NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 2186
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 6 NOVEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 27)
Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
Whether, any state-owned mining company/entity has been awarded prospecting
and/or mining rights or permits in the 2008-09 financial year; if so, (a)
for which minerals in each case and (b) what is the name of the mining
company/entity in each case? NW2894E
REPLY
All applicants for prospecting rights, mining rights or mining permits are
treated equally in terms of the provisions of the Minerals and Petroleum
Resources Development Act, 2002 and other legislation. Therefore, it is not
proper nor correct for private information of any applicant to be divulged
to the public.
The existing direct and indirect t state-owned prospecting and mining
companies are Alexkor (Ptd) Ltd, Foskor (Pty) Ltd and African Exploration
Mining and Finance Corporation (Pty) Ltd.[pic]