LAWS OF BRUNEI REVISED EDITION 1984 CHAPTER 42 MININC ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS MINING ACT An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to mining Commencement: 4th March 19201. (Short title) This Act may be cited as the Mining Act. 2. (Interpretation) (1) In this Act and in any rules made thereunder- “crude oil” means oil in its natural state before the same has been refined or otherwise treated but excluding water and foreign substances; “petroleum” includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural conditions in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation; “natural gas” means gas obtained from bore-holes and wells and consisting primarily of hydrocarbons; "minerals" means and includes coal, gold and all metals and substances in or under the ground obtainable by underground or by surface working, the ores of metals, and precious stones o...