30 USC § 287 - Extension of prospecting permits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s287"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 287 - Extension of prospecting permits"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "287"
section_name: "Extension of prospecting permits"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "POTASH"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 7, as added May 7, 1932, ch. 174, 47 Stat. 151.)"
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# § 287. Extension of prospecting permits

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 7, as added May 7, 1932, ch. 174, 47 Stat. 151.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of , , known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.