---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3836.11"
title: "43"
number: "3836.11"
heading: "What are the general requirements for performing assessment work?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3836.11"
---

# §3836.11. What are the general requirements for performing assessment work?

- (a) Beginning in the assessment year that begins after you locate your mining claim, you must expend $100 in labor or improvements for each claim for each assessment year preceding the date on which you file for a small miner waiver.
- (b) You may perform assessment work on:
  - (1) Each individual claim;
  - (2) One or more claims in a group of contiguous lode or placer claims that you own or hold an interest in and that cover the same mineral deposit; or
  - (3) **Adjacent or nearby lands if the work supports development of the minerals on the claim(s).**
- (c) Your total expenditure must equal at least $100 per claim.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 22, 28, 28b-28e; 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457, 1701 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. App. 501, 565.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61077, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.