment of beneficiation, belonging to the state or in which the state has an interest. Subd. 2. Inclusion in mining unit. In case any stockpiled iron ore is situated on land designated or suitable for designation as a mining unit under section 93.15, the stockpiled ore may, in the discretion of the commissioner of natural resources, be included in the unit by inserting a description of the ore in the designation of the unit. Otherwise the ore shall not be considered as included in the unit. Upon the inclusion of the ore in the unit, it shall be subject to all provisions of law relating to the sale, issuance, terms, and conditions of a lease covering the unit and other matters pertaining thereto, so far as applicable. Subd. 3. Stockpile mining unit. (a) Any stockpiled iron ore, wherever situated, may, in the discretion of the commissioner of natural resources, be designated as a stockpile mining unit for disposal separately from ore in the ground, such designation to be made according to section 93.15, so far as applicable. (b) The commissioner may lease the mining unit at public or private sale for an amount and under terms and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. The lease term may not exceed 25 years. The amount payable for stockpiled iron ore material shall be at least equivalent to the minimum royalty that would be payable under section 93.20. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53] History:  1945 c 342 s 1; 1951 c 520 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 495 s 25,26
MN Stat § 93.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.33 — Leasing Surface Of Land.

93.33 LEASING SURFACE OF LAND. Subdivision 1. Purposes of lease. The commissioner may, at public or private vendue and at such prices and upon such terms and conditions as prescribed, lease the surface of any unsold state lands for the purpose of stockpiling, storing, handling, or depositing thereon any ore, ore material, stripping, or waste taken from other state lands which may be under state mineral lease, and remove therefrom any such ore, or material, stripping, or waste taken from such other state land and stocked, stored, handled, or deposited thereon; provided, that the rights of the state and of the lessee under the lease herein authorized as to the ownership, lien, and right of removal and all other rights in and to the materials placed thereon from the lands under such state mineral lease shall be and remain in all respects the same as though such materials had been stockpiled, stored, handled, or deposited on the land covered by such state mineral lease; that any such lease shall be made for a term no longer than the then remaining unexpired term of such state mineral lease and shall in any and all events terminate with the termination of such state mineral lease for any cause, and any material remaining on the land at the termination of such state mineral lease, or at the earlier termination of the lease herein authorized, shall belong to the state of Minnesota; and that all such leases shall be made subject to leasing the land for mineral purposes under legal provisions. Subd. 2. Disposition of receipts. All money received from leases granted under this section shall be credited to the fund to which the leased land belongs and all royalties and proceeds which shall be received by the state for any material stockpiled or stored thereon and later removed shall be credited on the state mineral lease covering the lands from which such ore was originally taken. History:  (6423, 6424) 1919 c 213 s 1,2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 93.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.34 — Draining Public Waters.

93.34 DRAINING PUBLIC WATERS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53] Subd. 2. Draining meandered public lake for mineral purposes forbidden. It shall be unlawful for any individual, copartnership, or corporation to drain any meandered public lake for the purpose of mining of minerals without first having received the consent of the Executive Council. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53] History:  (6425, 6426, 6427) 1915 c 78 s 1-3; 1979 c 102 s 13
MN Stat § 93.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.41 — State-owned Iron-bearing Materials.

93.41 STATE-OWNED IRON-BEARING MATERIALS. Subdivision 1. Use for road construction and other purposes. In case the commissioner of natural resources shall determine that any paint rock, taconite, or other iron-bearing material belonging to the state is needed and suitable for use in the construction or maintenance of any road, tailings basin, settling basin, dike, dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property, and that such use would be in the best interests of the public, the commissioner may authorize the disposal of such material therefor as hereinafter provided. Subd. 2. Materials subject to state iron ore mining lease. If such material is subject to an existing state iron ore mining lease or located on property subject to an existing state iron ore mining lease, the commissioner, by written agreement with the holder of the lease, may authorize the use of the material for any purpose specified in subdivision 1 that will facilitate the mining and disposal of the iron ore therein on such terms as the commissioner may prescribe consistent with the interests of the state, or may authorize the holder of the lease to dispose of the material otherwise for any purpose specified in subdivision 1 upon payment of an amount therefor equivalent to the royalty that would be payable under the terms of the lease if the material were shipped or otherwise disposed of as iron ore, but not less than the applicable minimum rate prescribed by section 93.20. Subd. 3. Issuing leases. If such material, whether in the ground or in stockpile, is not subject to an existing lease, the commissioner may issue leases for the taking and removal thereof for the purposes specified in subdivision 1 in like manner as provided by section 92.50 for leases for the taking and removal of sand, gravel, and other materials specified in said section, and subject to all the provisions thereof, so far as applicable. Subd. 4. Sale of stockpiled iron-bearing material in place. If such material is in stockpile and is not subject to an existing lease, the commissioner may sell stockpiled iron-bearing material in place. The sale must be to a person holding an interest in the surface of the property upon which the stockpile is located or to a person holding an interest in publicly or privately owned stockpiled iron-bearing material located in the same stockpile. History:  1951 c 452 s 1; 1953 c 550 s 1,2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 116 s 1; 1997 c 231 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 93.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands|Section 93.43 — Leases To Nonferrous Metallic Minerals Producers.

93.43 LEASES TO NONFERROUS METALLIC MINERALS PRODUCERS. (a) The business of mining, producing, or beneficiating nonferrous metallic minerals is declared to be in the public interest and necessary to the public welfare, and the use of property therefor is declared to be a public use and purpose. (b) The commissioner of natural resources is authorized to grant permits, licenses, or leases on and across lands owned by the state to any corporation or association engaged in the business of or preparing to engage in the business of mining, producing, or beneficiating nonferrous metallic minerals for pipe lines, pole lines, conduits, sluiceways, roads, railroads, tramways, or flowage, and to lease any lands owned by the state to any such corporation or association for the depositing of stripping, lean ores, tailings, or waste products of such business. (c) The commissioner of natural resources is also authorized to license the flooding of state lands in connection with any permit or authorization for the use of public waters issued by the legislature or by the commissioner pursuant to law. The permits, licenses, and leases shall be upon the conditions, for the consideration, and for the period of time as the commissioner may determine. (d) The county auditor, with the approval of the county board, is authorized to grant permits, licenses, or leases for all such purposes of or across tax-forfeited lands held by the state in trust for any and all taxing districts, upon the conditions, for the considerations, and for the period of time as the county board may determine. Any proceeds from granting the permits, licenses, or leases by the county auditor shall be apportioned and distributed as other proceeds from the sale or rental of tax-forfeited lands. History:  1967 c 557 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 2000 c 495 s 28