---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3505.62"
title: "43"
number: "3505.62"
heading: "Under what conditions will BLM extend my prospecting permit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3505.62"
---

# §3505.62. Under what conditions will BLM extend my prospecting permit?


You must prove that:

- (a) You explored with reasonable diligence and were unable to determine the existence and workability of a valuable deposit covered by the permit. Reasonable diligence means that, in BLM's opinion, you drilled a sufficient number of holes or performed other comparable prospecting to explore the permit area within the time allowed; or
- (b) **Your failure to perform diligent prospecting activities was due to conditions beyond your control.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189, 192c, and 209; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and sec. 402, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. appendix).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.