(1) Every holder of a prospecting licence for granite shall submit to the State Government or any person authorised in this behalf by that Government within a period of sixty days from the date of execution of the prospecting licence, a scheme of prospecting indicating the manner in which he proposes to carry out the prospecting operation, in the area covered by the licence and the scheme shall incorporate the following; namely >
(a) particulars of the area;
(b) the scale of the plan and the area of geological mapping;
(c) the number of pits, trenches, and bore holes which he proposes to put in the area and the locations thereof;
(d) the particulars of the machines to be used;
(e) the details of exploratory mining to be undertaken;
(f) the number of samples proposed to be drawn and tested;
(g) baseline information of prevailing environmental conditions before the beginning of the prospecting operations;
(h) any other matter relevant for the preparation of a scheme of prospecting, as directed by the State Government or any person so authorised from time to time by a general or specific order.
(2) The prospecting scheme under sub-rule (1) shall be prepared by a recognised person or a geologist or a mining engineer employed under clause (a) of sub-rule (1) of rule 38.