SOUTH AFRICA, Minerals and Petroleum
Article from: OGEL 1 (2003), in For the Practitioner
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill B15/2002
The above Bill was, in the amended form known as B15D/2002, passed by the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces on 25 and 26 June 2002, but at date of preparation of this article, had not received the required Presidential assent rendering an Act. Among the major amendments brought about to the Bill in Parliament are the following. Provision has been made for a reconnaissance permission in respect of minerals. A distinction is drawn between an environmental management plan for reconnaissance, prospecting, and small mining operations, and an environmental ...