Classification Detail

This class covers metal-bearing minerals, sand, clay, stone, chemical and fertilizer minerals, salt, gemstones, asbestos, gypsum, etc. - Administration of mining and mineral resource affairs and services; conservation, discovery, development and rationalized exploitation of mineral resources; supervision and regulation of prospecting, mining, marketing and other aspects of mineral production; - production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on mining and mineral resource affairs and services; - grants, loans or subsidies to support commercial mining activities. Includes: issuance of licences and leases, regulation of production rates, inspection of mines for conformity to safety regulations, etc. Excludes: coal and other solid fuels (04.3.1), petroleum and natural gas (04.3.2) and nuclear fuel materials (04.3.3).