Restriction on registration of claim

(1) A claim shall not be registered pursuant to section 74, in respect of land in which the person applying for registration of the claim is not entitled to prospect. (2) The Inspector shall refuse to register a claim– (a) if he has reasonable grounds to believe that minerals in commercial quantities have not been discovered within the proposed claim area; (b) if he has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant does not intend to carry on, in good faith, within the limits of his competence and resources, mining operations in the proposed claim area; (c) if he has reasonable grounds to believe that it is not in the public interest that a claim should be registered in respect of the proposed claim (d) if the applicant has not paid the prescribed fees or has failed to comply with the prescribed conditions and the Inspector, for reasons to be recorded in writing, is not prepared to waive the default. (3) Where the Inspector has refused to register a claim on any of the grounds referred to in sub-section (2), the applicant may appeal against the decision to the Minister whose decision shall be final. (4) The Inspector may refuse to register a claim if the applicant fails, within a reasonable period specified by the Inspector, to furnish the Inspector with satisfactory evidence of the existence of the mineral for which the claim is pegged, within the area of the claim. 73