Section 107, The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009

(1) The Mining Cadastre Office shall forward a applicationfor the grant of a large-scale mining licence to the Minerals Advisory Board after the application is complete. (2) Subject to sections 26 and 108, where the Minerals Advisory Board has determined that an applicant for the grant of a large-scale mining licence has met all requirements under this Act for such licence, the Board shall certify to the Minister in the prescribed form that it advises that the application be approved, and such certification shall be recorded in the mining cadastre register of mineral rights applications. (3) Subject to this section and to subsection (1) of section 108, the Minister on the advice and certification of the Minerals Advisory Board may grant, on such conditions as he may determine, or refuse to grant, the large-scale mining licence applied for. (4) To enable him to dispose of an application for the grant of a large-scale mining licence, the Minister may, by notice given to the applicant, require the applicant, at the applicant’s own expense, to commission an independent study by consultants and under terms of reference acceptable to the Minister for the purpose of– 82 83 grant of large- (a) assessing the feasibility of the programme of mining operations proposed in the application; or (b) assessing or making recommendations about such other matters arising out of or in connection with the application, as the Minister may specify in the notice. (5) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Minister to grant that person a large-scale mining licence may appeal to the Court, whose decision shall be final.