Application for reconnaissance licence

An application for the grant of a reconnaissance licence– (a) shall give in respect of the person or, if there is more than one person, of each person making the application– (i) in the case of an individual, his full name and nationality; or (ii) in the case of a body corporate, its name and place of incorporation, the names and nationalities of the directors or equivalent officers and, if the body corporate has a share capital, the name of any person who is the beneficial owner of more than five per centum of the issued share capital; 23 (b) shall be accompanied by a plan of the area over which the licence is sought, drawn in such manner and showing such particulars as the Minister may require; (c) shall identify the minerals in respect of which the licence is sought; (d) shall be accompanied by a statement giving particulars of the financial and technical resources available to the applicant for the (e) shall give or be accompanied by a statement giving particulars of the programme of reconnaissance operations proposed to be carried out in the area of land over which the licence is sought, an estimate of the cost of carrying out the programme and of the period required for completion of the programme and an estimate of any significant effect which the carrying out of the programme would be likely to have on the environment or on any monument or relic in the area over which the licence is sought; and (f) may set out any other matter which the applicant wishes the Minister to consider.