“Facility” means all portions of a mining operation, including, without limitation, the mine, waste rock piles, ore piles, process components for beneficiation, processed ore disposal sites, and all associated buildings and structures. The term does not include any process component or non-process component that is not used for mining or mineral production and has not been used in the past for mining or mineral production.

(Added to NRS by 2025, 1320)