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Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
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### 6 Ownership of minerals and substances
> > (1) All minerals held in private ownership at the commencement of this Act continue to be so held.
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> > (2) Any minerals not held in private ownership vest in the Crown.
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> > (3) Any minerals on any Crown land which is sold or otherwise disposed of remain vested in the Crown.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 6 Subsection (4) amended by No. 24 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS7@Hpa@EN) Any gold, silver, atomic substance, helium, geothermal substance, petroleum, hydrogen and oil existing in a natural state on or below the surface of land vests in the Crown.
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> > (5) Any Category 3 minerals are owned by the owner of the surface of the land regardless of the depth at which they occur.
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> > (6) [*\[Section 6 Subsection (6) inserted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS7@Hpb@EN) [Subsection (5)](#GS6@Gs5@EN) does not affect the operation of [subsection (3)](#GS6@Gs3@EN) .