A mining easement may be granted in connection with mining, treatment or ancillary operations conducted by the applicant for the mining easement or some other person for the purpose of constructing and   operating one or more of the following facilities: a road; an aerial ropeway; a power transmission line; a pipeline; a conveyor system; a bridge or tunnel; a waterway; any other facility ancillary to mining or treatment or ancillary operations in connection with any of the preceding purposes which may be approved by the Minister.

The term of a mining easement shall be identical to the term of the tenement in relation to which the mining easement was granted.

Area of a mining easement. The area of land over which a mining easement may be granted will be that sufficient for the purpose or  purposes for which it was granted and shall be in a rectangular or polygonal shape.