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Land Rights versus Mining Rights: What Mining Companies need to know

Land Rights versus Mining Rights: What Mining Companies need to know

by Sharon Richards | Jul 17, 2023 | News

Conflict of use between holders of mining titles and surface owners is not a new phenomenon. Even before the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 came into force in 2004, the mining sector in South Africa was rigged with this tension. On the one hand,...

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