Centre for Environmental Rights – Advancing Environmental Rights in South Africa

Requested copies of all records indicating, instances over the past 5 years in which the Minister and/or any delegated official has granted consent for the amendment of a reconnaissance permission, prospecting right, mining right, mining permit, retention permit, technical corporation permit, reconnaissance permit, exploration right, production right, prospecting work programme, exploration work programme, production work programme, mining work programme, environmental management programme or an environmental authorisation, in accordance with section 102 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002, including:

• the name of the permission, right, permit, programme or authorisation holder;
• the name of the mining operation to which the permission, right, permit, programme or authorisation relates;
• the date on which consent for the amendment was obtained; and
• the validity period of the amended permission, right, permit, programme or authorisation.