
The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has extended the deadline for the regularisation of mining rights to 31 December 2026.
In Public Notice No. 04 of 2026 issued on 30 September 2026, the Ministry informed all mining rights holders, regardless of scale, with outstanding statutory obligations to regularise their mining rights on or before 31 December 2026.
According to the notice, mining rights holders are required to engage their respective Provincial Mining Offices without delay, settle all outstanding statutory obligations or obtain an approved payment plan, secure surveyed coordinates and complete all outstanding regularisation requirements, and submit and finalise regularisation applications well before the deadline.
The Ministry warned that failure to regularise mining rights by 31 December 2026 will result in forfeiture and or other enforcement action in accordance with the Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05].
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