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title: "30 U.S.C. § 287"
description: "Extension of prospecting permits"
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title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
chapter_number: "3A"
chapter_name: "LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"
section: "287"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 287"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 287 - Extension of prospecting permits
## Text
Any prospecting permit issued under this subchapter may be extended by the Secretary of the Interior for a period not exceeding two years, upon a showing of satisfactory cause.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 7, as added May 7, 1932, ch. 174, 47 Stat. 151.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.