Minerals And Mining Act, 2006 (ACT 703) As amended
Section 13: (1) The Minister shall within sixty days on receipt of recommendation /Tom the Commission make a decision and notify the applicant in writing of the decision on the application and where the application is approved, the notice shall include details of the area, the period and the mineral subject to the mineral right.
(2) The Minister shall, not less than forty- five days prior to making a decision under subsection (1), give a notice in writing of a pending application for the grant of a mineral right in respect of the land to a chief or allodial owner and the relevant District Assembly.
(3) A notice given under subsection (2) shall
(a) state the proposed boundaries of the land in relation to which the mineral right is applied for, and
(b) be published in
(i) a manner customarily acceptable to the areas concerned, and (ii) the Gazette and exhibited at the offices of the District Assembly within whose district, a part of the area is situated. (4) The applicant shall within sixty days of receipt of notification of approval, notify the Minister in writing of acceptance of the offer of the grant.
(5) The Minister shall upon receipt of the notification of acceptance of the offer, grant the mineral right to the applicant.
(6) An approved application shall lapse if the applicant fails to notify the Minister of an acceptance in accordance with subsection (4).
(7) Subject to the provision of this Act, a mineral right shall be subject to the terms and conditions that are prescribed from time to time.
(8) The rights and obligations of a holder of mineral right shall apply to the agents and employees of the holder.
(9) Subject to sections 73 and 74, a mineral right granted by the Minister under this section is sufficient authority for the holder over the land and entitles the holder to enter the land in respect of which the right is granted.
(10) The holder of a mineral right shall not remove or destroy a mineral obtained by the holder in the course of a mineral operations without the permission in writing of the head of the Inspectorate Division of the Commission.
(11) Despite subsection (10), cores and samples may be retained by a holder for the purpose of assay, identification or analysis of the mineral.
(12) Where a core is retained under subsection (11), the holder shall maintain in respect of the core or sample, particulars sufficient for the identification of
(a) the core or sample, and
(b) the location and geological horizon of its origin
as the head of the Inspectorate Division of the Commission may in consultation with the Director of Geological Survey Department determine.
(13) Geological core samples may after assaying, identification or analysis of a mineral be disposed of only with the express consent of the Commission given in consultation with the Geological Survey Department.
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