14Preliminary exploration in title areas

14 Preliminary exploration in title areas (1) For section 22(1) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the entitlement of a person to conduct preliminary exploration in the title area of a mineral title held by another person. (2) The person may conduct preliminary exploration in the following circumstances only after giving the title holder notice of the person's intention to do so: (a) the mineral title is an EL and the preliminary exploration is for extractive minerals; (b) the mineral title is an EMEL and the preliminary exploration is for minerals. (3) The person may conduct preliminary exploration in the following circumstances only with the written consent of the title holder: (a) the mineral title is an EL and the preliminary exploration is for minerals; (b) the mineral title is an EMEL and the preliminary exploration is for extractive minerals.