(a) The innovative gold recovery demonstration grant program is established as a direct grant program to give a person engaged in placer mining the opportunity to study and test new methods of gold recovery and water use reduction.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 46.16.070
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The commissioner of natural resources may make a grant under this section to a person that has
(1) a proven history of successful placer mining in the state;(2) the capability to produce verifiable results; and(3) the capability to study and test new methods of gold recovery and water use reduction under actual operating conditions.(c) The commissioner of natural resources may not make a grant under this section to a person in excess of $100,000.(d) The commissioner of natural resources shall monitor and evaluate the results of grants made under this section.
