Notification of failure to commence required work, reduction or cessation
76(1)Where production
(a)
at a rate of at least sixty per cent of planned capacity, as stated in a feasibility study report, has not been commenced by the time stated in the feasibility study report,
(b)
is reduced to less than sixty per cent of planned capacity, as stated in a feasibility study report, at any time after commencement of production, or
(c)
ceases for any reason during the term of a lease,
the lessee shall immediately notify the Minister of that situation and provide to him reasons for the failure to commence, the reduction or the cessation.
76(2)When required so to do by the Minister at the time a mining lease is granted or at any time thereafter, a lessee shall process or further process in the Province any minerals mined in the Province under the mining lease.
76(3)The Minister shall not require a lessee to process or further process minerals in the Province unless he is satisfied that the lessee is economically able to do so.