Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act, 2008 (Act No. 28 of 2008)

Mineral resource name

Refined condition

Cobalt

Cobalt is refined once processed into cobalt metal or cobalt sulphate. 99.5 % refined

Copper

Copper is refined once processed into copper metal slabs, blister copper or cathode copper of 99.0 % purity.

Germanium

99.99% refined product

Gold

Refined and smelted to a 99.5 % purity

Lead

Lead is refined once processed into bars and billets containing 99.0 % pure lead.

Lithium

99.5% LiCO3 in concentrate (lithium carbonate)

Mercury

99.9% purity

Nickel {Base metal}

Nickel is refined once processed into a metal, or other form (e.g. ferro nickel, nickel metal or nickel sulphate). 99.5% purity

Platinum Group Metals (iridium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium and osmium)

Refined and smelted to a 99.9 % purity

Molybdenum

99.99% refined product

Silicon

98.5% Si

Silver

Silver is refined once processed to silver metal or silver nitrate. 99.5% refined

Talc

98.5% and minus 325 µm mesh

Vanadium

Vanadium as chemically extracted and refined to a purity of

10% V2O5 equivalent and above

Zinc

Zinc is refined once processed into zinc metal, plates or slabs containing  98.5 % pure zinc.

Mineral resource name

Refined condition

Oil and Gas

Oil

At inlet of refinery

Gas

At inlet of refinery