Legal, licensing & regulatory
Every permit, plan and approval a mining project needs — start to closure
End-to-end support before you enter the sector, while you apply for rights and licences, when you start operations, and throughout the life of the project.
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Mining & prospecting rights
- Prospecting rights applications and renewals
- Mining rights applications and renewals
- Amendments, transfers and submissions to the relevant authorities
- Due diligence on existing mining and prospecting rights
- Converting or consolidating mining rights
- Verification of mineral rights and ownership
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Environmental & regulatory approvals
- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
- Environmental Management Programmes (EMPr)
- Environmental authorisations
- Water-use licence applications
- Waste management and rehabilitation requirements
- Environmental compliance monitoring and reporting
- Mine closure and rehabilitation planning
03
Social & community requirements
- Social and Labour Plans (SLP)
- Land access negotiations
- Community engagement and consultation
- Traditional authority and landowner negotiations
- Community development programmes
- Stakeholder engagement and dispute resolution
04
Health, safety & labour compliance
- Mine Health and Safety Act compliance
- Occupational Health and Safety compliance
- Occupational health programmes
- Safety policies and procedures
- Labour-law compliance
- Employment contracts and workplace policies
- Skills development and training compliance
- Employment Equity and B-BBEE requirements
05
Tax, royalties & statutory compliance
- Mining tax and royalty registration
- SARS registration and compliance
- Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act compliance
- PAYE, UIF and SDL registration and compliance
- Statutory reporting
- Financial and regulatory record-keeping
- Assistance with audits and regulatory inspections
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Mining business & corporate structuring
- Company registration and corporate structuring
- Shareholding and ownership structures
- Joint-venture agreements
- Investment and partnership structures
- Shareholder agreements
- B-BBEE ownership and compliance structures
- Due diligence for mining investments and acquisitions
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Operational licensing & permits
- Water-use licences
- Waste management licences
- Atmospheric emission licences where applicable
- Explosives-related regulatory requirements
- Transport and storage regulatory requirements
- Equipment and operational compliance
- Permit and licence renewals
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Mining due diligence
- Verification of mining and prospecting rights
- Legal and regulatory due diligence
- Environmental due diligence
- Community and land-access risk assessment
- Financial and tax due diligence
- Review of existing operations before investment or acquisition
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Ongoing regulatory support
- Regulatory compliance monitoring
- Licence and permit renewal management
- Regulatory correspondence and submissions
- Preparation for inspections
- Compliance gap assessments
- Remediation of identified compliance issues
- Ongoing statutory reporting and regulatory advisory
Tell us where your project sits — exploring, applying, operating or acquiring — and we will map the exact approvals, submissions and reports required next.
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