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United States — Minnesota
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The state owns the iron ore and other minerals under lands beneath navigable lakes and rivers, and it has the right to enter, explore, mine, remove, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of them.
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The commissioner may lease state-owned or state-interested land to prospect for and mine iron ore and other ores, subject to conditions in sections 93.15 to 93.28.
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The commissioner may designate and adjust state mining units, but must keep a list on file and cannot make a mining unit include lands from more than one permanent trust fund unless an exception applies.
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The commissioner must give public notice before state mineral lease sales and include specified sale information in each notice.
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Lease applicants for iron ore prospecting must file a written application on time, include a $100 payment per mining unit, and submit a sealed bid; the commissioner and Executive Council then award leases to the highest qualifying bidders, subject to minimum bid and legal compliance requirements.
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Lease applicants and lease holders must meet the responsible vendor definition, and current lease holders may face suspension and debarment under chapter 16C rules.
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The commissioner may issue a negotiated iron ore or taconite mining lease only if the stated conditions are met and the Executive Council approves.
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Lease holders may apply to extend a taconite iron ore mining lease by 25 years, subject to commissioner and Executive Council approval and specified conditions.
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This lease form requires the mining lessee to pay rent and royalties, report ore and sampling data, follow approved mining and shipping methods, and comply with state oversight.
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The provision sets royalty rules for taconite concentrates and allows an alternate royalty method for taconite ore.
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The lease must be signed by the commissioner for the state and by the party of the second part in the presence of two witnesses, and the party of the second part’s signatures and execution must be acknowledged.
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Payments under sections 93.14 to 93.285 must be paid to the Department of Natural Resources and credited under this section.
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Creates a special royalty account in the state treasury and directs how its principal and interest are distributed.
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This section requires the commissioner and the director of the Coleraine laboratory to create grant programs for taconite mining companies, and it appropriates money annually for those programs.
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Creates the minerals management account, lets interest stay in the account, limits spending/distribution to listed rules, and allows the commissioner to spend money only if the legislature appropriates it.
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A state lessee may apply for a negotiated lease to mine certain non-iron minerals found in a covered mining unit, and the state may reject applications or lease those minerals under section 93.25 and related rules.
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The commissioner may issue leases for gas, oil, and non-iron minerals from state lands and waters, subject to approval rules and lease limits.
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Leases issued under these sections must be filed in the commissioner’s office before delivery, and each lease must have a filing certificate endorsed on it.
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Lease-related assignments, agreements, or contracts must be in writing, signed, witnessed, acknowledged, and include addresses; once executed, they must be presented in triplicate to the commissioner for filing.
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Instruments affecting the title to a lease must be approved by the commissioner and then filed.