Section 28, Cap 196

Whenever the Governor shall be satisfied, on the report vyhen ~~lderof the Chief Inspector of Mine.s, that the :n;-ineral be~ri~g ~ig~~~~;te qualities of the land or of any portiOn of the land mcluded w1thm requ U'e£d to f . . . h h . 'f h h ld f h app y or the area o a mmmg rig t are sue as to JUSti y t e o er o t e mining lease. right being called upon to take a mining lease or leases in respect of all or any part of such land, he may by notice served on the holder of the mining right revoke the mining right either in respect of the whole area or any specified part of the area of the mining right as from a date not being earlier than one month after the date of such notice. On such revocation the holder of the right shall have a preferential claim to a mining lease or mining leases on the area of the revoked mining right, provided that application for such lease or leases is made within two months of such revocation: Provided further that the holder of the right revoked under this section shall have a preferential claim to a mining right in respect of any portion of the area of the revoked right for which no application is made for a mining lease within twelve months from the revocation of the right.