Section 101: Reservation of right of owner or occupier.

(1) The holder of mining lease shall exercise his rights under the Act subject to such limitations relating to surface rights as the Minister may prescribe in accordance with the Act.
(2) The rights conferred by a mining lease shall be exercised in a manner consistent with the reasonable and proper conduct of the operations concerned.
(3) Subject to the provisions of section (2) of this Act, the lawful occupier of any land within an area subject to a mining lease shall retain the right to graze livestock upon or cultivate the surface of the land in so far as the grazing or cultivation does not interfere with the mining operations in the area.