The Mines and Minerals Act 2022 governs the mining sector in Uganda. The law regulates all activities, operations and transactions related to the prospecting, exploration, mining, development, exploitation, research and beneficiation of minerals, including the processing, smelting, refining of minerals and trading of mineral substances; and the extraction of geothermal resources for direct use. The regulatory framework includes the Mining and Minerals (Licensing) Regulations, 2023 and the Mining and Minerals (Export Levy on Refined Gold) Regulations, 2023. Other substantive laws within the regulatory framework for the mining sector can be found below. The Act is available on the official website of the government (https://www.parliament.go.ug/). The official version of the primary law is in English and there are no official translations of this law into other languages. The government regulating entity is Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (https://memd.go.ug/). The country's mining contracts are available at resourcecontracts.org.
Last updated 30 March 2024
Last updated 30 March 2024
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995
UGANDA PETROLEUM EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ACT 2013
WATER ACT 1997
THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1935
THE LAND ACT 1998
COMPANIES ACT 2012
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ACT, 2019
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS, 2020
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (WASTE MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS, 2020
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (MANAGEMENT OF OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES AND PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS, 2020
INVESTMENT CODE ACT, 2019
THE INCOME TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021
THE COMPANIES (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 2016
THE LAND (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010
INCOME TAX ACT
MINING REGULATIONS 2004
MINING REGULATIONS (SCHEDULES) 2004
THE MINING AND MINERALS ACT, 2022