Contents of reconnaissance licence

(1) A reconnaissance licence shall– (a) state the date of the grant of the licence and the period for which it is granted; (b) include a description and a plan of the area of land over which it is granted; (c) state the conditions on which it is granted; and (d) identify any mineral to which the licence relates. (2) Subject to any relevant agreement of a kind referred to in section 9, there may be included in, or in a statement appended to, a reconnaissance licence either or both of the following conditions, namely– (a) a condition that in, or in relation to, the reconnaissance area, the holder of the licence shall, during a specified period, carry out the programme of reconnaissance operations and expend the amounts specified in the licence; or (b) a condition requiring the holder of the licence, in respect of any period and in the manner specified, to submit to the Minister acceptable proposals for the carrying out of a programme of and the expenditure of amounts in, or in relation to, the reconnaissance area during that period. 26 (3) Where the Minister is satisfied that an initial period is required to make the necessary preparations to carry on reconnaissance operations, he may specify in a reconnaissance licence a period, not exceeding three months, as the preparation (4) A reconnaissance licence shall, in respect of any mineral to which the licence relates, confer on the holder of the licence the exclusive right to carry on reconnaissance operations in the reconnaissance area.