Discovery of uranium or thorium

(1) The owner, occupier, holder, or manager shall notify immediately whenever assays of any samples taken during exploration indicate uranium or thorium in an amount of 0.05% by weight and the manager shall also terminate further drilling or excavation at the site. Baseline surveys. (2) Whenever discoveries of uranium or thorium are made, a manager shall conduct baseline surveys acceptable to the Inspector and such surveys shall include gamma radiation measurements on surface, and water samples that are analysed for dissolved uranium, and gross alpha to establish the background radiation levels, and the manager shall report the results forthwith to the Inspector. environmental (3) The Inspector may authorize resumption of exploration activity with special conditions to ensure environmental protection that include, 91 (a) measures to ensure no water from any surface trench, pit, drill holes or other excavation escapes from the site until samples of the water are analysed for dissolved uranium and do not exceed levels permitted in accordance with internationally accepted standards; and (b) reclamation methods that ensure the gamma radiation measured on after reclamation do not exceed 10% above the background levels of the baseline survey.