6. Right to Undertake Excavation:

6. Right to Undertake Excavation:

(1) A licensee for prospecting operations of any mineral in any area shall have the right to obtain a license for excavation for the same mineral in the same area.
(2) While undertaking prospecting operation by a licensee for prospecting operations, if he/she prospects the minerals other than those referred to in his/her license, he/she shall be required to submit a notice to the Department within a period of Thirty days and priority shall be given to such a person to undertake mining operations of such minerals. Provided that, such a person shall have no right to obtain a license for mining operations of the minerals prescribed in Sub-section (3) of Section 12.