Section 47, The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009

(1) The Mining Cadastre Office shall upon request andon payment of the prescribed fee, issue a certificate with respect to any of the following matters- (a) that a mineral right was applied for, granted, renewed, transferred, suspended, cancelled or expired on, or with effect from, a date specified in the certificate; (b) that any land, identified in the certificate is, or was on a date specified in the certificate, subject to a mineral right; (c) that a mineral specified in the certificate is a mineral to which an artisanal mining licence, a small-scale licence or a large-scale mining licence relates; (d) that any condition specified in the certificate is, or was on a date so specified, a condition of a mineral right; (e) that a certificate of surrender was issued in respect of land identified, on a date specified in the certificate; (f) that any condition specified in the certificate is a condition on which a certificate of surrender was issued or on which any consent or approval so specified was given; 32 33 Registered licence is conclusive evidence. Prior registers. Cadastral survey map. Evidentiary provision. Memorials to be made in register of (g) that a person named in the certificate is, or was on a date specified in the certificate, the holder of a mineral right. (2) A certificate of the Mining Cadastre Office on any of the matters referred to in subsection (1) shall be admissible in proceedings before any court or tribunal as evidence of that fact, but without prejudice to the right to adduce evidence in rebuttal.