Section 126: Deposit of tailings.

(1) The Minister may by regulations prescribe the quantity of tailing that may be deposited in any natural water course by a lessee under this Act.
(2) No mineral title holder shall, without permission obtained on application by it in writing to the Mines Inspectorate Department, deposit a greater quantity of tailing in any natural water course than that prescribed by regulations.
(3) On the application of a mineral title holder and on good cause being shown the Mines Inspectorate may grant a permit authorizing the deposit of greater quantities of tailing than that prescribed by the regulations and may make the grant subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary and those conditions shall be endorsed on the permit.
(4) The Mines Inspectorate may revoke or vary the conditions of any permit granted under this section if the holder commits a breach of any of the conditions of the permit.