Application for certificate

(1) Any person who locates a claim shall, within seven days thereafter, file an application for registration of the claim in duplicate with the Inspector in Form 2 of the First Schedule containingFirst Schedule. (a) the name of the person making the claim; (b) the date on which the claim was pegged; (c) a description of the ground located and its situation in order to enable the claim to be identified by an authorised officer; and 18 Mines and Minerals (d) a request to mine for the mineral discovered, and shall pay the fees for registration of the claim specified in the Second Schedule. (2) Where an application is not filed in accordance with paragraph (1) above, the claim shall be null and void and it shall be deemed that the area has not been pegged provided that the person whose location is annulled by this Regulation shall not relocate the claim without the written permission of the