Section 46

Where the area specified in the application for a mining lease includes land which is subject to claim arising out of native customary rights and such application has been approved as mentioned in subsection (1), the Director may issue a mining lease specifying areas, within the area specified in such application, where development work and mining may commence before the completion of the boundary survey.

Subject to subsection (2), no development work or mining shall commence under a mining lease until the mining land in respect of which the lease is granted has been surveyed.

Issue of mining certificate