The right to extract coal or other minerals from a piece of land.
applicants for new mining rights have to go through two departments
Example sentencesExamples
- Under the contract, the company was given mining rights for thirty years within a 250,000 acre concession.
- A prospector armed with mining rights threatens to excavate a gravel pit on a ridge across the river.
- They control the mining rights in the area.
- The argument was that the mining rights affected the value of the land.
- Like other nations, they are keen on securing the mining rights as a potential future resource.