Section 46, Cap 196

An alluvial gold mining licence shall entitle the holder tomine for alluvial gold at any place within the licensed mining area in respect of which the licence is issued: Provided that such licence shall not entitle the holder to mine on land the subject of a mining right, mining lease, or an exclusive prospecting licence, or without the consent of the Chief Conservator of Forests within a forest reserve, nor shall it authorise the holder of a licence to mine on or under land occupied by a town, village, market or burial ground or land habitually used or occupied for sacred or ceremonial purposes, or within one hundred yards of any of the places beforementioned or within one hundred yards of a Government or public building or works, or any public road, tramway or railway, in a manner dangerous to any such town, village, market place, building, works, road, tramway or railway: And provided further that no holder of a licence as aforesaid shall commence or cease mining operations under his licence without first notifying the Tribal Authority and the \Varden of the licensed mining area in respect of which his licence is issued, of his intention to commence or to cease such operations. 47. {l) The holder of an alluvial gold mining licence shall sell gold only to a licensed gold buyer and a licensed gold buyer shall buy gold only from the holder of an alluvial gold mining licence. (2) A gold buyer's licence may be granted by the Chief Inspector of Mines in the prescribed form and on payment of the prescribed fee and shall authorise the person named therein to buy alluvial gold: . Provided that the Chief Inspector of Mines may in his discretion refuse to grant a gold buyer's licence to any person. (3) Every gold buyer's licence shall expire on the 31st day of December in the year in which it is granted. No licence shall be transferable. Rights of holder of alluvial gold mining Sale and export of alluvial gold, Gold buyer's Gold buyer's record book. Export. Exemption. Gold sales card. Penalties. (4) A buyer of alluvial gold shall pay such prices therefor as may be prescribed from time to time by notice in the Gazette. (5) On the grant of every gold buying licence there shall be issued to the gold buyer a record book in which he shall enter from time to time, whenever he buys gold, the date of the transaction, the quantity of gold bought, the name of the seller and the number of the alluvial gold mining licence issued to the seller of such gold. (6) Every gold buyer shall produce his licence and record book on demand made by any officer of the Mines Department or constable and shall return the record book whenever he shall require a new gold buyer's licence. (7) All alluvial gold bought by a gold buyer under his licence shall pay royalty and be exported from Sierra Leone only in accordance with the rules made generally for that purpose under this Ordinance. (8) Nothing in this section shall require an Administrative Officer, buying alluvial gold as part of a Government scheme to assist the holders of alluvial gold mining licence, to take out a gold buyer's licence or to pay a fee therefor.