130R12. For the purposes of sections 130R23.1 and 130R52 and Class 29 in Schedule B, “manufacturing or processing” does not include(a) farming or fishing;
(b) logging;
(c) construction;
(d) operating an oil or gas well or extracting petroleum or natural gas from a natural accumulation of petroleum or natural gas;
(e) extracting minerals from a mineral resource;
(f) processing ofi. ore, other than iron ore or tar sands ore, from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent,
ii. iron ore from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the pellet stage or its equivalent, or
iii. tar sands ore from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent;
(g) producing industrial minerals;
(h) producing or processing electrical energy or steam for sale;
(i) processing natural gas as part of the business of selling or distributing gas in the course of operating a public utility;
(j) processing heavy crude oil recovered from a natural reservoir in Canada, to a stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent; or
(k) Canadian field processing.