Section 32, 62 of the Environmental Protection Act, 2008, the Board hereby makes

(1) A mineral right holder shall bring mining activities toa close at the end of extraction and related activities, whether during the period of or on termination of its mineral right, by ensuring that the mine area is left in a condition free of any adverse physical, chemical and biological effects, with no long term adverse environmental risks. (2) A mineral right holder shall leave the area of operations in a condition that facilitates future sustainable land use and ensures that rehabilitation does not become a burden to the community after mining activities are over. (3) A mineral right holder’s obligations and liabilities shall continue until a closure certificate has been delivered in accordance with Regulation 41, provided that a mineral right holder’s obligations shall not be limited by the expiration of the mineral right nor with the whole or partial suspension, cancellation, revocation, forfeiture, attachment, pledges, relinquishment, surrenders, reduction of area, ceasing of operations, or any other circumstances affecting the status of the mining right licence or the environmental licence.