Mining Rights

Min. Of Mines and Steal Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari. Photo/Courtesy of Twitter The Nigerian Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has granted ASX-listed Kogi Iron an additional mining lease covering...

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe/Photo CNN The Zimbabwean Government has forfeited more than 1 000 gold mining claims belonging to individuals and companies in Matabeleland North Province for failure to...

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe/Photo CNN In a move typical of the current mining-asset grabbing trend in Africa, the government of Zimbabwe has filed a court application to platinum miner,...

In a development that has fueled allegations of state-sanctioned misappropriation of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral revenue, estimated to be worth billions of US dollars per annum, non-government organisation,...

From threatening to takeover undeveloped mining areas to passing legislation to force foreign-owned mining companies to sell 51% of their shares to so-called indigenous Zimbabweans, the government of Zimbabwe has...

Mining companies in Zimbabwe are now in a state of panic after the government lodged a court application to force a subsidiary of Zimplats Holdings to sell almost 28 000...

 The latest review of the Mining Charter by the Department of Minerals and Resources, has not met its objective of eliminating regulatory uncertainty. The draft review of the Charter aims...

Jackwell Feris and Rishaban Moodley, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr A very recent decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) should be welcomed by holders of mineral or petroleum rights who were...

By Jean-François Mercadier, Partner at Heenan Paris AARPI In the mining resources rich countries which economic development derives to a large extent from the exploitation of their mineral resources the new...

African Mining Brief learns from Reuters that after suspension in august 2015, Zambia’s ministry of mining has now resumed issuance of new mining licences, renewal and transfer of rights. In...