First Schedule: Fees

Table 1: Licence and Related Fees / Charges

No	Application Type	Licence Category	Amount (NLE)	Amount (USD)
1	New application	Reconnaissance		1,000
2	Licence renewal	Reconnaissance		1,000
3	New application	Exploration		2,500
4	Licence renewal	Exploration		2,500
5	New application	Artisanal (Natural person)	250
6	Licence renewal	Artisanal (Natural person)	250
7	New Application	Artisanal (Joint Venture or Partnership)		250
8	Licence renewal	Artisanal (Joint Venture or Partnership)		250
9	New application	Artisanal (Cooperative)		250
10	Licence renewal	Artisanal (Cooperative)		250
11	New application	Artisanal (Corporate)		250
12	Licence renewal	Artisanal (Corporate)		250
13	New application	Small-scale		5,000
14	Licence renewal	Small-scale		5,000
15	New application	Large-scale		25,000
16	Licence renewal	Large-scale		25,000
17	Licence Application	Exporters		250
18	Licence Application	Exporters Agent		250
19	Licence Application	Dealers		50
20	Liicence	Dealers Agent		50
21	Application to amend an approved work programme			150
22	Application to export minerals or sample minerals			50
23	Application Registration of artisanal mine manager		250
24	Application for renewal	Registration of artisanal mine manager	250
25	Application	Construction of mine magazine to store explosives		250
26	Application	Explosives licence		750
27	Application	Blasting licence		750
28	Application	Balster’s Cernficate		50
29	Annual Charges
30	Reconnaissance licence			10,000
31	Exploration licence (Initial Grant)			500.00 per krn2
32	Exploration licence (1st renewal)			750.00 per km2
33	Exploration licence (2nd renewal) Artisanal Mining Licence (Natural person)		1,500	1,000.00 per km2
34	Artisanal Minlng I.icence (Joint-Venture)			750
35	Artisanal Mining Licence (Cooperative)			1,000
36	Artisanal Mining Licence (Body Corporate)			1,000
37	Small-scale Mining Licence			1,000.00 per ha
38	Large-ficale Mining Licence			1,000,000
39	Permits and Certificates
40	Dredging pennit	Small-scale Mining Licence		10,000
41	Dredging permit	Large-scale Mining Licence		20,000
42	Blasting permit	Large-scale Mining Licence		20,000
43	Pilaster’s Certificate (Citizen)			1,500
44	Plaster’s Certificate (Non-Citizen)			7,500
45	Explosive import permit			7,500
46	Explosive supply permit			7,500
47	Explosive transportation permit			7,500
48	Explosive storage permit			7,500
49	Explosive manufacturing permit			35,000
50	Mine magazine permit			7,500
51	Mine manager’s certificate (artisanal mining licence)		250
52	Annual Trading Licence and Certificate
53	Diamond exporters licence			35,000
54	Gold exporters licence			20,000
55	Industrial and sand-based exporters certificate			15,000
56	Diamond exporters agent’s certificate			10,000
57	Gold exporters agent’s certificate			5,000
58	Industrial and sand-based exporters agent’s certificate			5,000
59	Diamond Dealers Licence (Natural Person)			3,000
60	Diamond Dealers Licence (Cooperative)			5,000
61	Diamond Dealers Licence (Corporate)			7,500
62	Gold Dealers Licence (Natural Person)			300
63	Gold Dealers Licence (Cooperative)			1,500
64	Gold Dealers Licence (Corporate)			2,500
65	Industrial and sand-based dealers’ licence (Natural Person)			500
66	Industrial und sand-based dealers’ licence (Cooperative)			1,500
67	Industrial and sand-based dealers’ licence (Corporate)			2,500
68	Diamond Dealers Agent’s Certificate (Cooperative)			1,000
69	Diamond Dealers Agent’s Certificate (Corporate)			1,500
70	Gold Dealers Agent’s Cerfificate (Corporate)			250
71	Industrial and sand-based dealers’ agents’ certificate (Cooperative)			100
72	Industrial and sand-based dealer’s agents’ certificate (Corporate)			250
73	Monitoring Fees
74	Reconnaissance Licence			10% of annud licence fees
75	Exploration Licence			10% of annuallicence fees
76	Artlsanal Minlng Licence (Natural Person)		500
77	Artisanal Mining Licence (Joint-Venture)			10% of annual licence fees
78	Artisanal Mining Licence (Cooperative)			10% of annual licence fees
79	Artisanal Mining Licence (Corpoiate)			10% of annual licence fees
80	Small-scale Mining Licence			10% of annual hcence fees
81	Large-scale Mining Licence			10% of annual hcence fees
82	Diamond Exporters Licence			1,000
83	Gold Exporters Licence			1,000
84	Industrial and sand-based exporter licence			1,000
85	Diamond Dealers Licence (Natural Person)			500
86	Diamond Dealers Licence (Cooperative)			600
87	Diamond Dealers Licence (Corporate)			700
88	Gold Dealers Licence (Natural Person)			100
89	Gold Dealers Licence (Cooperative)			500
90	Gold Dealers Licence (Corporate)			600
91	Industrial and sand-based dealers licence (Natural Person)			100
92	Industrial and sand-based dealers licence (Cooperative)			500
93	Industrial and sand-based dealers licence (Corporate)			600

