MINING CLAIM LEASE
TO PERFORM EXPLORATORY TESTING

Claim Name: _____________________________		Claim # _______________________________

Owner(s) Name: ___________________________		Owner(s) Name: _________________________

Address: _________________________________		Address: _______________________________

City, State, Zip: ____________________________		City, State, Zip: __________________________

Phone: __________________________________		Phone: _________________________________

Email: __________________________________		Email: _________________________________

Lease Applicant (Lessee) information:

Name: _______________________________________		Name: ______________________________________

Address: _____________________________________		Address: ____________________________________

City, State, Zip: _______________________________		City, State, Zip: ______________________________

Phone: ______________________________________		Phone: _____________________________________

Email: _______________________________________		Email: ______________________________________

Dates of work: ___/_____/____ - ____/_____/_____

Work plan and activities proposed including equipment to be used. (use additional pages if needed.)

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Purpose of test: 
Explore, prospect, and sample mineral/gem deposits within the boundries of the claim. 
In addition, to document any and all gems and/or minerals found during testing and report those findings to the 
claim owner(s).
Exploratory testing of this type and nature will not cause any significant surface disturbance.

Lease Terms and Conditions:
1) This lease is NON EXCLUSIVE and valid ONLY FOR DATES SPECIFIED. 
    More than 1 miner may hold a lease for the same time period of your work. All lessee(s) agree to maintain at 
    least 2 shovel lengths (10') distance or more from any other miner's exploratory dig.

2) At the claim owner(s) discretion, failure to follow any part of this lease could result in the immediate revoking of 
    this lease and/or the denial of any future applications to lease that may be submitted!

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3) LIABILITY: 
	Lessee(s) agree they are entering the claim at their own risk. Claim owner(s) does not accept any liability 
	for lessee(s), anyone with them, or equipment while on the claim.

4) LAWS: 
	Lessee(s) agree to know and follow all laws pertaining to the proposed work and activities involved.
	All trash/rubbish will be packed off the claim and disposed of in a proper receptacle or station according 
	to the law.

5) MINERAL DATA: 
	All mineral/gem data must be recorded by lessee(s) as to amount processed, collected, and location on claim.
	This information must be reported to the claim owner(s) within 1 week of lease end date.

6) EQUIPMENT: 
	All equipment used will be hand tools and/or hand carried equipment such as power sluices, drywashers, 
	trommels etc. All power sluices (both floating and free standing) will have intake nozzles of 4" or less as 
	determined by federal authorities to be "deminimus" or will not cause a significant surface impact.

7) COSTS: 
	All costs for fuel, equipment, travel etc are the sole responsibility of the lessee(s).

8) RECLAMATION: 
	Lessee(s) agree to complete all reclamation work on or before lease end date.

9) COMPENSATION: 
	Compensation or pay in exchange for work performed and data reported will be non-monetary. Instead, it will be
	in the form of trade for the samples/specimens produced during testing. 
	Mineral/gem samples found by lessee(s) while performing exploratory tests belong to lessee(s) as compensation 
	for the work and information reported. (Unless stipulated otherwise on this lease)

I/We________________________________________________________________________, owner(s) of said claim, do
hearby authorized signed lessee(s) to perform exploratory test work during the dates specified and in accordance with 
this lease. 

Signed/Claim owner: ___________________________________________________   Date _____/_____/_____

Signed/Claim owner: ___________________________________________________   Date _____/_____/_____

I/We ________________________________________________________________________, signed lessee(s), do 
agree to abide by all parts of this lease and all laws pertaining to our work/activities on the claim.

Signed/Lessee: _________________________________________________________ Date _____/_____/_____ 

Signed/Lessee: _________________________________________________________ Date _____/_____/_____ 

For amendments to this lease, attatch additional pages. 
								 
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