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PART II: Rights in Relation to Minerals

2. Rights in relation to minerals.

Subject to any right conferred under any provision of this Act, any right in relation to the reconnaissance or prospecting for, and the mining and sale or disposal of, and the exercise of control over, any mineral or group of minerals vests, notwithstanding any right of ownership of any person in relation to any land in, on or under which any such mineral or group of minerals is found, in the State.

3. Prohibition on carrying on certain operations without licence, and transfer of certain licences or grant, cession or assignment of interests in such licences, and joinder of persons as joint holders of such licences or interests.

  1. Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall -
  1. carry on any reconnaissance operations, prospecting operations or mining operations in, on or under any land in Namibia, except under and in accordance with a non-exclusive prospecting licence, a mining claim or a mineral licence, as the case may be; or
  2. transfer any mining claim, exclusive prospecting licence, mineral deposit retention licence or mining licence, or grant, cede or assign any interest in any such claim or licence to any other person, or be joined as a joint holder of such mining claim, licence or interest otherwise than in writing and with the approval in writing of the Minister.
  1. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding R 100 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.