Notice of disposal of application for renewal of mineral right

(1) The Minister shall give notice to an applicant for the renewal of a reconnaissance licence, an exclusive prospecting licence or a mining licence of his decision on the application and, if he renews the licence, the notice– (a) shall state the period of renewal; (b) shall set out any variation in the conditions of the licence; and 54 (c) shall include a plan of the area of land in respect of which the licence is renewed if that area differs from the area of land subject to the licence immediately before the renewal of the (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 notice referred to in sub-section (1), either or both of the following conditions, namely– (a) a condition that in, or in relation to, the reconnaissance area, prospecting area or mining area, as the case may be, the holder of the licence concerned shall, during a specified carry out the of or operations, as the case may be, specified in the notice; or (b) a condition requiring the holder of the licence concerned, 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 reconnaissance, prospecting or mining operations, as the case may be, and the expenditure of amounts in, or in relation to, the reconnaissance area, the prospecting area or the mining area, as the case may be, during that period.