26. The holder of a prospector’s licence shall be entitled to prospect on lands in the public domain and on private lands where minerals are reserved to the Crown, but not on any claim, or on any land under development licence or exploration permit, mining lease or mining concession, or on any land withdrawn from mining operations by competent authority.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 28; 1987, c. 23, s. 76.