A prospecting lease not converted to a mining contract shall not be renewable. The holder of an expired prospecting lease, or the holder's agents, shall not be entitled to a new lease on the premises covered by the prior lease for one year from the date of the expired prospecting lease.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
79.01.618. WSR 87-21-007 (Order 528), § 332-16-075, filed 10/9/87.]