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Draft Mineral Resources And Development Bill Published For Comment

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The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources ("Minister") has published the long-awaited draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 ("2025 Bill")...

South AfricaEnergy and Natural Resources
Otsile Matlou
Otsile Matlou
Ntsiki Adonisi
Ntsiki Adonisi
Zinzi Lawrence
Zinzi Lawrence
Dorencia Pillay
Dorencia Pillay
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The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources ("Minister") has published the long-awaited draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 ("2025 Bill"), inviting public comment by 13 August 2025. The draft Bill, published on 20 May 2025, follows the 2018 withdrawal of the contentious Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill, 2013.

The 2025 Bill, which aims to establish a more effective regulatory system for South Africa's mineral sector, proposes significant changes to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002, including:

  • Ministerial consent is required for all transactions involving unlisted companies and all capital market transactions that result in a change of control;

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