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Procedure Name | Mineral Permit |
Description |
Category
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Permit/license
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Responsible Agency
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Ministry of Mining
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Address: P.O. Box 750, Maseru 100
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Phone: +266 2231 1447
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Email:
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Official Website: www.mining.gov.ls
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Processing time
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3-6 months
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Fee
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N/A
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Required Documents
No.
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Type of documents
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Note
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1
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Applicant Identification
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2
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Information on applicant financial status
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3
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Information on applicant’s technical experience and competence
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4
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Information on proposed project
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Project Proposal
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5
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Police clearance
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6
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Mining lease application form- Form C
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Process Steps
Step 1
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Collect Mining lease application form Commissioner of Mines
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Step 2
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Identify Mining site
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Step 3
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Commissioner of Mines (Site visit done by Commissioner of mines within 14 days)
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Step 4
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Notify applicant if site viable or not
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Step 5
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If not viable identify another site if viable applicant completes the application form and submit to Commissioner
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Step 7
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Technical Evaluation by Commissioner of Mines if approved Move it Mining Board
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Step 8
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Final Evaluation by Mining Board (3 months)
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Step 9
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Notification to applicant (Approved pending Environmental Impact assessment EIA)
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Step 10
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Submit Environmental Clearance
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Step 11
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Issuance of License
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Step 12
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Applicant register license with Registry of Deeds office
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Step 13
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Return Copy Registered License to Commissioner of Mines
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Category | Procedures |
The following form/s are used in this procedure
This procedure applies to the following measures
Name | Measure Type | Agency | Description | Comments | Legal Document | Validity To | Measure Class |
Mineral Permit | Permit Requirement | | Obtainable at the ministry of Mining - Commissioner of mines. pertimt for small scale mining | Mines and Minerals Act 2005 | Mines and Minerals Act, 2005 | 01-01-9999 | Good |
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