340 Right to metals and minerals not to go with the land[[8]](#endnote-9) So far as regards any metal or mineral whatever declared by any Act to be the property of the Crown no grant or lease or licence shall purport to or shall pass or convey the property in or right to any metal or mineral on in or under such land, but the same shall, subject to the **Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990**, remain the property of the Crown. No. 3709 s. 296.

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