32.4. The amount paid under section 32.3 to a qualified operator as an advance on the credit on duties for the cost of bringing an orebody into production is the lesser of the following amounts:(1) 12% of the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the estimated cost of a property that is a road, a building, or equipment, other than service property, described in the operator’s plan to bring an orebody into production;
(2) 12% of the capital from the qualified investment;
(3) $3,000,000.