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Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)

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Amendment Regulations to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2020

Chapter 2 : Mineral and Petroleum, Social and Environmental Regulations

Part 1 : Mineral and Petroleum Regulation

7. Prospecting work programme

 

(1) The prospecting work programme must contain—
(a) the full particulars of the applicant;
(b) the plan contemplated in regulation 2(2), showing the land to which the application relates;
(c) the registered description of the land to which the application relates specifying the farm name and subdivision;
(d) the mineral or minerals to be prospected for;
(e) a geological description of the land substantiated by a geological map;
(f) a description of how the mineral resource and mineral distribution of the prospecting area will be determined through—
(i) the prospecting work to be performed;
(ii) a geochemical survey to be carried out; and
(iii) a geophysical survey to be undertaken;
(g) a description of the prospecting method or methods to be implemented that may include—
(i) any excavations, trenching, pitting and drilling to be carried out;
(ii) any bulk sampling and testing to be carried out; and
(iii) any other prospecting methods to be applied;
(h) All planned prospecting activities must be conducted in phases and within specific timeframes.
(i) technical data detailing the prospecting method or methods to be implemented and the time required for each phase of the proposed prospecting operation;
(j) details with documentary proof of—
(i) the applicant's technical ability or access thereto to conduct the proposed prospecting operation; and
(ii) a budget and documentary proof of the applicant's financial ability or access thereto, which may include but is not limited to the following:
(aa) Loan agreements entered into for the proposed prospecting operation;
(bb) resolution by a company to provide for the finances required for the proposed prospecting operation; and
(cc) any other mechanism or scheme providing for the necessary finances for the proposed prospecting operation;
(k) a cost estimate of the expenditure to be incurred for each phase of the proposed prospecting operation where the expenditure must be broken down into-
(i) direct prospecting costs;
(ii) labour costs;
(iii) costs pertaining to the rehabilitation and management of environmental impacts; and
(iv) any other direct cost; and
(l) an undertaking, signed by the applicant, to adhere to the proposals as set out in the prospecting work programme.

 

(2) The prospecting work programme referred to in subregulation (1) shall form part of the prospecting right when such right is granted.

 

 


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