Section 46, The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009

(1) The Director shall organize and maintain a cadastralsurvey map and shall have marked on it- (a) all lands for which licences granting mineral rights are currently in force; (b) all lands for which licence applications for mineral rights are pending a decision; and (c) all lands known or believed to be closed to mining operations under this Act or any other law then in force. (2) Such cadastral survey map may be in the form of physical maps or maps contained in an electronic format or both.