3. Subject to sections 4 and 5, rights in or over mineral substances, other than those of the tilth, form part of the domain of the State. The same rule applies to rights in or over underground reservoirs situated in lands of the domain of the State granted or alienated by the State for purposes other than mining purposes.
1987, c. 64, s. 3; 1988, c. 9, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 178.