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

Regulations

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

4. Application for reconnaissance permission

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(1)An application for a reconnaissance permission in terms of section 13 of the Act must be completed in the form of Form A contained in Annexure I, and must contain-
(a)the full particulars of the applicant;
(b)in the case of a company or closed corporation, documentary proof that the applicant has obtained the necessary authority to make the application in a representative capacity on behalf of the company or closed corporation, as the case may be;
(c)the plan, contemplated in regulation 2(2);
(d)the registered description of the land to which the application relates, specifying the farm name or names;
(e)documentary proof of the applicant's financial ability or access thereto which may include but is not limited to the following:
(i)An approved budget for the proposed reconnaissance operation;
(ii)loan agreements entered into for the proposed reconnaissance operation;
(iii)a resolution by a company to provide for the finances required for the proposed reconnaissance operation; and
(iv)any other mechanism or scheme providing for the necessary finances for the proposed reconnaissance operation;
(f)documentary proof of the applicant's technical ability or access thereto to conduct the proposed reconnaissance operation in accordance with the reconnaissance work programme;
(g)a reconnaissance work programme for the duration of the proposed reconnaissance operation; and
(h)the estimated expenditure regarding the proposed reconnaissance operation.

 

(2)The application must be lodged together with the application fee specified in regulation 75(1)(a).