Section 41, The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009

(1) An application for the grant of a mineral right shall bebound and serially numbered in the register of mineral rights applications by the Mining Cadastre Office, along with such other information as is required under this section and as may be prescribed. (2) The register of mineral rights applications shall for every application contain a record in sufficient detail as to show- (a) the name of the applicant for the mineral right and in the case an applicant that is a company, the names of the principal owners and or shareholders; (b) the type of mineral right applied for; (c) the area to be subject to the mineral right applied for; and (d) the date, hour and minute the application was registered. (3)The date, hour and minute of registration of any application for the grant of a mineral right shall be the date, hour, and minute that a complete application is registered in the register of mineral rights applications.