FORM-E

(Notice of commencement of stoping)

(See rule 26(2))

                                           MINE CODE__________

                                                  To

___________________________________               1. The Controller General

IMPORTANT                                            Indian Bureau of Mines,

Notice in ths Form shall be sent atleast sixty       Nagpur - 440 001

days before the commencement of stopping

operations to the concerned authority.            2. The Controller of Mines,

__________________________________                   Indian Bureau of Mines, 

                                                     PIN_________

                                                  3. The Reg.Controller of Mines

                                                     Indian Bureau of Mines,

                                                     PIN __________

                                                  4. State-Government concerned

1. (a) Name of mine            __________________________________

   (b) Section/pit number**    __________________________________

   (c) Mineral/minerals worked __________________________________

2. Name and address of

   (a) Owner                  ___________________________

   (b) Agent                  ___________________________

   (c) Manager                ___________________________

   (d) Mining Engineer/Geologist

       employed under rule 42 ___________________________

3. Date of expiry of lease: ___________________________________

4. Date on which it is proposed to commence stoping ______________________

5. Extent of development in the mine: _____________________________________

  (a) Number of shafts/inclines/and its

      width/depth/length                 _________________________________

  (b) Maximum depth and development      __________________________________

  (c) Number of levels with their extent __________________________________

  (d) Total meterage of development      __________________________________

  (e) Total number of blocks developed including

      the total tonnage and grade (excluding blocks

      already stoped out and already permitted for stoping)

6. Details of the blocks applied for stoping

(a) Number and size of each block,

    their levels tonnage and grade        _________________________________

(b) Method of stoping to be adopted -

(i) A description of the method with

    apprropriate drawings to illustrate the

    stope preparation sequence of operation

    and extraction                       __________________________________

(ii)Rate of stoping contemplated

    in each block (monthly)              ___________________________________

(iii)Estimated recovery from

     each block                         ____________________________________

(iv) Estimated dilution                 ____________________________________

 (v) Estimated tonnage and grade

     of ore to be extracted            _____________________________________

7. Is this a first application for stoping for this mine?

   If not, the following details may be furnished.

   (i) Date of previous application(s) for stoping: ___________________________

  (ii) Date and reference of permission or 

       refusal by this department (mention

       blocks and their levels)                    ____________________________

(iii) Have all the blocks for which stoping permisssion was granted, been

      stoped out? If not, mention the specific blocks that are remaining

      to be stoped out, indicating the state of stoping operations 

      therein:                                    _____________________________

8. Rate of development and programme of forming additional stope blocks simul-

   taneously with the proposed stoping. ____________________________________

9. List of enclosures                   ____________________________________

Place:	                                            Signature

Date:                                               Name in full:

                                                    Designation:Owner/Agent/

                                                    Mining Engineer/Manager

________________________________________________________________________________

Note: Information in respect of items 5 and 6(a) should be accompanied 

by (I) underground composit plan, (ii) longitudinal section, (iii)

geological/assay plan of the levels at which stoping is proposed 

includingone level above and below , and (iv) transverse sections 

at reasonable intervals for the portion covered under (iii) above.

* This should be sent to the Controller of Mines/Regional Controller

 of Mines in whose territorial jurisdiction the area/mine falls as

 notified from time to time by the Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines,

 under rule 62 of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988.

** This is applicable in cases where the main mine is divided into more than

 one district/section/pit.