Table 2: Fees for Mapping and Information Access

No	Type of Information	Amount (NLE)	Amount (USD)
1	Access to browse open-file reports (paper aftd/or digital copies (4 hours)		10
2	Inspection of the Cadestre survey map of licences and application	Free
3	Supply of GPS coordinates or copy of part of the cahastral map		10
4	Access to inspect the register of licences & applicabons (30 minutes)		25
5	Photocopy of open file report (per A4 size page)	200
6	Photocopy of map plan (A2 size)		5
7	Digital copy of open file report (as pdf file on CD or DVD per report)		50
8	Certificate D22 confirning information relating to a licence (per item)		50
9	Maps on A0 paper size per unit sheet		70
10	Maps on Al paper size per unit sheet		35
11	Maps on A2 paper size per unit		30
12	Maps on A3 paper size per unit sheet		25
13	Maps on A4 paper sizt ptr unit shtct		20
14	Mapping of Client Coordinates (maximum of 10 copies)		20
15	Bulletins		120
16	Short papers		100
17	Memoir		150
18	Laboratory Service charges (for each sealeh package)		50

Table 3: Offenses and Penalties

No	Types of offence	Penalty payment (USD)
1	Late or non-compliant technical report	2000
2	Late or non-compliant audited financial report	2000
3	Filure to keep complete technical records	2000
4	Late or non-payment of annual charges	5% of annual charge per month
5	Failure to pay penalty on time	20% of penalty per month
6	Failure to notify Minister of substantial changes in ownership	3000
7	Failure to comply with official written instruction	3000
8	Failure to commence work within limit specified in Act	3000
9	Failure to notify Minister when scale mine commences work for permit	3000
10	Failure to notify Minister of termination, suspension, or reduction of production under large-scale mining Licence	5000
11	Failure to submit audited statements of itemized expenditure directly incurred on exploration activities	Deficit becomes debt to Government
12	Failure to submit audited statements of itemized expenditure directly incurred on mining activities	40000
13	Violation of agreed environmental management programme or failure to carry out rehabilitation or reclamation	8000
14	Failure to honour employment and training commitments or requirements of Act	5000
15	Make changes or modify his existing licence (Reconnaissance licence)	500
16	Make changes or modify his existing licence (Exploration licence)	750
17	Make changes or modify his existing licence (small-scale mining licence)	1000
18	Make changes or modify his existing licence (large-scale mining licence)	2000
19	Failure to pay compensation	5000
20	Failure to comply with regulations 65 and 152	2,000.00 for initial failure plus 200.00 every day
21	Failure to report serious injury or fatality	5,000.00 immediately after the prescribed period had elapsed and 200.00 every calendar day until the report is made as prescribed.
22	Offences referred to the Board or the Minister	Penalty imposed by the Minister.
23	Offences for which penalty is prescribed in the Act	Penalty provided for in the Act apply.

Table 4: Small-scale and Artisanal Mining

No	Fee	Licence Category	Amount
1	Demarcation fee	Artisanal	Le 250,000
2	Artisanal financial Supporter’s certificate	Artisanal	Le 250,000/acre
3	Artisanal Miner’s sales card	Artisanal	Le 20,000
4	Artisanal & Co-operation Mines Manager certificate	Artisanal	Le 100,000/acre
5	Small-scale Monitoring	Small scale	Le 500,000/acre
6	Citizen Corporative mines Manager Certificate	Small scale	Le 500,000
7	Non-Citizen Corporative Mines Manager Certificate	Small scale	Le 1,000,000