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

Category 1

The common law mineral right, together with a prospecting permit obtained in connection therewith in terms of section 6(1) of the Minerals Act.

Category 2

A consent to prospect in terms of section 6(1)(b) or 6(3) of the Minerals Act and the common law mineral right attached thereto, together with a prospecting permit obtained in connection therewith in terms of section 6(1) of the Minerals Act.

Category 3

A prospecting lease, prospecting permit, prospecting licence or prospecting permission referred to in section 44 of the Minerals Act, the common law mineral right attached thereto and a prospecting permit obtained in accordance with section 6(1) of the Minerals Act.

Category 4

Any permission to prospect in terms of section 16(1) of the Bophuthatswana Land Control Act, 1979 (Act No. 39 of 1979), section 16(1) of the Venda Land Control Act, 1986 (Act No.6 of 1986), section 15 of the Lebowa Minerals Trust Act, 1987 (Act No. 9 of 1987), section 5 1(1) of the Rural Areas Act (House of Representatives), 1987 (Act No.9 of 1987), or section 6 of the Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act, 1998 (Act No.94 of 1998), and the common law mineral right attached thereto together with a prospecting permit obtained in connection therewith in terms of section 6(1) of the Minerals Act.

Category 5

A temporary permit authorising the continuation of a prospecting operation on the land comprising the subject of a prospecting permit which bad been authorised under such prospecting permit, as provided for in section 10 of the Minerals Act, 1991 (Act No. 50 of 1991).