Procedures for Granting mining

Rights and Non-Mining Rights

2015 MMM ACT
 HOW TO LODGE AN APPLICATION

Submit
application
Pay the form and pink
relevant receipt copy
Let Registrar application to Registrar of
of Mining fee
Attach all Mining Rights
Rights review
relevant and counter
checklist
Include accompanyin sign in the
requirements
applicant g appendices Register
Fill in an names,
appropriate addresses,
application shareholders
form and Directors,
coordinates in
correct
format etc
APPLICATION CHECKLIST – ARTISANS MINING RIGHT

Environmental Commitment Plan

(should include proposals for

prevention of pollution, treatment of
waste, protection and reclamation of
land and water resources and for
eliminating or minimizing adverse
effects on the environment)

Programme of intended mining

operations

(Should include proposals for the

proper conservation and use of
mineral resources in mining area, in
the national interest)
APPLICATION CHECKLIST – LARGE SCALE EXPLORATION LICENSE

• Environmental Commitment Plan

• (should include proposals for prevention of pollution,
treatment of waste, protection and reclamation of land and
water resources and for eliminating or minimizing adverse
effects on the environment)
• Statement of the sum the applicant intends to expend on
prospecting operations
• Proposed program of operations for large scale exploration.
• Tax clearance certificate issued under Income Tax Act (Cap.
323)
APPLICATION CHECKLIST – SMALL SCALE EXPLORATION
LICENSE
• Environmental Commitment Plan
• (should include proposals for prevention of pollution,
treatment of waste, protection and reclamation of land and
water resources and for eliminating or minimizing adverse
effects on the environment)
• Statement of the sum the applicant intends to expend on
prospecting operations
• Proposed programme of prospecting operations
• Tax clearance certificate issued under Income Tax Act (Cap.
323)
APPLICATION CHECKLIST – LARGE SCALE MINING LICENCE
• A comprehensive statement of the mineral deposits in the area over which the
licence is sought (should include details of all known minerals proved, estimated or
inferred, ore resources and mining conditions)
• Proposed programme for (*prospecting) and mining operations (should include a
forecast of capital investment, the estimated recovery rate of ore and mineral
products, and the proposed treatment and disposal of ore and minerals recovered)
• Environmental Management Plan
• (Should include proposals for prevention of pollution, treatment of waste,
protection and reclamation of land and water resources and for eliminating or
minimizing adverse effects on the environment)
• Details of expected infrastructure requirements
• Proposals for employment and training of citizens of Zambia
• Proposals for promotion of local business development
• Tax clearance certificate (issued under Income Tax Act (Cap. 323)
• Plan of proposed mining area
APPLICATION CHECKLIST – MINERAL PROCESSING LICENCE
• Description and plan of surrounding developments
• Proposed programme for mineral processing operations (should include a
forecast of capital investment, proposed plant capacity, the estimated
recovery rate of mineral products, and the proposed treatment methods
and disposal of ore and minerals recovered)
• Environmental Management Plan (should include proposals for prevention
of pollution, treatment of waste, protection and reclamation of land and
water resources and for eliminating or minimizing adverse effects on the
environment)
• Details of expected infrastructure requirements
• Proposals for employment and training of citizens of Zambia
• Tax clearance certificate (issued under Income Tax Act (Cap. 323))
• Any further information which Director of Geological Survey may require
• Documentation on title to land or written consent of legal occupier of land
 LICENSE FEES AND AREA CHARGES
TYPE OF LICENCE LICENCE FEE AREA
ZMW CHARGES(ZMW/ha/year)
Artisan Mining Right 900.00 (area size ) x (rate per year)
Small Scale Exploration 900.00 (area size ) x (rate per year)
License
Small Scale Mining 4,500.00 (area size) x (rate per year)
License
Large Scale Exploration 3,000.00 (area size) x (rate per year)
License
Large Scale Mining 48,000.00 (area size) x (rate per year)
License
 OTHERS- NON MINING
LICENCE FEE
TYPE ZMW
Mineral Processing 48,800.00
License
Transfer Fee 48,000.00
(LEL,LML,MPL)
Transfer Fee 4,500.00
(SML & SEL )
Spatial Alteration of 900.00
LEL,LML
Spatial Alteration of 750.00
SEL,SML
Spatial Alteration of 150.00
Artisan Mining Right
Area Charges Payable after grant for the first initial year before
issuance of license and then subsequent anniversaries of a
license.
AREA CHARGES
LICENCE TYPE AREA CHARGE RATES (ZMW/ha/year
Year Year Yea Year 11
1-4 5-7 8-10 and
later
years
Artisan Mining Right (per 4.20 4.20 4.20 4.20
ha)

Small Scale Exploration 0.60 1.50 1.50 1.50

License
( per ha)

Small Scale Mining License 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40

(per ha)

Large Scale Exploration 1.20 3.60 4.80 4.80

License (per ha)

Large Scale Mining License 16.80 16.80 16.80 16.80

(per ha)
Mineral processing 16.80 16.80 16.80 16.80
License
 VALIDITY PERIOD OF LICENCE AND MAX AREA SIZE

LICENCE TYPE VALIDITY PERIOD (Max) MAX AREA SIZE

Artisan Mining Right 2 Years 6.68ha
Small Scale Exploration License 4 Years 10,000ha
Small Scale Mining License 10 Years 400ha (4km2)
Large Scale Exploration License 4 Years 200,000ha (2,000km2)
Large Scale Mining License 25 Years 25,000ha(250km2)
Mineral Processing License 25 Years 25,000ha(250km2)
 RENEWAL OF LICENCES
LICENCE TYPE SUBMISSION OF RENWAL APPLICATION
Artisan Mining Right Not later than 60 days before expiry of License

Small Scale Exploration License Not later than 60 days before expiry of License

Small Scale Mining License Not later than 60 days before expiry of License

Large Scale Exploration License Not later than 90 days before expiry of License with
50% area reduction.
Large Scale Mining License Not later than 1 year before expiry of License

Mineral Processing License Not later than 9O days before expiry of license
CADASTRE GRID COMPLIANT SHAPES
• Only geographical coordinates presented as latitudes and
longitudes are acceptable
• Coordinate values must be divisible by 6 seconds but…. a
word of CAUTION below:
• Coordinates may be divisible by 6 seconds but if lines forming
a shape run across a Cadastre grid, the application shall be
rejected
• Shapes must not exceed the prescribed upper limit areas
• One Cadastre unit equals 3.34 hectares
CYCLE OF APPLICATION
Client submits duly
The application is filled in application
entered in the forms with
computer as an coordinates in
electronic record prescribed format
with application fee

Client counter signs

A physical file is against an assigned
opened by an number in the
officer appropriate
Register
 Application Validation Process
Parameters
The
application Does the
shape Is the area
is validated
conform to applied for Does the
through a free?
computer the grid Is the area applicant
system prescribed? within the have priority
which prescribed over the area
checks the limit? applied for?
following:
 CYCLE OF APPLICATION

Preparation of
License
Mining
Validation MLC Meeting Generated and
Committee(MLC)
Grant
papers
 REASONS FOR REJECTING APPLICATIONS
Defaulting on any license under the Act

Non payment of area charges

Failure to submit mineral production returns

Non-eligibility of applicant

If the shape does not conform to the prescribed grid

If the area exceeds the prescribed limit

If the area applied for is not free

If the applicant does not have priority over the area applied for