The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002, regulates all activities related to the mining sector in South Africa. The law was amended in 2008 by the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Act. The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002 implements the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations 2011. Other substantive laws within the regulatory framework for the mining sector can be found below. The law is available on the official mineral resources government ministry website (www.dmr.gov.za). The official version of the law is in English and there are no official translations of this law into other languages. The government regulating entity is the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. The country’s mining contracts are not available at resourcecontracts.org.
Last updated 3 April 2024.
Last updated 3 April 2024.
MINING CHARTER NOTICE 2004
DIAMONDS ACT 1986
MINING TITLES REGISTRATION ACT REGULATIONS 1967
MINING TITLES REGISTRATION AMENDMENT ACT 2003
DIAMONDS SECOND AMENDMENT 2005
MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AMENDMENT 2011
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1998
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS, 2014
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LAWS AMENDMENT ACT, 2014
PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT ACT, 2015
COMPANIES ACT, 2008
DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2002: AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS ISSUED IN TERMS OF SECTION 27(2)
CARBON TAX ACT, 2019
DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2002
MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES ROYALTY ACT, 2008
DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2002 REGULATIONS ISSUED IN TERMS OF SECTION 27(2) OF THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2002
MINE COMMUNITY RESETTLEMENT GUIDELINES 2022
GEOSCIENCE ACT REGULATIONS 2022
GEOSCIENCE ACT 1993
MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1996
CHIEF REGISTRAR'S CIRCULAR ANNOUNCING AMENDMENT OF MINING TITLES REGISTRATION ACT REGULATIONS 2004
MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2004
AMENDMENT OF THE BROAD-BASED SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CHARTER FOR THE MINING AND MINERALS INDUSTRY, 2018
GUIDELINE FOR THE COMPILATION OF A MANDATORY CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF FLAMMABLE GAS AND COAL DUST EXPLOSIONS IN COLLIERIES
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES FOR THE BROAD-BASED BLACK SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CHARTER FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINING AND MINERALS INDUSTRY, 2018
BROAD-BASED SOCIO- ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CHARTER FOR THE MINING AND MINERALS INDUSTRY, 2018
CODES OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS INDUSTRY
AMENDMENTS TO THE MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2004, 2020
MINING LAW 2002
MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2008
PRECIOUS METALS ACT 2005
DIAMONDS ACT 1986
Mineral And Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002