360. A taxpayer may deduct, in computing his income for a taxation year, the amount determined by regulation as an allowance in respect of a natural accumulation of petroleum or natural gas, oil or gas well, mineral resource or timber limit, or in respect of(a) the processing of ore, other than iron ore or tar sands, from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent;
(b) the processing of iron ore from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the pellet stage or its equivalent;
(c) the processing of tar sands from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent.
Such regulation may allow an amount for only a part of or for all of the natural accumulations of petroleum or natural gas, oil or gas wells or mineral resources in which the taxpayer has a right, or of the ore processing operations referred to in the first paragraph and carried on by the taxpayer, and the Government may prescribe a formula to determine such amount.
1972, c. 23, s. 327; 1973, c. 18, s. 12; 1986, c. 19, s. 68; 1987, c. 67, s. 80; 1996, c. 39, s. 273; 2020, c. 162020, c. 16, s. 621.