---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3507.11"
title: "43"
number: "3507.11"
heading: "What must I do to obtain a preference right lease?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3507.11"
---

# §3507.11. What must I do to obtain a preference right lease?


To obtain a preference right lease, you must have a prospecting permit for the area you want to lease and meet the following conditions and any other conditions established in this subpart:

- (a) **All leasable minerals except asphalt.** You must demonstrate that you have discovered a valuable deposit within the period covered by your prospecting permit. However, paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(d)](#d) of this section provide some limitations.
- (b) **Sodium, potassium, and sulphur.** In addition to the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, BLM must determine that the lands are chiefly valuable for the subject minerals.
- (c) **Asphalt.** You may not obtain a preference right lease for asphalt. However, you may obtain a competitive lease or a fringe acreage lease under subpart [3508](/cfr/43/subpart3508.md) or [3510](/cfr/43/subpart3510.md) of this part.
- (d) **Permits issued under the authority of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946.** Prospecting permits for minerals BLM administers under the authority of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 do not entitle you to a preference right lease. We may grant you a noncompetitive lease if you discover a valuable deposit during the permit term.

## 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.