MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT

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Feld Wert
Sector Mining
Country South Africa
Year 2002
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?,
1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?,
1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?,
1.1.5c: Following the licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the list of areas or blocks allocated?,
1.1.5d: Are there rules that companies can follow to appeal licensing decisions?,
1.1.10d: Is the legislature required to ratify licenses/contracts?,
1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?,
1.3.7b: Are there specific procedures governing the resettlement of land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?,
1.3.5b: Are there rules governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects?
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Publisher Government Printers
Autor Republic of South Africa
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